{'I could have killed them' - Lawson experiences dangerous incident with F1 safety personnel
Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson disclosed he narrowly avoided a potentially fatal collision during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when two marshals ran across the track immediately ahead of his car
The dangerous situation happened on the third rotation when marshals were spotted on the circuit as Lawson was returning to the race following an quick visit to the pits to replace his compromised front wing
Driver's Immediate Reaction
Moments later, Racing Bulls driver Lawson radioed to his race engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Could you believe what happened? I nearly... ended their lives"
"I genuinely couldn't process what I was seeing"
"I exited on a brand new hard tyres, and then I arrived at Turn One and there were just two dudes dashing across the track"
"I almost collided with one of them, honestly, it was extremely hazardous"
Safety Concerns Raised
"Clearly there's been a failure in communication at some point but I've never encountered that before, and I can't recall observing that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"
"We cannot comprehend how on a ongoing race track safety personnel can be allowed to just dash across the track in such a way. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm certain we'll get some form of reasoning, but it really can't happen again"
Formal Inquiry in Progress
F1's overseeing organization, the FIA, is thoroughly reviewing the events
"Following a turn one incident, track officials was notified that debris was present on the track at the turning point of that curve" stated the regulatory authority
"During the third lap, safety personnel were notified and put on alert to enter the track and remove the wreckage once every vehicle had gone by"
"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had made a pit stop, the orders to send marshals were rescinded and a double yellow flag was shown in that area"
"The examination is ongoing what occurred after that point"