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Think it said on breakfast news that no further action is being taken.
It’s one thing doing that in a battered old Reliant, another deliberately doing it in a lovely old Morgan.
It was a Morgan Super 3 (the brand new one that is presumably somewhat safer to crash in that a 70 year old one)
Harry's garage is good if you want epic road trips and grown up car reviews
A few days ago I saw a Top Gear clip called "Speed Week 22 on Three Wheels" where Stig had the Super 3 on two wheels while cornering. This video has now been deleted but I suspect Freddie was trying to replicate the Stig but without his skills.
The top gear thread on piston heads is interesting. There’s claims of fractured jaws, terminated contracts and Fred sueing the bbc. Rumoured £15m!
As above fractured jaw and then some.
Without any knowledge of the accident or injuries sustained, isn’t this the result of having celebs rather than car nuts doing the presenting?
I seem to be in a minority thinking this but I quite liked it when it started up again with Chris Harris and Rory Reid. Even what's his face from Friends at least had an interest. There was a glimmer of an actual car show. Then they pivoted and ran in the complete opposite direction, with some attempt at comedy and zero substance.
Whether it contributed to his accident or not I don't know, but Flintoff always seemed intent on outdoing everybody else to stroke his own massive ego. He was always a liability.
Doubt there are many people at the BBC standing up for keeping a car show hosted by three native white men running really.
but Flintoff always seemed intent on outdoing everybody else to stroke his own massive ego.
world class sportsman in competitive nature shocker
Doubt there are many people at the BBC standing up for keeping a car show hosted by three native white men running really.
The accounting dept probably are! It's a big earner...
Doubt it'll have been a 'gag' gone wrong, just FF getting abit too sendy as usual. Tiff Needell nearly tipped one on 5th gear years ago too.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66755339
Flintoff looks battered several months on
He looks better than I thought he would tbh. Pleased he's out and about.
Just seen it on the news - looks like the poor guy has had a lot of reconstruction done.
Glad he's up and about though.
Given that is how he is looking now after all that time, I hate to think what he actually suffered. Definitely nasty...but glad to see he is now out and about.
Chris Harris was on Joe Rogan this week and talks quite openly about the demise of Top Gear and Flintoff's accident. He's scathing of the BBC, claiming he repeatedly warned them there would be a serious accident.
After he flipped that hearse they should have had a massive change in their H&S processes and culture.
Slight segue but Chris Harris on Joe Rogan's podcast the other day was quite entertaining.
Rory also saying he warned the bbc.
Paddy and Chris are back with a new series called Road Tripping on the beeb.