Silverstone protestor tells court track invasion was done safely

He compared the tactics used to those of the Suffragettes and Gandhi

A Just Stop Oil activist who invaded Silverstone race track during last year’s British Grand Prix has told jurors he studied the Formula 1 rulebook and videos of previous races to make the protest "as safe as possible." .

READ MORE: Kettering teacher who says he 'lent sympathetic ear' to paedophiles banned from classroom for life He told the court this morning: “I saw the politicians ignoring the scientists, which felt like a recipe for disaster. I felt Just Stop Oil addresses a key issue which needs to be solved immediately.

Planning for the Silverstone action started around two-and-a-half months before last July’s Grand Prix, the defendant said, telling jurors: “It started off as Zoom calls and group texts and sometimes in-person meetings. Then we went there in-person to see it and spent a day there.” The Wellington Straight also had cameras, said McKechnie, who told the court: “We picked a part of the track which would give the cars plenty of time to pass where we were, before we went on. On the Wellington Straight the racing line was on the far side of the track.

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