In a dispute over lanꦯd, former Jordan Grand Prix owner Eddie Jordan has barred the entrance to Force India's Formula 1 headquarters at Silverstone using two-tonne concrete blocks

The action has forced factory staff to use a single-track side road to get to work after th💖e three-metre-long blocks were delivered by crane. The blocks were laid out along both the main road to the factory - which was owned by Jordan until he sold out to Midland F1 at the 🌳end of 2005 - and the visitor car park.

The Irishman acknowledged that he had ordered the blocks to be installed, in an effort to get Force India to open negotiations to purchase a sec⛄tion of the site that he stil🀅l owns.

"I had to make a stand," the 60-year-old is quoted as having said by international news agency Reuters. "They have to come and talk ꧒to me. I paid for the road a🔜nd put it on my land.

"I've got no problem with Force India co-own🌳er Vijay Mallya. It's the people who are managing the business who don't want to talk."

Visitors to the s💃ite have been instructed to avoid the main entrance and instead use a side road which is signposted as a bridleway to a💝ccess the factory.

"We do not want to make an official comment on this matter as the facts speak for themselves," insisted Force India spokesperson Lucy Nell. "The factory ♊is functioning as normal and staff and visitors are꧑ accessing the facility."