Speaker A
Really, then this is what happened next. Yeah. [Music] It was all over quite quickly. So, do it again in slow motion. Um, you can see the moment when the tire goes. It's still doing 288 miles an hour here.
Top Gear's Hammond crashes during a land speed record attempt, reaching speeds over 280 mph before the tire failure causes a rollover.
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Key Takeaways
- High-speed tire failure can lead to catastrophic crashes within fractions of a second.
- Even at extreme speeds, safety features like roll bars can significantly reduce injury risk.
- Slow motion footage helps in analyzing the dynamics of high-speed accidents.
- Land speed record attempts carry inherent risks due to extreme velocities.
- Top Gear continues to push automotive limits, sometimes resulting in dangerous incidents.
What the video covers
- Hammond attempts a land speed record in a high-speed car.
- The tire blows at approximately 288 miles per hour.
- The crash unfolds rapidly, within about 0.4 seconds from tire failure to loss of control.
- The car digs into the grass and rolls while still traveling at around 230 miles per hour.
- The vehicle flips multiple times before coming to a stop.
- The roll bar and Hammond's head impact the ground, which helps stop the car quickly.
- The incident is shown in slow motion to highlight the sequence of events.
- The video is presented in 4K 60fps AI upscaled quality.
- The crash is part of a Top Gear segment featured by The Microwave Network.
- The video includes dramatic music to emphasize the event.
Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown
Speaker A
But then it's off. It's away. I think it's about 0.4 of a second, really, from the tire blowing to it all going wrong. Then, when it digs in on the grass, the car rolls. It's still doing 230 when it's upside
Speaker A
down on the grass, which is so here now. It's still doing 230 miles an hour, and it's upside down. Then it flips a bit, and then it settles down, and the roll bar digs into the ground along with my head, and that
Speaker A
stops it very quickly indeed.
Topics:Top GearHammondland speed recordcar crashtire failurehigh speedrolloverslow motion4K 60fpsThe Microwave Network
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