Izzy 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 said: “I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine.”
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Formula EHer 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.
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