{'I could have killed them' - Lawson faces near miss with F1 safety personnel
Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson disclosed he narrowly avoided a potentially deadly collision during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when a pair of track officials darted across the track directly in front of him
The dangerous situation happened on the third rotation when track officials were observed on the circuit as Lawson was rejoining the race following an premature pit stop to change his damaged front wing
Competitor's Live Reaction
Shortly afterward, the Formula 1 racer Lawson radioed to his team engineer saying: "Is this for real? Did you witness that? I could have... killed them"
"I truly couldn't comprehend what I was seeing"
"I came out on a new set of hards, and then I arrived at Turn One and suddenly there were two individuals sprinting across the track"
"I came close to striking one of them, frankly, it was so dangerous"
Safety Concerns Raised
"Clearly there's been a communication breakdown somehow but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's completely unacceptable"
"We can't understand how on a live track marshals can be authorized to just sprint across the track in that manner. I have no idea why, I'm confident we'll get some kind of clarification, but it really can't happen again"
Governing Body Reviewing
The sport's regulatory authority, the FIA, is thoroughly reviewing the events
"After an occurrence at turn one, track officials was informed that wreckage remained on the track at the turning point of that curve" commented the FIA
"On lap three, safety personnel were informed and placed on standby to go onto the racing surface and recover the debris once all cars had passed"
"The moment it was realized that Lawson had entered the pits, the instructions to dispatch marshals were withdrawn and a safety warning flag was raised in that section"
"We are still investigating what occurred following that moment"