Bearman handed 10-place grid drop for home GP

Formula One stewards handed Haas rookie driver Oliver Bearman a 10-place grid drop for his first home British Grand Prix for failing to comply with red warning flags in Saturday's final practice.

Bearman, 20, was also given four penalty points, taking his tally to eight for the 12-month period. Twelve points triggers an automatic race ban.

It was the second 10-place drop Bearman has collected in 12 races this season, with the other coming in Monaco.

The Briton caused the first of two red flag periods in Saturday's practice at Silverstone when his car shed some bodywork, with the second stoppage due to Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto crashing.

Stewards heard from Bearman after the session and reported in a statement he had slowed for the second red flags but accelerated to race pace and entered the pit entry road at 260kph.

Bearman then lost control of the car and hit the barriers.

"It is beyond doubt that the driver of Car 87 did not proceed slowly back to the pit lane when he accelerated to simulate entering into the pit entry road under race conditions," the stewards said.

"We looked at a previous in-lap under normal racing conditions and found that he was faster in this lap, under a red flag. To make matters worse, he lost control of the car and crashed into the barriers while at speed.

"The driver informed us that he misjudged the fact that his brakes were not warm because the lap was done slowly, due to the red flag."