Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Richard Hammond" in English language version.
He had reached 314mph – an unofficial British land-speed record – before the accident, which was caused by a tyre bursting and sending the car spinning out of control, turning it upside down and leaving Hammond's head effectively to act as a brake as his helmet dug into the ground.
The 36-year-old was thought to be driving at about 300mph on an airfield near York when he crashed on Wednesday.
Mr Hammond suffered a "significant brain injury" when he crashed a jet-powered car at a speed of up to 300mph during filming near York.
Engineer Colin Farrows has smashed the British land speed record with a 300mph run in his jet-propelled car.
He said: "We were down there with Top Gear who were filming him trying to break the British land speed record.
Doctors at Leeds General Infirmary, where he has been since Wednesday, said his condition was now "stable".
The Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond was one of the main reasons for a record attendance at the 31st Herefordshire Country Fair.
Richard Hammond said: "Why would you want a Mexican car, because cars reflect national characteristics... Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence, asleep, looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat."
The BBC Top Gear programme production team had arranged for Richard Hammond (RH) to drive Primetime Land Speed Engineering's Vampire jet car at Elvington Airfield, near York, on Wednesday 20 September 2006.
Dave Ogden, one of the first on the scene, said Hammond had been travelling at speeds close to 300mph.
Watch the reconstruction step-by-step as we talk you through every stage of the events leading up to the 288mph crash, or play it through at full speed to appreciate the astonishing acceleration and G-force of the 10,000bhp rocket car.
The 36-year-old was thought to be driving at about 300mph on an airfield near York when he crashed on Wednesday.
Mr Hammond suffered a "significant brain injury" when he crashed a jet-powered car at a speed of up to 300mph during filming near York.
The BBC Top Gear programme production team had arranged for Richard Hammond (RH) to drive Primetime Land Speed Engineering's Vampire jet car at Elvington Airfield, near York, on Wednesday 20 September 2006.
Watch the reconstruction step-by-step as we talk you through every stage of the events leading up to the 288mph crash, or play it through at full speed to appreciate the astonishing acceleration and G-force of the 10,000bhp rocket car.
Engineer Colin Farrows has smashed the British land speed record with a 300mph run in his jet-propelled car.
He said: "We were down there with Top Gear who were filming him trying to break the British land speed record.
Dave Ogden, one of the first on the scene, said Hammond had been travelling at speeds close to 300mph.
Doctors at Leeds General Infirmary, where he has been since Wednesday, said his condition was now "stable".
