{'I could have killed them' - Lawson experiences near miss with F1 marshals
Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson disclosed he barely escaped a potentially deadly incident during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when two safety personnel darted across the track immediately ahead of his car
The alarming incident occurred on the third lap when marshals were seen on the circuit as Lawson was getting back on the race following an quick visit to the pits to swap his broken nose section
Competitor's Live Reaction
Immediately after, the Formula 1 racer Lawson communicated to his team engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Could you believe what happened? I might have... taken their lives"
"I genuinely couldn't process what I was observing"
"I came out on a new set of hards, and then I approached Turn One and unexpectedly appeared two dudes dashing across the track"
"I nearly hit one of them, honestly, it was so dangerous"
Security Issues Highlighted
"Evidently there's been a communication breakdown somewhere but I've never encountered that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"
"We cannot comprehend how on a active circuit marshals can be allowed to just run across the track in such a way. I have no idea why, I'm confident we'll get some kind of clarification, but this absolutely cannot recur"
Governing Body Reviewing
Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, is currently investigating the events
"After an occurrence at turn one, race control was advised that fragments were located on the track at the turning point of that curve" declared the regulatory authority
"In the third rotation, track officials were alerted and put on alert to enter the track and remove the wreckage once the entire field had cleared the area"
"The moment it was realized that Lawson had entered the pits, the instructions to dispatch officials were withdrawn and a caution signal was displayed in that section"
"Our inquiry continues what transpired subsequent to that time"
