Richard Hammond Discusses The End of Top Gear - Q&A
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With the BBC recently calling an end to Top Gear, Mike Fernie grabs Richard to get his thoughts o the legendary show coming to a close.
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00:00 Does Richard like his 700hp pick-up?
01:22 How have the recent Grand Tours been?
02:08 Richard's take on Top Gear ending
03:31 Where should we go on the next DriveTribe road trip
07:13 What cars is Richard eyeing up right now?
08:41 Which cars belonging to Jeremy & James does Richard like?
09:59 Mike Brewer vs Richard Hammond
14:13 What cars would Richard invest in right now?
Top Gear ended with series 22 in June 2015. But this year will mark the end of another era: The Grand Tour with its very last two episodes. I hope our three blokes will come up with something in the future. Doesn't matter what. I'd even watch them knitting together for an hour.
An hour? Wouldn’t settle for anything less than a day.
If they would appear on DriveTribe once or twice a year with a new incarnation of converstation street (the news), i'd be very happy. If they could do something more it woulde be absolutely fantastic. I do obviously understand the fact that they are getting older (especially Clarkson and May) and want to slow down a bit, but if the ending of The Grand Tour means we'll never see the trio again it will be a sad ending to an era.
@@destructionnl8165 The news segment was always one of the funniest cause you got to hear the actual truth about new cars. Any other "motoring journalist" praises them to the moon out of fear but the Top Gear Trio just told it how it is.
Can’t believe Grand Tour is now done. Love these guys together.
From Series 22, Top Gear ended with a nice epilogue - the tribute to Sabine Schmitz. (As someone who actually enjoyed Series 25 onwards)
Top gear was my childhood ❤
an incredible show. Glad i got to witness it
It was the best tv show ever!!!
This was more than that, it was my childhood teens and now my 30s. These three individuals have informed and influenced so much of me and my friends lives. It's a true end of an Era and a loss for the automotive community. I look to people like Matt Armstrong, auto alex and the cartrek crew to continue the spirit of shitboxes petrol and comradery
Well for an hr on sundays 25ish times a year at least.. There were probably 10-15 really great TG series. First few were ok as they found their feet.. by season 17 - 18 ish it had run it's course.. everything so much more forced and heavily scripted scenarios. V like the current amazon version.
@@dzzopeDon't blame yourself. Not everyone can be smart
I still rewatch old top gear episodes, and grand tour as well. No trio will ever come close. The mixture of comedy, legit car show for car people, and adventure was just absolute gold.
Listening to Richard talk about his father brought up some nice memories I had with my father as a child. When I was about 7 or 8 years old, coming home from church on Sunday he'd let me "drive" home. I'd sit on his lap and steer all the way home through the city and country roads. In fact I don't remember a time in my life when I wasn't interested in cars before or after that. RIP Dad. And thanks for sharing Richard.
Top Gear ended when the dynamic trio left. My husband and I raised our daughters, 27, 22 and 20, watching these three. And we are so proud that our girls have developed a love of cars. This past Christmas our daughters got tools as gifts and loved it! They all attribute their desire to understand what's under the hood (bonnet) from watching you guys. They never once felt like they couldn't do anything when it came to working on their own cars. Thanks for helping us open our girls eyes to their own potential. You've been part of our family for the past few decades. (We still want to support Hammonds new endeavor. I hate that we can't watch his latest show. Please open it up to the us!)
I had no idea it was still being aired tbh. I'm not in the UK, so probably that helps, but after the trio left, I tried to watch it but it wasn't really the same show
my girls are petrol heads and its the fault of the 3 amigos 😉
Well you can blame Clarkson for that, it partly he fault that it ended. If he had keep his mouth shut they could have gone on for another 20 years
@@CricketEngland Oh it's you from the F1 comment section.Yeah no. It was the producers fault for being punched. Also the BBC are at fault beacuse they fired Jezza for defending himself.
Amen. I haven't watched a single episode of Top Gear after these three left.
Mike, Mike and Richard along with James at his pub for a nice, long chat about everything would be so cool. Fernie with the new generation of motoring journalism on KZhead, Mike, Richard and James with a foot in both the old and new world would make for such an interesting conversation!
Mike is so annoying, I don't think I could watch that.
Why not Jeremy?
@@torao1234 If they could get him then that would be awesome. But he hasn't been much on Drivetribe and it doesn't feel like something he'd be up for.
@@yoric7200 Glad not everyone shares your wrong opinion.
This would be great.
Hammond, May and Clarkson have the best chemistry of any trio on any t.v. show. Ever. A lot of praise should also be given to everyone behind the scenes as well, as the show itself is one of the best put together shows of all time.
Richard is so cool man. I love how he talks about his relationship with cars in a so down to earth manner. Realistic way of appreciating the experience with ANY cars. Lovely
Top gear was my TRUE childhood. So many amazing memories. I remember seeing the veyron review for the first time & was in Awe. Even the classic races across the Eurostar are timeless!
I grew up watching Top Gear/The Grand Tour. Honestly, one of my favourite shows ever.
same bro, i was a kid when i was watching james may do the top speed run in the bugatti veyron. truly one of the most iconic moments of the show for me and it made me see how much of a beast the bugatti veyron was
Thanks for the goosebumps. Hahaha
Your guys as Top Gear will almost be my favorite show. It kept me going when feeling down. I still re-watch them from time to time including the specials😅
I own every episode and watch them all the time.
Christmas tradition: re-watching Top Gear and Grand Tour specials throughout December and enjoying the time with the trio.
Richard, Jeremy & James have great chemistry together, you just can't beat that😁
"You'd have to ask Willman, Jeremy's too old" 🤣🤣 Perfection, that's my love of Top Gear and Grand Tour....they are the best there is and the best keep on being so, the platform isn't really necessary anymore.
Seeing those euro plates on that thing is weird
it's our dodge now. but it probably won't fit down 60% of the roads 😂 no beef, I'm english and i love american cars. apart from porshe, you guys make the most beastly sportscars, saloons, 4x4, trucks etc. usa goes hard with combustion!
Seeing the steering wheel on the wrong side while driving in the left hand side of the road was weird.
Seeing such thing in Europe is weird xD
With you until the combustion part. Typically U.S car makers get measly power from thier huge engines compared to other manufacturers around the world.
German plates. M for Munich.
The amount of lives these three have touched is just insane, the show offered a chance for familys to spend time with one another on a sunday evening for fathers and sons to bond over shared intrests, its played on pretty much every country on the planet. Personally i have always found Jeremy to offer a father figure role to millions of kids and the shows ability to touch on real emotions is just not something anyone expected from a car show i will miss the show dearly but thankfully samsung tv plus offers TG on constant repeat 24 hours a day so they will never be to far away thankyou for the years of hard work, laughs, tears near death experiences and all round amazing content❤❤❤
He clearly doesn't like cold cooked foods. I do, but a cold spread brought out the animal, and Top Gear was no more.
It's always a pleasure watching Richard when he starts talking and discussing ideas. The knowledge base, creativity and passion that shines through is a pleasure to watch
I really grew up watching top gear, and now I’m in my 20’s and attending the Drive Tribe live events! My love of cars and my eventual career becoming an engineer and then Physicist all stemmed from Top Gear and Braniac. Thank you Hammond!
Richard Hammond is so incredibly talented, well articulated, and balanced. I absolutely love him and look to him as a sort of distant mentor. Thanks for the incredible content!
Road Trip, New Zealand. Full loop of the South Island. So many amazing roads and scenery
100%, it’s the best place in the world
YESSS... they can improvise a "Kiwi powered" car ferry to cross the ocean to the other island !
And if you go to Weston-super-Mare we can see Hammond driving on the ‘High-Low’ bit of the M5. I think of the Bolivia special every time I drive along it! If you want a great seaside drive that never featured on either TG or GT for some reason, drive the coastal route from Portland Bill to Lyme Regis. Staggering views over Chesil Beach and Jurassic Coast, fossils and fish and chips.
I really enjoy these segments, they are just so human. Especially when Richards reminiscing about the connections that got him into automotive journalism or about driving with his father on beach. Great, genuine content. Looking forward to the road trips, where ever they lead.
i could listen to richard talk about dribble all day, he's got such a comforting voice. especially fromm top gear nostalgia
Dribble like drool falling out of his mouth?😂
@@halffulltome In the UK (and most UK-English speaking countries), drivel and dribble are interchangeable.
The Grand Tour is basically at its end too and I would love to see one more Grand Tour/Top Gear final farewell. The team gets their favourite cars and without any shenanigans or setups just jump in and drive to their favourite places and favourite roads. 3x 1.5-2hr episodes where each one gets a turn leading the way to their favourite spots anywhere in the world and just having fun with their normal banter while reminiscing about their favourite times on the show over the years. Top Gear is an iconic TV show that became The Grand Tour, the name changed but the spirit of it never did. The guys and what they created deserve a truly great final send off and the fans would love for it to happen.
I loved this chat in the truck. These two work so well together. I agree about having Brewer on the road trip to a pub on the sea side and bring May along to be the old fogey. Have a couple and hash out the last 30 years of automotive knowledge and experiences they've had. Stellar.
Coincidentally enough, earlier this morning I was watching the first-ever episodes of Wheeler Dealers on MotorTrend+, starring a very much younger Mike Brewer and Edd China. If anything, Brewer would probably have been considered for the Jason Dawes role on the revamped Top Gear, so it's not Richard but James who (indirectly) might owe his Top Gear gig to Mike Brewer.
Top gear objectively ended when they fired Clarkson. After that, no one watched it. We all know this
I agree!
I agree, I didn't watch any new Top Gear out of some sort of wierd fan loyalty to Clarkson,Hammond and May.
The bloke who didn't buy him his steak change the course of history and fired himself.
The more details I know, the more I think Jeremy was right. They tanked one of the most popular shows in the world because of that...nuts.
Ah, they were waiting for an excuse. If Jeremy started wearing dresses, May started wheeling around in a wheelchair, and if Hammond got a dark tan, the firing never would have happened.
I've been a fan of Top Gear for years. I'm sad to see it go away. This is, honestly, one of my favorite videos because it's from Richard's heart. So many honest memories and the feelings that go with them... Thank you...
When you mentioned the Ford Anglia, I smiled, remembering my father giving me a driving lesson in his, after we had swapped his old engine for a newer one out of a wreck of an Anglia he'd bought. A memory that had slipped my mind. Thank you.
Worth mentioning in addition to Weston you've got Minehead not all that further along. So many fun childhood memories down that part of the world. Can't wait for whatever trips we get to see either way.
Mike is an absolutely lovely guy, I met him a couple of times through work and he is just so genuine and a really nice chap. More q&a's chaps. Richard driving his most hated car the Nissan Juke! haha
While playing that Genesis song he hates loudly.
Great stories . I spent my early years living in Clevedon and have many fond memories of Weston -super Mare and the area . Its still home , even though I'm 1000s of miles away now .
Top gear was never just a show about cars. It was a show about 3 friends who loved cars and share that love with the rest of the world. Unfortunately, when the three friends leave the show, the relationship they built with the audience left with them. It was never the same again regardless of who else took their place. Its hard to replace The Baboon, The American and Captain Slowly. It was just a matter of time before the show had to be put out of its misery. Long live the three Amigos!
Last time you were here in Weston-super-Mare Richard was 2004 for the Weston Wheels car show. I was there and it was amazing to see you hosting the burnout competition :)
Listening to Richard reminisce about how his career and love for cars started, is really making me think back to being a kid, and reminding me about how I “got bitten by the bug” myself.
just want to say ive been watching top gear since the early days and moved over to grand tour and i really would as do many of us fans love an opportunity to sit down and have a conversation with Hammond about cars and life stories because i think that he has so much knowledge about chasing dreams and how to accomplish goals while also being funny and comical. i not only love watching his car shows but also his wide variety of other engineering and science shows and i know the other two poke fun at him but he's an awesome presenter. i feel like most of us have the same story as hammond about falling in love with cars and the idea of wanting to fix cars and own cars. thank you drivetribe for making these video's and as an American i can say that seeing the t-rex over there is really funny in those small streets id be terrified to hit it or another car or something else
Would like to see Drivetribe do the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland from Co Cork all the way up to Co Donegal...roads mightnt be the best but the scenery would be absolutely outstanding
Top Gear was the show to watch in the 2000s to 2010s, the challenges, the pranks and the, 'some say stig quotes' 😂
I have a mug full of stig some says that I got from a charity shop.
Antics with gravitas is how I would best describe you three, and I think that’s why we love you guys. I hope to see more of you three, both together and doing your own things. Like Clarkson’s farm, May’s travels, and your shop and yt stuff. Thank you guys for being awesome all these years.
My entire teenage years was watching Top Gear every week and memories of the past are that place I'd love to return to.
A Mike Brewer and Richard Hammond road trip special genuinely sounds amazing.
So very glad to have seen and enjoyed the antics of these 3 geniuses over the years. Best of the best.
Richard, James and Jeremy doing a tour across Newfoundland, Canada.
Other than the North Pole Top Gear episode, have the guys ever done Canada? I'd imagine not as Canada is just too vast to do a proper show. As Ontarians, the wife and I have Newfoundland on our bucket list (she's Newfie/French). East Coast was done and it was fun.
@@jeremythebeer8609 they did it on GT as well it was BC
Top Gear was how my 3 of my closest friends and I connected. In class talking about our favorite show we all said Top Gear. This was over 17 years ago.
lets go more Richard Hammond content!
So much that i love about cars, they way its shaping my career, personal goals, hobbies, have all come out of growing watching top gear. And it already ended when the trio left, so the news isn't really a news.
Nice interview, super excited for the roadtrip to seaside towns in Scotland. I sorta wish you'd have shown a picture of the cars they were talking about at the end of the video. I'm not a super car buff that can remember every car off the top of my head and it would have been neat to see the cars they were talking about that they think are going to be very popular in the future.
Weston is a great place, but if you head to the other side of Brean Head, there is an access ramp that allows to the beach. We’ve been there at low water, had a BBQ and ice cream and a fantastic day. Great road trip / day out.
That Mike Brewer collaboration has to happen!
really hope not dudes got the charisma of a teabag
@@fpvDRE mike has done over everyone he has ever worked with..ask ed china
@@fpvDRE That's a ridiculously bad take. Mike deserves way more respect than he gets.
@@jimtaylor431He does? Lessavva deeuw - owwlll aaahhht yer aaahnnd. Oh yes. I’d love an hour of that at prime time.
I would love Hammond to come back to Weston Super Mud. Crazy, my dad let me drive there when I was younger too. They should come along after the bike race because the beach gets torn up 🤣
When I was in high school in Japan, I watched lots of Top Gear episodes with the legendary trio on KZhead. It was one of the ways to learn English, but I also learned to love cars. Throttle House from Canada has similar energy as the old Top Gear and I go for that nowadays, but I still genuinely adore the show that Hammond, Clarkson and May have created in the past.
I’ve only seen one or two XK8’s in the wild. That being said I was in a stopped traffic lane and it pulled into the fast lane and made this wonderful snarling sound as it briskly accelerated past my open window. I think that one in particular was an XKR but the exhaust note and the Jaguar badge seemed very appropriate. 😀
I love these Q & A sessions, no BS just pure honesty and speaking from the heart. Richards genuinely looks happy when reminiscing, especially talking about his dad. Love it
Love these chats! very sincere and honest interview style
I was at the perfect age for top gear. We fell in love with the show in high school and it carried through college. We would watch the show and work on our own cars together. They had their trio and we had our group of enthusiasts. It was more than a show to me. It was an extension of our lifestyle that we could live vicariously through. Like one of your favorite bands. And they are still together jamming. Call it what you want. Theyre still friends exploring the planet. Its a beautiful thing.
No one will ever really replace you three. I've watched the show since I was a kid and I have my own now and I thought sand job was the last one. So I honestly had a box of tissues with me and I was savoring every second of it. I feel like the boys are friends of my own, like they've took me all over the world. You guys had the ultimate adventurers job and id give anything to see a bit of that for my self. You boys are legends and worth my time Everytime.
Clarkson once said " *Oh no...Anyway* " People watched Top Gear for the presenters and their way of entertaining people which really caught on Once they swapped the cast...it was the end of it
Fred driving down the dam was amusing
The later hosts were akin to a cover band. They might be playing the same songs but it's not the same thing and everyone knows it. Just as music's about the artist, that also applied to Top Gear an it was never going to be comparable with new hosts. If one had left of their own accord then it might've worked if they'd found a suitable replacement but not with all three going at once. That was it, game over.
I was shocked when they said they were done😢
They’re done with The Grand Tour, but we have SO MUCH CONTENT with them now thanks to Drivetribe and friends of the channel. Plus, we still have The Smallest Cog, Our Man In, and Clarkson’s Farm, it’s the best-case scenario! Also, who’s to say they don’t have a special every now and then about car history? It’s just a new chapter in their lives and I’m excited.
@@ChatterboxFM that’s true
Hearing Richard saying one era maybe over, but another one begins? I really needed that. Top gear is like the car uncles I didn’t have. I don’t care if it’s called top gear, grand tour, or “big cars go fast pretty”, if it’s these three, I’m there. Really great video yall put together, love from California
I can't believe how hard they try to keep Top Gear going, just can't match the original 3. I don't care who they use as hosts they'll never get me to watch it without Jeremy, James and Richard. I actually been rewatching it and man what a great show!!
I have rewatched Top Gear more times than I can count. It is my comfort show. What I'd love to see is a sit down with Richard, or Richard and James, and they go over a list of their all time favorite Top Gear/Gran Tour episodes. Maybe also a list of their least favorite. Could make a series out of it. Heck, discussing the their favorite places they have visited on the shows, ending with them choosing their favorite. The talk about 90's cars entering classic hit me in the feels a bit hard, in 99 I was a Junior/Senior in highschool. My parents still have the 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix at the house, with a lovely 3.8 liter V6, that still has the get up an go. Like you hit that pedal, and it was like ok, and shot off. Was the first year of the wide track for the Grand Prix's. I feel some of those late 90's early 2000 Pontiac's are going to be collectables as Pontiac is no more.
Hammond trying not to smirk about the death of Top Gear 🤣
These three made me smile and laugh more times than I can count. I've watched top gear and grand tour more times over then I ever should admit. Definitely going to find a hole in my heart that will be tough to fill. Best of luck to the best trio on TV ever.
Every week i check for a new grand tour episode… you guys are my favorite ever! Thank you for doing what you do,Clarkson,Hammond,May and the team !
I think Drivetribe is quietly becoming the new Top Gear 😉
So I googled Weston-super-Mare and the first thing that came up was the Helicopter Museum. I’m thinking that place molded a lot of your life lol. Love the content please don’t ever stop
All I think of when I see Weston-Super-Mare is that joke from the first Bottom live show. Probably can’t repeat it hear based on the audience, but those who know will remember.
At this point I'd love to see all three of you (Richard, James, and Jeremy) plus Mike making some sort of KZhead series on DriveTribe where you guys just talked about cars, all being yourself. Maybe James can bring his gin while Clarkson brought some beer. Maybe some lighthearted car review once or twice. That would be fun.
Go to Hunstanton, the most depressing seaside town when it rains. But there are some lovely driving roads around it, also Sandringham.
I hope they will at least come together once a year, like a Podcast just to Chat about cars
Top gear Ended with THE THREE
Great to hear that story about when the seed was sown for Richard’s journey into combining cars and cameras. Always cool to look back and notice those life changing moments.
Tonight: The Worlds SMALLEST man drives the worlds BIGGEST truck
Not really the biggest but not bad joke anyways
Great to see Richard doing his bit for the environment by opting for the hybrid version of the Ram truck.
Richard, James, Jeremy, Top Gear was my childhood and teen years, at one point when I was working on the engine of a Porche 944 Turbo during senior year autoshop, had a phone up in the background with the Bolivia Top Gear special, because of these three and motorsports are the reason why I'm interested in cars.
I want the original trio to just keep making tv shows. Even just travel shows where they go about and visit places. Doesn't have to be crazy stuff. I'm here for the banter and the great dynamic they have
I was in my early 20s when I discover Top Gear, I'm now in my early 40s. It wasn't easy for us Americans to watch Top Gear, so every week, I had to go hunting for episodes. Every Sunday at 9pm et, I was refreshing Final Gear's webpage, waiting for them to upload Top Gear.
I love how you have that imbecilic combination of YT handle and avatar but still felt the need to specify that you were American.
It finished when they fired Clarkson and Hammond and May left the show, the post top gear wasn't top gear anymore, I request for more seasons of Grand Tour
Growing up watching the 3 was always a highlight. Knowone will be as great at what you guys did for us. Thank you!!!
This was good. Relaxing and wholesome. I'd enjoy seeing the collaboration with Mike as well.
Nice I loved top gear
Honestly, BBC did this to themselves
If you are going to western, can I suggest you continue along the coast on the a39 and visit the sea side towns along that coast line... also its a lovely road to drive with great views.
I thought this was about Clarkson being done altogether
Excellent clickbait. I can see through it straight away, yet here I am.
Top Gear's success was never abot cars. What made it legendary was the camaraderie between Clarkson, Hammond and May. That cant be replicated.
Lovely video. But as someone who lives in the area this was shot. It was a great laugh trying to figure out where on earth we were on the road in between the interior and exterior shots. 😂 I think we drove out of Ross five times 😂
Top gear died when clarkson, Hammond, and captain slow left it.
It can never be the same. However it can be replaced in time. Not the first group of chaps to come along and create something new and fun. Entertainment, movies, music so forth. It's not plug and play or paint by numbers formule. The right type of show, the right hosts at the right time. One day the stars will align again.
No other car exudes such amounts of "Small D#*k Energy" as that truck!
As far as I'm concerned Top Gear ended when Richard , James and Jeremy left. Thank you fellas for a Great show.
Come down to the Blueridge parkway on one of your trips!! I know of several folks that would love to show you and your crew some southern hospitality!!!! (Moonshine is not optional)
Wish you 3 could do a special where you all look back at how the cars have changed from when you started , I’m currently watching all the old top gears and it’s so much fun and interesting 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
Great video! Can’t wait for the future projects that were mentioned 😂
Love to go on a drive and a convo with the trio talking about cars and different stuff
14:12 Just got a mk3 three RS and I’m in love it’s a dam shame they were only around for 3 production years in the states
That show was less about the show and more about 3 journalists that had a true friendship and amazing chemistry.. Car shows are a dime a dozen on KZhead, but the trio are not easily duplicated, they each brought something to the show that just worked. RIP tye topgear name.. but the show has been dead to me since these guys were gone..
I love a U.K seaside town out of season too. Hoping to take the caravan to Mablethorpe this year. My dad use to take me there all the time😊😂.
If you could go anywhere for a road trip I'd recommend going on the Targa Tasmania route, I know it's a long way from anywhere but some of the roads and scenery are just epic. I reckon if you got in touch with Tourism Tasmania they would even pay you to do it, it would be a great promotion for them.
Bought the box set so o can watch whenever i want without having to serch for it on however many streaming services show it in thier screen but dont actually have the seasons i want.
Just around the corner from weston is Brean where we always park on the beach and it's pretty long 😁
Hi. We love it when you do an interview and Q&A session with Richard, as his reflections are always insightful. On the question of interesting places to visit, have you considered the north east coast? We live in Saltburn-by-the -Sea which is a very old and quirky victorian seaside town north of Whitby (where Richards face still adorns the side of "Mr Chips" fish and chip shop)! The surrounding area for Saltburn is full of beautiful places for potentially interesting camera shots. Saltburn also holds its own car show each year around June which attracts quite a bit of a following, if that would be of interest? Either way, if its somewhere you would be interested in, drop me a line and I will be happy to give you some help. Please keep up the great content. 😊
I live in Weston and to hear Hammonds car/ tv career stemmed for there is just incredible and so heart warming. I grew up with the top gear/ grand tour trio ❤can’t believe it’s all coming to an end 😢x