Thread: Hamster reverse park suprise

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

That's just horrible.

Cheers
Simon

I was wondering if it was staged. I really can't imagine that anyone would do that to someone else with whom they worked and, hopefully, liked.

It's a bastard act in my opinion. Note his team mate telling him to put more speed on (not the words but that was the meaning).

This was the car richard used in one of the challengers!!

After we filmed this item Richard was so attached to his Ferrari he hung onto it and spent a load of cash getting it to run properly. Unfortunately, not long after it was fixed he was team captain on the never-popular BBC Two car quiz Petrolheads and managed to smash into it during filming of a blindfold parking test, prompting another expensive trip to the bodyshop.
BBC - Top Gear - Production notes - £10,000 Supercars

Not nice!
Poor Richard, I cannot see the funny side, at all.
If that was one of mine, just restored...

Originally Posted by Shonky

It was heartbreaking to watch and I don't like Ferraris - I can't imagine how it felt for him.

I'm not a great ferrari fan either, but that was a really low act. Although I think if you listen carfeully it was the host of the show telling him to gun it, his team mate was telling him to take it really easy.

my feeling is that it was staged. when he was being told to go slowly, he just seemed too obviously "i want to hit this 'random' car behind me". topgear is the same. one of my fav shows though(top gear)