{'I could have killed them' - Lawson encounters near miss with F1 safety personnel
Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson revealed he barely escaped a life-threatening accident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when two marshals ran across the track right in his path
The concerning event occurred on the third circuit when safety workers were observed on the racing surface as Lawson was rejoining the race following an quick visit to the pits to swap his compromised front wing
Competitor's Live Reaction
Shortly afterward, the Formula 1 racer Lawson spoke to his pit wall engineer saying: "Is this for real? Did you just see that? I nearly... ended their lives"
"I genuinely couldn't process what I was seeing"
"I exited on a new set of hards, and then I approached Turn One and unexpectedly appeared two guys dashing across the track"
"I nearly hit one of them, truthfully, it was extremely hazardous"
Track Safety Questioned
"Evidently there's been a miscommunication somewhere but I've never experienced that before, and I can't recall observing that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"
"We fail to grasp how on a ongoing race track marshals can be authorized to just sprint across the track like that. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm confident we'll get some sort of explanation, but this absolutely cannot recur"
Official Investigation Underway
Formula 1's governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), is currently investigating the circumstances
"Following a turn one incident, the race directors was notified that debris was present on the track at the critical section of that bend" commented the regulatory authority
"On lap three, track officials were informed and put on alert to enter the track and recover the debris once all cars had passed"
"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had entered the pits, the orders to send personnel were withdrawn and a caution signal was displayed in that section"
"Our inquiry continues what transpired subsequent to that time"
