This weekend’s British Grand Prix is the first home race for Oliver Bearman as a Formula 1 driver.
But it is not getting off to the best of starts for him.
Bearman was given a ten-place grid penalty, as well as four points on his FIA Super License, for an incident near the end of FP3 on Saturday at Silverstone. Debris on the track brought out the red flag, which requires all drivers to slow down and proceed to pit lane. Bearman did reduce speed after the red flag came out, but then as he approached pit lane he suddenly accelerated, and crashed on the entry into the pits:
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