Richard Hammond seriously injured

[Emma]

News are now using the word stable before the word critical - does this mean a slightly better outlook?

Hope its good news for Hammy and family.  Best wishes to them all.

[rovership]

We can only hope that this means he is improving.

Best wishes to him and his family

[MVS]

Here's hoping he makes a full recovery.

Chance's are he's being heavily sedated to prevent problems as in some of the big F1 crashes.

So fingers crossed the news steadily improves as they bring him out.

[CrashBangWallop]

I hope he gets better without any hassle but, who is wanting to see the footage?  Do you think it will be broadcast or will someone stick it on the internet before too long?

[JeffC]

top bloke  best wishes to him and his family

[adhawkins]

Agreed, very sad news. Looking at the footage being shown currently of the car at Elvington, it looks like it is pretty much intact, so hopefully that's a good sign.

Andy

[scott beeland]

News are now using the word stable before the word critical - does this mean a slightly better outlook?

Not necessarily. Too early for the neurologists to make any predictions yet I'd wager.

Usual form is to sedate/paralyse for 48 hrs to let any brain swelling stabilise before 1st attempts at waking.

Hopefully the Hamster will be one of the lucky ones

[Mike dB]

I hope he is one of the lucky ones!  I like them as a trio & he's great on brainiac!

[dean6767]

wishing the wee man the fastest recovery for the sake of his family.Keep it real!!!!!

[neilb]

Richard Hammond is improving is the latest hopefully things are going the right way

[Buzz Billsberry]

I can not believe some of the crap, ****e & cynical drivel some people have commented on this thread. What is wrong with you people? You really p*ss me off. There is a human being laid on his death bed in hospital after a 300mph crash who's family and friends are beside themselves, wondering if the hell he's gonna make it. You idiots are making fun of a life and death situation. You really need to get your heads from your self righteous arses and have a bit of compassion for someone who has a family that know he may not make it and if he does may not be fully functional once he is up an running

What the hell has happened to a bit of compassion and humanity….. I notice that you all wound your necks in once you started to get a bit of stick: PATHETIC.

10 out of 10 to the rest of you who have given support

Buzz

RANT OVER

[robthehungrymonkey]

Very sad. My favourite charactor on my favourite programme.

Feels way more "Personal" than any celebrity accident before, can only imagine what the family are going through.

Let's hope it's a speedy recovery.

[Phil. S]

I hope he gets better without any hassle but, who is wanting to see the footage?  Do you think it will be broadcast or will someone stick it on the internet before too long?

I don't wish to be pompous, but I think we should wait to see how he gets on before looking for footage. If he pulls through then watching this would give us some sense of how lucky he was (though I'm not sure we would need to see the video to appreciate that). But if he doesn't pull through, then watching the video would at best be rather morbid.

[WilliamB]

Here's to a speedy and full recovery.

RH has been a real bonus to Top Gear and is a really likeable bloke who has a real passion for what he does. If only all of us could have his enthusiasm for work and life as a whole.

I just hope the sandal wearing brigade don't use this as a means to try and stop the programme and bring more nanny state restrictions on all of us.

[Phil. S]

Looks like his condition is improving.