The British Grand Prix is under threat of a potential track invasion by environmental protesters, according to Northamptonshire police. Police have warned of credible intelligence that a protest is being planned for Sunday’s race at Silverstone that they warn may put lives at risk.
Which environmental activists are responsible for planning the intervention has not been made public but Tom Thompson, chief inspector of Northamptonshire police, has urged the group to call off their plans and have offered to facilitate a space for a peaceful protest away from the circuit.
‘Lives at risk at British Grand Prix,’ say police after intelligence about protests | British Grand Prix | The Guardian
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Nelson Piquet banned from attending F1 events due to raysist comments about lewis shamilton.
Sainz gets pole. Happy to see him get one.
Hamilton shills were booing Verstappen. What a bunch of wankers
British GP Qualifying, Top 10
1) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
2) Max Verstappen, Red Bull
3) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
4) Sergio Perez, Red Bull
5) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
6) Lando Norris, McLaren
7) Fernando Alonso, Alpine
8) George Russell, Mercedes
9) Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo
10) Nicholas Latifi, Williams
Forecast for race day:
Big shunt there.
They're obviously worried because no cameras and no replays.
Zhou is still in the car and we don't even know if it's inverted or not.
Not good
OK he's been extracted and put on a stretcher moving, that's a relief.
As if it was needed, there was another example in the F2 of why HALO is such a success.
Reckon he got a good face full of gravel.
Be a good time to do their track invasion.
Two races in a row where a driver in his 150th race has got pole and the win.
Sir Lewis will be content with a record 13th podium, I don't think losing a second at a pit stop would have changed things.
Mad Max fighting for 8th was amusing.
But driver of the day has to be Mick Schumacher with his first F1 points that probably saved his job.
Loser of the day will be Pepe, he will be fucking fuming.
They told Sainz to leave 10 car lengths between him and Pepe after the safety car and he basically told the team to fuck off and rightly so.
That one had it all.
Good wreck at the start.
Broken off roll hoop on the Alpha Romeo. It was the only car with the blade style
A fantastic race for sure. Glad to see Sainz take the win.
I bet the people in line with that car shat themselves.
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From The French GP onwards the FIA will be carrying out new tests on the plank and floor and also monitoring wear and bouncing.
After comments made from Toto Wolff about being shocked that teams have been exploiting the stiffness of the planks and floor other teams also were shocked to hear this. Apparently it’s something that the FIA noted but is only coming to light after a meeting with teams. Toto was furious and asked the FIA for clarification on exactly what was found and for changes to come in asap.
During investigations on the planks and floors, the technical commissioners discovered that some teams deliberately play with the stiffness of the planks. When the FIA threatened that the middle part of the ground would be uniformly stiff in the future, RB & Ferrari opposed.
Their competitors suspect that the floor flexes in certain places for both teams, thus increasing the tunnel effect under the car. This means there’s enough air between the chassis and the base plate so that the floor can move which can generate significantly more downforce and would possibly be an explanation as to why the Ferrari & Red Bull are are so much better than the rest – even though they’re externally different cars.
The 2mm tolerance of the floors will be rigorously enforced and the stiffness around the floor hole must now be uniform for a radial distance of 15mm outside the periphery – with a variance not exceeding 10 percent either way.
The FIA added: “Competitors will be required to demonstrate compliance with these provisions by way of a detailed inspection of both the CAD and the physical installation, as well as Finite Element analysis.”
While it is not 100% certain which teams were potentially playing around with flexi floors, Andrew Shovlin reckoned that the change could help move Mercedes nearer to the front: “When it came to light, we realised there's opportunities that we've perhaps not been taking or exploiting.”
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