Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969), nicknamed “Hamster“, is a British presenter of radio and television, best known for co-presenting the television program Top Gear since 2002. Along with his Top Gear co-hosts James May and Jeremy Clarkson, Hammond also presents Top Gear Live at the annual MPH motorshow in Earls Court and Birmingham NEC.

He has also presented Brainiac: Science Abuse and writes a weekly column for The Daily Mirror, which can be read in the motoring section of the paper each Friday.

Along with Amanda Byram, he is currently presenting Total Wipeout, a British gameshow.

In September 2006 he suffered serious brain injury sustained in a high-speed (288.3 mph, 464.0 km/h) crash during filming for Top Gear. At the end of January 2007, after Hammond had recovered from his injuries, Top Gear was back on screen in the United Kingdom and showed the footage of the crash.

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