The four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel said he sympathises with the environmental protesters who invaded the track at the British Grand Prix on Sunday. Vettel, who has been an outspoken climate campaigner for some time, conceded that the activists’protest could have put lives at risk.
Activists from the Just Stop Oil group had breached the fencing and sat down on the track on the opening lap at Silverstone shortly after the Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu had suffered a high-speed crash at turn one. The race was stopped immediately but five protesters took to the track on the Wellington straight while the cars were still circulating back returning to the pits. They were before being removed by the authorities shortly afterwards.
