{"id":122789,"date":"2021-04-27T15:08:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T15:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=122789"},"modified":"2021-04-27T15:08:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T15:08:53","slug":"grand-tours-richard-hammond-repeatedly-shunts-cars-for-tv-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/grand-tours-richard-hammond-repeatedly-shunts-cars-for-tv-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Tour&apos;s Richard Hammond repeatedly shunts cars for TV show"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Shocked driver alerts police as The Grand Tour&#8217;s Richard Hammond repeatedly shunts cars in &#8216;appalling&#8217; parking fail &#8211; only to be told that the star is filming for the TV show<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Residents watched driver repeatedly smash into cars on a street in Wales<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>One driver contacted police to report the &#8216;appalling&#8217; driving fail in Crickhowell<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Later told it was Richard Hammond filming for his upcoming Grand Tour show<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Following the scenes, one worried driver contacted police to tweet a video of the &#8216;appalling&#8217; parking and call for the driver to be arrested.<\/p>\n<p>However they were later informed by the force that<span>\u00a0the motorist was in fact The Grand Tour&#8217;s Richard Hammond and his parking wreckage was part of his TV work for Amazon Prime.<\/span>\u00a0<span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/04\/27\/14\/42277606-9516757-image-a-4_1619530477662.jpg\" height=\"882\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Richard Hammond steps out of his car after trying to squeeze it into a small parking spot on a residential street in Crickhowell, Wales, during a staged incident for his show<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/04\/27\/14\/42277602-9516757-s-a-16_1619530656079.jpg\" height=\"619\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/04\/27\/14\/42277608-9516757-s-m-15_1619530652549.jpg\" height=\"619\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Hammond, who was filming a segment for the fourth series of The Grand Tour for Amazon Prime Video, moves the car into the narrow bay<\/p>\n<p>The force responded by saying: &#8216;Hi Philip, thanks for getting in touch. We are aware of some filming happening in and around this area at the moment, but thanks for letting us know.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a clip, which was later shared online, the TV presenter repeatedly smashes into the cars next to him as he tries to execute a parallel park and fit his vehicle into the narrow bay.<\/p>\n<p>As locals begin to gather on the street, Hammond&#8217;s people-carrier screeches loudly with its wheels spinning and smoking.<\/p>\n<p>Just seconds later, the TV presenter jumps out of the car and walks away from the scene &#8211; leaving residents in a state of disbelief.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hammond, 51, was filming in the quiet market town, which sits just 25 miles from his home in nearby Ross-on-Wye, for a segment of the fourth series of The Grand Tour for Amazon Prime Video.<\/p>\n<p>One passer-by said: &#8216;It was a terrible piece of parking. But just the thing a lot of us would like to do when you can&#8217;t find a space big enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/04\/27\/14\/42277610-9516757-image-m-17_1619530811927.jpg\" height=\"697\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>One local films the maroon Renault people-carrier move back and forth and smash its bumper into the other cars <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/04\/27\/15\/42278774-9516757-Police_told_the_driver_who_complained_about_Hammond_s_driving_th-a-5_1619533184549.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Richard Hammond was in Crickhowell filming a segment for the fourth series of The Grand Tour<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/04\/27\/14\/42279266-9516757-image-a-12_1619530499029.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The presenter (pictured with Jeremy Clarkson and James May) was also spotted last week filming\u00a0at Shires Retail Park in Leamington for the upcoming series<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The three cars involved were all quite old so it wouldn&#8217;t have caused too much damage.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The scenes come just a week after Hammond and his fellow The Grand Tour crew mates Jeremy Clarkson and James May were spotted\u00a0<span>filming at\u00a0<\/span>Shires Retail Park in Leamington for their upcoming series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Max Morgan, who spotted the trio last week, told CoventryLive : &#8216;I think they were filming for The Grand Tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Personally, I&#8217;m not sure why they chose that roundabout on a weekend at lunchtime &#8211; the worst place to be filming on a Saturday afternoon in Leamington.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Traffic was queuing back into the retail park &#8211; back along the road past the bowling alley and car garages.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9516757\/Grand-Tours-Richard-Hammond-repeatedly-shunts-cars-TV-show.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shocked driver alerts police as The Grand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":122788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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