Hammond had previously been seriously injured in a high-speed car crash in 2006.
The Grand Tour’s producer Andy Wilman has now elaborated on the seriousness of Richard Hammond’s car crash, with the presenter having been air-lifted to hospital while filming a Swiss mountain race for the show.
A spokesperson for The Grand Tour stated: “Richard was conscious and talking, and climbed out of the car himself before the vehicle burst into flames.
“If Richard had been a few seconds slower getting out, he would have been incinerated.