{'I could have killed them' - Lawson encounters dangerous incident with F1 track officials
Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson revealed he narrowly avoided a life-threatening accident during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when a pair of track officials crossed the track right in his path
The concerning event occurred on the third rotation when track officials were seen on the racing surface as Lawson was rejoining the race following an early pitstop to swap his compromised front wing
Driver's Immediate Reaction
Moments later, the team's competitor Lawson communicated to his pit wall engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Did you just see that? I could have... killed them"
"I genuinely couldn't process what I was witnessing"
"I exited on a brand new hard tyres, and then I arrived at Turn One and suddenly there were two individuals running across the track"
"I almost collided with one of them, frankly, it was so dangerous"
Safety Concerns Raised
"Evidently there's been a failure in communication somewhere but I've never experienced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"
"We cannot comprehend how on a live track marshals can be allowed to just sprint across the track like that. I have no idea why, I'm sure we'll get some sort of explanation, but this absolutely cannot recur"
Governing Body Reviewing
F1's overseeing organization, the FIA, is currently investigating the events
"After an occurrence at turn one, the race directors was informed that fragments were located on the track at the apex of that corner" stated the governing body
"In the third rotation, track officials were alerted and made ready to enter the track and recover the debris once all cars had passed"
"The moment it was realized that Lawson had made a pit stop, the orders to send officials were rescinded and a double yellow flag was displayed in that section"
"The examination is ongoing what transpired after that point"