Richard Hammond has taken control of a classic car restoration company which features in a TV show - and now the team he works with has been revealed.
The Top Gear legend is the founder of The Smallest Cog, a Hereford-based garage where classic cars are restored to their former glory.
Work at the garage on the Rotherwas industrial estate has been the subject of a Discovery + TV show called Richard Hammond's workshop.
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The presenter, who lives in Abergavenny, 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.
He is set to appear at Salon Privé at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, which launched yesterday and runs until Sunday, September 6, 2026.
Mr Hammond said in a statement earlier: "Salon Privé is one of my favourite events to attend.
"The cars are extraordinary, the setting at Blenheim Palace is hard to beat, and it's full of people who genuinely love motoring."
Earlier this year, it emerged that the car workshop was at one point struggling under debts of about £700,000, according to The Sun newspaper.
Mr Hammond reportedly injected nearly £600,000 of his own money into the garage venture, where the team chrome-plated Jeremy Clarkson’s vintage tractor. It now hangs in Clarkson's Cotswolds pub, The Farmer’s Dog, in Asthall, near Burford.
It has now emerged via documents posted with Companies House that Mr Hammond, who is believed to have earned a fortune of £37m, is a the majority shareholder in The Smallest Cog.
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A document entitled 'New Nature of Control', relating to Mr Hammond, which was filed in December 2025, says: "The person holds, directly or indirectly, 75% or more of the shares in the company.
"The person holds, directly or indirectly, 75% or more of the voting rights in the company.
"The person has the right, directly or indirectly, to appoint or remove a majority of the board of directors of the company."
Mr Hammond has now revealed key members of the team he works with at The Smallest Cog.
The company introduced Isaac Marriott as 'Lanky Cog' and the youngest member of the team.
It said: "Youth, it seems, is no protection when it comes to the motor trade.
"His first job was to restore the engine on the family's lawn mower when he was seven.
"He blagged a job at a local workshop shadowing their mechanics and painters and quietly borrowing their tools to restore his own Ford Ka rally car."
Jamie Pockett is introduced as 'Major Cog' and is The Smallest Cog's workshop manager.
He brings more than 25 years of experience working in the motor trade, with a reputation for working on everything, from budget to luxury vehicles.
Mr Pockett is known for his high standards and attention to detail, according to the company and aims to steer The Smallest Cog towards greater profitability and success.
Mr Hammond describes himself as 'The Cog-Father' and revealed his love for cars was passed down to him by his father who worked on the Jensen Interceptor production line in West Bromwich in the Midlands in the 1970s.
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