Richard Hammond brands The Grand Tour viewers 'bl**dy cruel' amid 'uncomfortable' move

“My solution meant I often got in at 4am, hours and hours after the rest of them.”

Talking about his “solution”, the car-enthusiast explained: “I thought it would be the perfect little car and when it became clear we would be punishing these things off-road, I realised that essentially a rally car for the road wasn’t going to be ideal for proper off-roading.

“So, in my wisdom I then put it on tracks.

“The tracks were amazing but perhaps are more designed with snow in mind.

“I was a little heavy-handed, as has happened in the past,” he said in hindsight.

The Grand Tour presents: A Massive Hunt launches today on Amazon Prime Video.