“The break-in caused significant damage and was very upsetting for our
night officers who were on duty at the time.
“The offenders took items that not only did not belong to them, but which
represented the efforts of a group of dedicated, hard-working individuals.
“Beyond the aggressive nature of this break-in, we are perplexed why
anyone would take these trophies.
“The value to the team is of course extraordinarily high due to the sheer
hard work and effort that went into winning each and every one.
“But their intrinsic value is low; they would be of little benefit to
those outside of the team and, in addition to that, many of the trophies on
display were replicas.
“The actions of these men mean it’s likely that we will have to make our
site less accessible in the future, which will be unfair on the hundreds of
fans that travel to visit our factory each year to see our trophies and our
Formula One car.
“We would like to appeal to anyone who knows any information on the
whereabouts of these trophies or the offenders involved to contact Thames
Valley Police.”
Police were called to the factory at around 1.30am on Saturday morning. They
said the six thieves were all men wearing dark clothing. One of their cars
was a silver 4×4, which was used to drive through the entrance, and the
other vehicle was a dark Mercedes. No factory workers were hurt.