--- title: "FIA Looking Into ‘Disciplinary Proceedings’ Over Richard Hammond’s Rimac Crash" description: "Motorsport's mack-daddy governing body wants data from Swiss officials investigating The Grand Tour star's accident." date: "2017-06-14" modified: "2017-06-15" authors: - name: "Kyle Cheromcha" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/11509/fia-looking-into-disciplinary-proceedings-over-richard-hammonds-rimac-crash" categories: - "Culture" - "News" - "People" tags: - "concept_one" - "Crash" - "FIA" - "richard hammond" - "Rimac" - "The Grand Tour" --- # FIA Looking Into ‘Disciplinary Proceedings’ Over Richard Hammond’s Rimac Crash ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* Richard Hammond [may be on the mend]() with his fancy new "Swiss Army knee," but the aftermath of his horrific crash on the Hemberg Bergrennen hillclimb in Switzerland over the weekend continues to unfold. According to a [new report by *Motorsport.com*,]() the FIA—the international governing body that runs everything from Formula One to World Rally Championship—has asked Swiss officials investigating the accident for their findings, with the ultimate goal of "initiat\[ing\] disciplinary proceedings." Just what does the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile have to do with an incident on a shoot for *The Grand Tour?* In addition to running two of the largest international racing series in the world, it's also responsible for a host of smaller member organizations...one of which happens to be in charge of the Hemberg Bergrennen hillclimb where Richard Hammond sent the [Rimac Concept\_One]() flipping down a hillside on Saturday. The famed alpine course played host to the Swiss Hillclimb Championship last weekend, and though *The* *Grand Tour* runs involving Jeremy Clarkson in a [Lamborghini Aventador S,]() James May in an [Acura/Honda NSX,]() and Hammond in the ill-fated Concept\_One weren't part of the actual racing, the fiery accident was tied enough to a member-run event that the FIA believes it made the whole racing community look bad. "This accident tainted the reputation of motorsports in general and mountain races in particular, and the FIA has been forced to demand an opinion from \[us\]," Auto Sport Schweiz, the member organization in charge of the event, said in a statement. Considering that racing is inherently dangerous and flying off a mountain is always a risk in a hillclimb, we're not sure that position is entirely fair. But *Motorsport.com* says the investigation will center on why Richard Hammond was traveling too fast to navigate the bend *after* he had crossed the finish line. In [Jeremy Clarkson's telling of the event]() on his *DriveTribe* page, he dismissed suggestions that Hammond hadn't adequately practiced with the car, pointing to the fact that he'd been driving the car on "motorways, airfields and closed mountain roads for four days" prior to the crash. [According to Clarkson's latest post,]() *The Grand Tour* crew has been frantically re-writing and re-scheduling shoots to accommodate the fact that Hammond won't be able to drive for a few months. But he'll be back in the office as early as next week, and Clarkson is busy drawing up a list of menial tasks he can accomplish on one leg. ## Author Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()