but feeling from some people who were near said it looked dangerous.
Fcuk 'em.
It would have been a darn sight more dangerous on the track testing tyres.
Unless of course those on the ground at Silverstone were QFIs/CFS/DARS and had a valid opinion of what constitutes 'dangerous'?
And before some rant on about 'we need to make the public aware'. No we don't. We go out of our way to make the public aware of what we do. Watch the news.