Richard Hammond's car crash to delay The Grand Tour series 2, says Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed the second series of The Grand Tour has been delayed due to Richard Hammond’s horror crash.

Hammond, 47, was airlifted to hospital on Saturday when he lost control of a Rimac Concept One electric car while filming the Hemberg time trial for the Amazon series.

Clarkson has now confirmed that the accident has delayed filming and resulted in fellow presenter James May flying out to do a shoot originally meant for Hammond.

“Many of you have been asking if Hammond’s broken knee will affect the filming for season two of the Grand Tour. And the short answer is: yes,” he wrote on Drivetribe.

“As I write, James May is sitting in the hell hole that is Gatwick Airport waiting for a budget airline to take him to a shoot that Hammond should have been doing.”

Clarkson said he has been up “since dawn, rewriting all of the scripts and ideas we had to accommodate the fact that Hammond can’t drive for the next few months” while Hammond is enjoying “pretty nurses” attending to his “every need, and [giving] him drugs.”

He said Hammond will probably be back in the office next week, and told fans he’s lined-up a list of jobs “he can do on one leg” including replacing the toner in the photocopier and making coffee.

Hammond showed off the injuries he sustained in the high-speed crash by posting a picture of a long scar on his leg.

“I'm pleased to announce that after two sleepless nights and several hours' surgery, my Swiss Army Knee is finished and works,” he wrote on DriveTribe. “It bends in the middle and whilst a problem at airport security, is at least rustproof.”

It is the second time the motorhead has suffered a serious crash while filming after he was left with life-threatening head injuries following an accident on Top Gear in 2006.