{"id":286117,"date":"2026-02-16T02:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/286117\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T02:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:52:14","slug":"richard-hammonds-daughter-izzy-destroys-formula-e-car-in-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/286117\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Hammond\u2019s daughter Izzy destroys Formula E car in crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Richard
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIzzy Hammond’s Lola Formula E crashed at Jeddah. Image: Formula E<\/p>\n

Hammond was competing in an event known as the Formula E EVO sessions, where influencers and content creators competed against each other in a shootout-style session in the all-electric single-seaters.<\/p>\n

Negotiating Turn 13 of the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, a tight hairpin, Hammond\u2019s car failed to slow and understeered heavily into the concrete barrier on the outside.<\/p>\n

Despite a peak of 25g in the impact, Hammond walked away unscathed, reporting on the radio that she was fine.<\/p>\n

Izzy Hammond crashes into the wall in Jeddah \ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n

She walks away from the impact unharmed#EVOSessions<\/a> #FormulaE<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/jfKmaYEBBN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Formula E (@FIAFormulaE) February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

When explaining what caused the accident, Hammond reported that she believed she simply \u2018didn\u2019t have enough heat in her tyres\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t really go to plan in the end,\u201d said Hammond.<\/p>\n

\u201cI crashed in quite dramatic fashion and I\u2019m really sorry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to officially state on the record that I am so sorry Lola, I really didn\u2019t mean to ruin your car.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was sat in the wall, I looked to my left and saw a bit of car on the track. I didn\u2019t even know what part of the car it was.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019d got enough heat in my tyres on my warm-up lap, so what I would normally do on that corner just didn\u2019t work for me basically.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was braking and I was turning at the same time and it was only going one direction and that was the wall, unfortunately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Izzy has been given the all clear by the medical team after impact in the quarter finals of the Evo Sessions in Jeddah.#EVOSessions<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3P3YEbtuL0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Lola Yamaha ABT (@Lola_Yamaha_ABT) February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Hammond\u2019s father Richard was notably involved in a scary incident while filming the BBC series Top Gear in 2006, which left him with a traumatic head injury.<\/p>\n

Hammond was testing a jet-powered dragster when the right front tyre blew, sending the car into a spin and subsequent roll.<\/p>\n

He was left in a coma for two weeks, but made a full recovery.<\/p>\n

While filming The Grand Tour in 2017, Hammond lost control of a Rimac Concept-One on a hill climb course in Switzerland, rolling down the hillside for 110 metres before the car came to rest on its roof.<\/p>\n

He escaped with only a fractured knee, and his crashes became a running gag on the show between co-hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May.<\/p>\n


\"\"\/
<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t