Top Gear presenter Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff screamed “I’m running out of runway” seconds before his high-speed crash at Elvington Airfield last year.
The former England cricketer, 42, made headlines when he overshot the track while driving a motorised trike, called a Time Bandit.
He was competing in a drag race against co-hosts Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness, who were driving a Nissan GTR and a converted garden shed respectively.
Newly released headcam footage shows Flintoff careering on to a grassy stretch at the end of the airfield near York.
“I can’t stop – I’m running out of runway,” he shouts to his co-stars.
Harris finished first while McGuinness took last place.
Flintoff’s crash occurred on the same airfield where former presenter Richard Hammond crashed during filming in 2006, leaving him in a coma for two weeks and with brain injuries.
Speaking in September following his crash, Flintoff said he was “absolutely fine”.
He added: “I go to great lengths to make sure I do well in Top Gear drag races but on this occasion I went a few lengths too far! It will look more ridiculous than dangerous when you see it on TV.”
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