{'I could have killed them' - Lawson faces dangerous incident with F1 safety personnel
Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson disclosed he narrowly avoided a life-threatening collision during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when a pair of track officials crossed the track right in his path
The dangerous situation occurred on the third rotation when track officials were seen on the circuit as Lawson was returning to the race following an early pitstop to change his broken nose section
Competitor's Live Reaction
Immediately after, the Formula 1 racer Lawson spoke to his team engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Did you witness that? I could have... killed them"
"I truly couldn't comprehend what I was witnessing"
"I came out on a new set of hards, and then I approached Turn One and suddenly there were two guys running across the track"
"I almost collided with one of them, frankly, it was incredibly risky"
Security Issues Highlighted
"Evidently there's been a miscommunication at some point but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I can't recall observing that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"
"We cannot comprehend how on a active circuit marshals can be permitted to just run across the track in such a way. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm confident we'll get some form of reasoning, but it really can't happen again"
Governing Body Reviewing
The sport's regulatory authority, the global motorsport federation, is currently investigating the situation
"After an occurrence at turn one, race control was advised that debris was present on the track at the critical section of that bend" commented the governing body
"During the third lap, marshals were alerted and placed on standby to enter the track and remove the wreckage once all cars had passed"
"The moment it was realized that Lawson had entered the pits, the orders to send personnel were canceled and a safety warning flag was raised in that section"
"The examination is ongoing what transpired after that point"
