Showbiz

Hammond: 'I'm still scared of driving'

Published Saturday, Oct 18 2008, 06:04 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Hammond: 'I'm still scared of driving'

BBC

Top Gear's Richard Hammond has confessed that he still gets scared when driving.

The 38-year-old TV presenter suffered a serious brain injury when he was involved in a high-speed dragster crash while filming the BBC show in September 2006.

When asked if he felt nervous when stepping behind the wheel, Hammond replied: "I do sometimes. If I'm driving a very fast car or attempting a tricky manoeuvre I do sometimes sit quietly behind the steering wheel for a moment and think. I'd be an idiot if I didn't.

"I have learned very graphically and the hardest way that things can and do go wrong."

The new series of Top Gear begins on BBC Two next month.
New DS games
Control the stone frog idol of the ancient Zuma in this thrilling action puzzler.
S10 T1.5979940891266 {run_id}