{'I could have killed them' - Lawson experiences dangerous incident with F1 track officials
Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson revealed he narrowly avoided a potentially deadly accident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when a pair of track officials ran across the track directly in front of him
The alarming incident occurred on the third lap when marshals were seen on the track as Lawson was getting back on the race following an premature pit stop to replace his damaged front wing
Competitor's Live Reaction
Immediately after, the Formula 1 racer Lawson communicated to his team engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Did you witness that? I might have... taken their lives"
"I truly couldn't comprehend what I was seeing"
"I exited on a brand new hard tyres, and then I approached Turn One and suddenly there were two guys sprinting across the track"
"I almost collided with one of them, honestly, it was so dangerous"
Safety Concerns Raised
"Clearly there's been a failure in communication somehow but I've never encountered that before, and I haven't previously witnessed that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"
"We fail to grasp how on a active circuit track officials can be permitted to just sprint across the track in such a way. I don't understand the reason, I'm certain we'll get some kind of clarification, but this absolutely cannot recur"
Formal Inquiry in Progress
Formula 1's governing body, the global motorsport federation, is currently investigating the events
"After an occurrence at turn one, race control was informed that wreckage remained on the track at the critical section of that bend" commented the governing body
"During the third lap, safety personnel were informed and placed on standby to go onto the racing surface and recover the debris once every vehicle had gone by"
"The moment it was realized that Lawson had made a pit stop, the orders to send marshals were canceled and a safety warning flag was displayed in that area"
"Our inquiry continues what happened following that moment"
