“Don’t put your life in danger,” Silverstone boss begs protestors
A year ago, Just Stop Oil protestors came o💟nto the track during the first lap. A major incident was avoided.
Protestors have since interrupted The Ashes, the World Snooker Championships and the Premiership rug🐬by final.
"The fundamental difference h▨ere is that you are not putting your life in danger when you run on the pitch at Lord's,” said Stuart Pringle, managing ꦏdirector of Silverstone.
“You are not putting your life i🌄n danger whᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚen you sit on a snooker table or protest at a flower show.
"A motor racing track is not the place to go. It is extraordinarily dangerous and people will be putti💯ng lives at risk if they go there, and any sensible, right-thinking person can extrapolate what the u༺ltimate risk here is.
"My strong, strong message is: 'Do not put y🦩our life in danger. This is not the place to go and ꧙sit on a floor'.
“It is abs💛olute madness if someone ✨climbs on to a live racing track.
"We have no specific intelligence𓂃, but we will plan for the worst and hope for the best."
Lando 🐭Norris added: "Of course, it is a concern because it's a stupid thing to do to put your life in danger with cars driving around.
“It is a⛄lso a very selfish thing to do because of the consequences it could have on the person that drives the car.
"Everyone has a ri✤ght to protest and I guess there a🌊re good ways of doing it and worse ways.
“I just hope people are smart enough not 🧸to do it. There are much safer ways to get just as muꦺch attention."
James was a sports journalist a🎉t Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to footba🌃ll, to F1.
