Richard Hammond’s daughter in Formula E crashImage source, Formula EImage caption, Izzy Hammond walked away unhurt, organisers saidPublished40 minutes agoIzzy Hammond – daughter of former Top Gear and Grand Tour presenter Richard – escaped unhurt as she crashed during a Formula E influencer event in Saudi Arabia.Competing in the Duals stage of the sport’s Evo Sessions, in which content creators go head-to-head for the fastest lap on behalf of two teams, Hammond smashed into a barrier at turn 13 of the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.Speaking to her team via her radio, the 25-year-old reported: “I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine.”Hammond was competing as part of Team Senor Frogs alongside influencers including Joshua Larkin (also known as TheBurntChip), William Lenney (WillNe), Arthur Frederick (ArthurTV) and Ethan Payne (Behzinga).Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Influencer Izzy Hammond, pictured with her father at the British Grand Prix in 2024, has almost 280,000 Instagram followersImage source, Formula EImage caption, Hammond told her team she was unhurtHer father was almost killed in September 2006 when a 300mph (480km/h) jet-powered dragster he was driving veered off the track at Elvington airfield, near York.
The accident happened as he was attempting a land speed record while being filmed.
