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Richard, 53, has addressed his 2006 crash while behind the wheel of a Vampire Dragster that left him seriously injured. He admitted that he had only volunteered to drive the car that “dented” his brain because he is a “short bloke”.
Sitting down to speak on Dragons Den star Stephen Bartlett’s podcast, Diary Of A Ceo, Richard reflected on his decision to drive the motor vehicle that ended in tragedy.
On how his brain now functions, Richard shared: “I dented mine crashing to the ground at 320 mph, I only did that because I’m a short bloke.
“Stupid me, that is short bloke all over,” he added.
He recounted how producers asked who would like to drive the “rocket power dragster”, to which he immediately volunteered.
After making a recovery from the accident less than six months later, the TV host made a triumphant return to Top Gear with his brain still “scrambled” from the accident.
He previously spoke openly about his mental state following the accident in an interview for YouTube channel DriveTribe alongside Evo magazine owner and close friend Harry Metcalfe.
While recalling being originally offered a red Ferrari Maranello back in 2006 by Harry, Richard said: “He offered it to me and I was still a bit skewed up top.”
Harry interjected: “It wasn’t that big a crash!”
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Richard jokingly played along: “I just made a fuss!”
The Grand Tour host detailed how his brain felt mixed up and how his wife, Mindy Hammond, wanted something to cheer him up after his hospital ordeal and return to the show that made him a household name.
Richard continued: “So I was a little bit scrambled, but my wife had stayed with the idea and been talking to Harry because we all know each other anyway.
“I was filming in the North Pole, which I shouldn’t have been doing because I was still barely bl**dy recovered.
“I was still mad as a bag of snakes. I wasn’t really fixed by any means. But while I had been away Mindy had spoken to Harry and arranged to buy it,” he added.
However, it was not long after Richard owned the vehicle that he was forced to sell it, which he still “regrets”.
The motor expert owned the car for only a few years before it was sold following a pricey house move.
Richard and his family had previously been living in the countryside while he commuted daily to London for filming episodes of Top Gear.
At the time, Richard owned six cars when he decided to move nearer to work in London, however, upon relocating, he felt that the family didn’t “fit in”, so decided to move back to the countryside.
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