{'I could have killed them' - Lawson faces dangerous incident with F1 marshals
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 crossed the track immediately ahead of his car
The concerning event happened on the third lap when track officials 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
Competitor's Live Reaction
Shortly afterward, Racing Bulls driver Lawson spoke to his race engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Did you just see that? I nearly... ended their lives"
"I truly couldn't comprehend what I was observing"
"I rejoined with a brand new hard tyres, and then I got to Turn One and unexpectedly appeared two guys sprinting across the track"
"I came close to striking one of them, frankly, it was incredibly risky"
Safety Concerns Raised
"Obviously there's been a failure in communication somehow but I've never experienced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"
"We fail to grasp how on a ongoing race track marshals can be authorized to just sprint across the track like that. I don't understand the reason, I'm confident we'll get some sort of explanation, but this absolutely cannot recur"
Governing Body Reviewing
The sport's regulatory authority, the global motorsport federation, is actively examining the events
"After an occurrence at turn one, track officials was informed that debris was present on the track at the critical section of that bend" stated the governing body
"On lap three, marshals were informed and put on alert to go onto the racing surface and remove the wreckage once every vehicle had gone by"
"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had pitted, the directives to deploy personnel were canceled and a safety warning flag was raised in that area"
"The examination is ongoing what occurred after that point"
