Six climate change protestors have been found guilty of track invasion at last year's Formula 1 Grand Prix in Silverstone ©Getty Images

Six climate change protestors belonging to the Just Stop Oil group have been found guilty of track invasion at last year's Formula 1 Grand Prix in Silverstone.

Prosecutors said that the protesters - four men and two women - will be sentenced next month after risking "serious harm" during the British Grand Prix.

The decision was made after the jury was shown a video of five of them sitting on Silverstone's Wellington Straight as two Formula 1 cars driven by Yuki Tsunoda and Esteban Ocon passed by.

Alasdair Gibson, Louis McKechnie, Bethany Mogie, David Baldwin, Emily Brocklebank and Joshua Smith are the protestors convicted of public nuisance.

"The prosecution say that there was clearly an immediate risk of serious harm being caused," said Simon Jones, counsel for the prosecution, as reported by the BBC.

"Plainly they could have been struck by fast-moving vehicles with obvious severe consequences.

Just Stop Oil activists have organised protests across Britain ©Getty Images
Just Stop Oil activists have organised protests across Britain ©Getty Images

"We say that that their actions also caused risk to the drivers themselves and the marshals."

Brocklebank, Gibson, Mogie, McKechnie and Smith are the ones who were on the track.

Baldwin was found in a car park with glue, cable ties and a Just Stop Oil banner.

All protesters have denied that they did not pose a threat and had a "meticulous" safety plan.

The Northampton Crown Court has granted all six of them bail with the condition that they don’t do any more protests while awaiting sentence, with the next court session scheduled for March 31.