{'I could have killed them' - Lawson faces close call with Formula 1 track officials

Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson disclosed he came dangerously close to a life-threatening accident during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when two marshals darted across the track directly in front of him

The alarming incident occurred on the third lap when safety workers were spotted on the racing surface as Lawson was rejoining the race following an early pitstop to change his damaged front wing

Competitor's Live Reaction

Moments later, Racing Bulls driver Lawson radioed to his pit wall engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Could you believe what happened? I nearly... ended their lives"

"I honestly couldn't believe what I was witnessing"

"I came out on a new set of hards, and then I got to Turn One and unexpectedly appeared two dudes running across the track"

"I came close to striking one of them, frankly, it was so dangerous"

Security Issues Highlighted

"Clearly there's been a failure in communication at some point but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I haven't previously witnessed that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"

"We fail to grasp how on a ongoing race track track officials can be allowed to just sprint across the track in that manner. I don't understand the reason, I'm confident we'll get some kind of clarification, but it really can't happen again"

Governing Body Reviewing

F1's overseeing organization, the global motorsport federation, is thoroughly reviewing the circumstances

"After an occurrence at turn one, track officials was advised that fragments were located on the track at the critical section of that bend" stated the regulatory authority

"On lap three, marshals were alerted and made ready to go onto the racing surface and clear the fragments once all cars had passed"

"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had pitted, the directives to deploy officials were canceled and a caution signal was displayed in that section"

"We are still investigating what happened subsequent to that time"