Williams Formula One engineers could have lent a hand after a driver ended up in a ditch in front of their Grove headquarters.

The woman, who did not want to be named, said she veered off the road just outside the Station Road entrance to Williams when her rear tyre burst on Wednesday afternoon.

She was on her way to a garage 200 yards away to have the wheel replaced.

She said: “I had the choice to steer into the middle of the road or go into the ditch, so I went into the ditch.” She was not hurt.