James May was originally scheduled to do the shoot but the availability of the car changed to a different weekend when Hammond was due to shoot not May. Thus they switched assignments, May getting the gig to review a new Bugatti, apparently
apparently the first thing Clarkson said when he came into the hospital to see Hammond was "Hamster, I've always said you were a shit driver!" (I didn't make that up) Hammond laughed at that so it might not be as bad as they thought.