James Might And Richard Hammond Give The Crashed Mitsubishi EVO From ‘A Scandi Flick’ A Put up-Mortem

As you could have seen within the newest “The Grand Tour” particular, ‘A Scandi Flick’, James Might was in a reasonably severe accident on the wheel of the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII. Now, in a brand new video for DriveTribe, he and co-host Richard Hammond go over the accident in larger element.

With trademark pith, Might downplays the severity of the accident, saying that regardless of having been taken to hospital within the aftermath of the crash, it was solely a precautionary measure. Though the automotive did get a reasonably extreme thwack, he was simply “a bit stiff” within the wake of the crash.

Requested what was going via his thoughts, he responds that “I simply thought, I’m gonna hit the wall, so I mustn’t hit the digicam man. I even thought, I mustn’t hit Jeremy Clarkson, which is an odd factor to suppose.”

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He says that the belief got here shortly that he had over-cooked it going into the nook, and he additionally thought, “Bollocks.” He claims, although, that the crash an indication of his superiority as a take a look at driver.

“Let’s be trustworthy, I did a extra thorough take a look at than you,” Might claims. “The purpose a few rally automotive, in use, on a rally, is that they get crashed on a regular basis. They usually’re out within the discipline, so it’s bush mechanics, they usually’re overwhelmed again into form with rubber mallets and crowbars, after which they proceed. And I proved that the EVO can maintain that type of punishment and proceed. You didn’t try this, and neither did [Jeremy Clarkson], so that you didn’t do an intensive take a look at.”

It’s unclear how convincing an argument that’s, even to him, as he admits that he feels very unhealthy about ruining the automotive. Lacking a door and important parts of its entrance fascia, the duct tape means that it’s additionally more likely to lose its entrance fender and that facet skirt hangs decrease than it must. Requested how badly it’s broken, Might responds, “Properly… it nonetheless goes.” He admits, although, that the automotive is technically a “write-off.”

The video additionally goes over fairly just a few different attention-grabbing tidbits in regards to the filming of the particular, and covers Hammond’s affection for the automotive he drove throughout it, a Subaru WRX STI. Watch all of it under.