Motor racing-Just Stop Oil activists convicted over Silverstone protest

FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain - July 3, 2022. Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu and Mercedes' George Russell crash out at the start of the race. REUTERS/Molly Darlington//File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Six "Just Stop Oil" activists who ran on to the track after an opening lap crash at last July's British Formula One Grand Prix at Silverstone were convicted on Friday of causing a public nuisance.

The four men and two women, ranging in age between 22 and 47, will be sentenced at Northampton Crown Court on March 31 and were warned they could face imprisonment, British media reported.