{'I could have killed them' - Lawson faces near miss with Formula 1 safety personnel
Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson stated he came dangerously close to a potentially fatal incident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when a pair of track officials crossed the track directly in front of him
The concerning event occurred on the third circuit when marshals were spotted on the racing surface as Lawson was returning to the race following an quick visit to the pits to replace his compromised front wing
Racer's Instant Response
Immediately after, the Formula 1 racer Lawson communicated to his team engineer saying: "Is this for real? Could you believe what happened? I might have... taken their lives"
"I truly couldn't comprehend what I was witnessing"
"I exited on a fresh hard compound tires, and then I got to Turn One and unexpectedly appeared two guys sprinting across the track"
"I nearly hit one of them, honestly, it was incredibly risky"
Security Issues Highlighted
"Evidently there's been a miscommunication somehow but I've never encountered that before, and I can't recall observing that in the past. It's completely unacceptable"
"We can't understand how on a ongoing race track track officials can be allowed to just dash across the track like that. I have no idea why, I'm sure 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 currently investigating the events
"Following a turn one incident, track officials was informed that debris was present on the track at the turning point of that curve" declared the governing body
"In the third rotation, safety personnel were informed and put on alert to access the circuit and clear the fragments once the entire field had cleared the area"
"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had pitted, the instructions to dispatch officials were withdrawn and a caution signal was raised in that zone"
"The examination is ongoing what occurred subsequent to that time"
