Richard Hammond admits to 'feeling bad' about treatment of James May over 'really serious' condition

The final series of The Grand Tour began airing earlier this year, with the series set to wrap up in the coming months with the final episode of the show.

Meanwhile, the trio have all gone their own ways professionally, with Clarkson, 64, busy filming his upcoming series of Clarkson's Farm.

Clarkson has been kept busy by Diddly Squat and the ongoing developments, especially since he purchased a pub in Oxfordshire which has seen a few mishaps during its revamp.

Earlier this year, car enthusiast Hammond, 54, announced he and daughter Izzy, 23, would be launching a podcast together.

The episodes see the father and daughter duo discussing all kinds of topics, with a focus on men's mental health.

They have proved a hit with listeners and Hammond fans are able to see a different side to him as he delves into more serious topics than he usually would.

During a recent episode, he admitted he was "feeling bad" as he remembered jokingly teasing May, 61, while working with him.

He and Clarkson used to taunt May over his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, often referring to him as "Mr OCD".

In a recent episode of his On his Who We Are Now podcast, Hammond chatted about the condition to anxiety expert Josh Fletcher: "We used to... and I'm feeling bad about it talking to you now, Josh, because I'm thinking...

"'Wait a minute - we were part of that,' making light of what is, for some people, a really, really serious condition."

He went on to confess: "We used to hit James with it all the time." Despite Hammond's admission, May has never publicly confirmed whether he has been officially diagnosed with OCD or not.

Last month on his podcast, Hammond reflected on his near-fatal 2006 car accident, which left him in a coma for two weeks.

The motoring expert explained in a recent instalment of his podcast how "nerdy hobbies" helped him following the serious brain injury he suffered in his infamous jet-powered crash while filming the BBC show.

As Olly Raeburn, CEO of Hornby Hobbies, joined the father and daughter on a recent podcast instalment, the group discussed mental health and the benefits so-called "nerdy hobbies" can have on the mind.

Hammond shared how losing himself in Lego helped aide his recovery 18 years ago.

"This idea of modelling as therapy is a very well understood and well-trodden path’ there’s been a number of studies on it," Raeburn explained.

"One done not that long ago by Model’s For Heroes with Brunel University, which showed that modelling activity and scale modelling for veterans and ex-serviceman was a really, really good way of giving them a sense of accomplishment, creativity, mindfulness, focus. So, this kind of idea of active hands, quiet mind is a really important thing."

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Revealing that he himself benefited from a newfound hobby during his recovery period back in 2006 after an accident which had left him in a coma for two weeks, Hammond explained: "The whole wellness side of it, totally agree.

"When I was recovering in hospital from brain injury, the doctors recommended - oh, this is another one of your non-brands, it’s the 'L' word, Lego."

He continued: "I was sitting in bed, still pretty broken up and bad, but I could focus and lose myself in it.

"And the doctors all agreed and conceded that any activity that’s involving spatial awareness, three-dimensional thinking, two-dimensional thinking that you can lose yourself in was a good thing for me to do."