Lewis Hamilton backs environmental protests, but not their methods as protestors invade British GP track

Lewis Hamilton has said he supports the environmental "Stop Oil" protests, but not some of the methods used by the group.

At Sunday's Grand Prix at Silverstone, a group of protesters wearing orange T-shirts sat on the Wellington straight when cars were returning to the pit at low speeds with the race red-flagged after Zhoy Guanyu's high-speed crash.

Mercedes driver Hamilton, who found out about the protests opposing global oil usage in the post-race press conference, said: "Big up the protesters."