Richard Hammond seemed to be in high spirits on Friday as he filmed for a new series of his Workshop show by delivering back a fully refurbished Mercedes SL300 to its owner Debbie McGee.

The Top Gear presenter, 55, was noticeably not wearing his wedding ring following his split from his wife Amanda, also known as Mindy, in January after 28 years together.

The couple, who married in 2002, share daughters Isabella, 24, and Willow, 22, and it’s thought that newspaper columnist Mindy has asked to keep the £7million Bollitree Castle estate as part of their split settlement. 

Despite the split being made public, Richard has continued to wear his wedding ring for outings, until now. 

He cut a casual figure in a brown jacket and tan trousers as he got stuck into filming with TV and radio star Debbie, 65.

The 1980’s classic Mercedes bearing her own private plate 8 DEB was bought for her by magician husband Paul Daniels who pᴀssed away in 2016. 

Richard Hammond seemed to be in high spirits on Friday as he filmed for a new series of his Workshop show by delivering back a fully refurbished Mercedes to its owner Debbie McGee

The Top Gear presenter, 55, was noticeably not wearing his wedding ring following his split from his wife Amanda, also known as Mindy, in January after 28 years together

The car has had very little use in the last eight years and needed a lot of TLC to bring it back to its former glory. 

The classic car was gleaming as Richard pulled onto Debbie’s driveway at her £3.5m riverside home that she shared with Paul.

The TV star was overjoyed and emotional when they keys to the £60,000 car were handed over by Richard as they filmed the scene for his new show.

Debbie was visibly shocked when she saw the refurbished car, as she stepped out sporting a white tracksuit and brown knee-high boots. 

Richard looked equally elated as he pulled up on the driveway behind the wheel of the classic car.  

In a statement on X announcing his split earlier this year, Richard said: ‘A little update from us; this Christmas we were together as a family and this year we will still be a family but just structured a bit differently.

‘Our marriage is coming to end, but we’ve had an amazing 28 years together and two incredible daughters.

‘We will always be in each other’s lives and are proud of the family we created.

‘We won’t be commenting further and sincerely hope that our privacy and that of our children will be respected at this time. With Love, Richard and Mindy.’

The couple, who married in 2002, share daughters Isabella, 24, and Willow, 22, and it’s thought that newspaper columnist Mindy has asked to keep the £7million Bollitree Castle estate as part of their split settlement 

Despite the split being made public, Richard has continued to wear his wedding ring for outings, until now

He cut a casual figure in a brown jacket and tan trousers as he got stuck into filming with TV and radio star Debbie, 65

He cut a casual figure in a brown jacket and tan trousers as he got stuck into filming with TV and radio star Debbie, 65

The 1980’s classic Mercedes bearing her own private plate 8 DEB was bought for her by magician husband Paul Daniels who pᴀssed away in 2016

The car has had very little use in the last eight years and needed a lot of TLC to bring it back to its former glory

The classic car was gleaming as Richard pulled onto Debbie’s driveway at her £3.5m riverside home that she shared with Paul

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A source went on to tell The Sun: ‘Richard is very upset about all this. It seems he has tried hard to rekindle the relationship but to no avail.

‘There is no speculation that any third party is involved.’

Mindy and Richard bought the Grade II-listed Bollitree Castle in Herefordshire in 2008, and the estate boasts six bedrooms, a swimming pool and 20 acres of land.

It’s thought that the couple’s daughter Izzy still lives on the estate. She works alongside her dad at his garage and on their podcast Who We Are Now With Izzy And Richard Hammond.

The couple’s other daughter Willow, 22, reportedly lives separately in a rented home in Gloucestershire.

Richard married Mindy in 2002 after they first met back in 1995, with the presenter previously sharing that there was an instant attraction between them.

In late January, Richard acknowledged his ‘hideous traits’ and claimed that being a male TV presenter is ‘catastrophic for mental health’. 

The former Top Gear presenter  pened up to his daughter Izzy on their joint podcast, weeks after his split from Mindy was made public.

The father-daughter duo were joined on the Who We Are Now podcast by Steve Jones – and the Welsh presenter’s presence inspired Richard to make the candid confession.

The TV star was overjoyed and emotional when they keys to the £60,000 car were handed over by Richard as they filmed the scene for his new show

Debbie was visibly shocked when she saw the refurbished car, as she stepped out sporting a white tracksuit and brown knee-high boots

Richard looked equally elated as he pulled up on the driveway behind the wheel of the classic car

Richard said: ‘As a bloke, keeping your head straight, managing your mental fitness. I think being a television presenter, especially a male one, is catastrophic.’

Continuing on how his TV career has impacted him personally, Richard added: ‘For 36 years my male ego has been rewarded for some of the worst traits we can exhibit.

‘I’ve been encouraged to show off, I’ve been encourage to believe that what I’m about to say is compelling enough to hold the attention of 365million people that my questions are pertinent. It can be hideous.’

‘I’m perfect of course,’ the presenter joked, before he put on a wheezy voice and added: ‘Completely balanced and happy.’

F1 presenter Steve actually started out his career in modelling and was scouted on two occasions, and Richard compared the Welsh hunk’s good looks to his own.

‘I’d like to put something heavy in here,’ Richard began. ‘This is the sum of your roots, as a TV presenter and as a model, as somebody who was spotted twice then rejected.

‘I was a TV presenter when you started presenting, I saw him and thought “Oh bugger look at him, I mean look at him”. A bit of me was thinking “Yeah Welsh hunk, nobody has ever said brummy hunk Richard Hammond”.’

It came as he stepped out in London on Tuesday with his daughter Isabella, 24, after a visit to the Global radio offices.

Richard announced his split from Mindy in an X post earlier this year (pictured during their last public appearance together in February 2024) 

The couple married in 2002, and they share daughters Isabella, 24, and Willow, 22

Later in the episode, Steve spoke about how he likes to stay busy at which point Richard again referenced his looks.

‘I hate having nothing to do because a lot of what we do in TV presenting, I think, in my case, is compensatory,’ Richard said.

‘I am shorter, of course I’m shorter than you. Thank you nature.’

The comment appeared to come as a surprise to his daughter Izzy, who stepped in to ask: ‘Are you okay? Do you want to talk about it? You’re really revealing some stuff.’

Richard explained that his mentions of Steve’s attractiveness were because he was curious if Steve had ever worried that women only date him for his looks.

After Steve had left, Izzy readdressed the issue as the pair wrapped up the episode.

She said: ‘Do you want to talk about something? I don’t think you’re jealous of Steve but I think you’re quite upset that he’s a good looking man.’

‘Only because you can’t miss it when he walks in the room, it’s like “Oh look at you we’re the same species”,’ Richard said. ‘And if I was from another planet I’d think “Those are two different animals there”.’