Mr Hammond worked with Oxfordshire farmer Jeremy Clarkson and James May on the BBC’s Top Gear and, latterly, Prime Video’s The Grand Tour for 22 years before calling time in 2024. She recognised him from television and incorrectly identified him as Mr Hammond but rather than reveal the mistake, the 46-year-old actor decided to go along with it. READ MORE: F1 legend offers his UK pub to Jeremy Clarkson free of charge“And she goes, 'Yeah, I knew I recognised you. Richard Hammond, right?' “And I couldn’t let her down, so I let her believe she’d met Richard Hammond that day.”