{'I could have killed them' - Lawson encounters near miss with F1 marshals
Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson disclosed he came dangerously close to a life-threatening incident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when two marshals darted across the track right in his path
The concerning event occurred on the third circuit when track officials were observed on the racing surface as Lawson was rejoining the race following an premature pit stop to swap his compromised front wing
Competitor's Live Reaction
Moments later, the Formula 1 racer Lawson radioed to his pit wall engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Could you believe what happened? I could have... killed them"
"I truly couldn't comprehend what I was observing"
"I came out on a fresh hard compound tires, and then I got to Turn One and there were just two guys dashing across the track"
"I came close to striking one of them, truthfully, it was so dangerous"
Track Safety Questioned
"Evidently 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 really seen that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"
"We fail to grasp how on a active circuit safety personnel can be allowed to just run across the track like that. I don't understand the reason, I'm certain we'll get some form of reasoning, but this must never be repeated"
Governing Body Reviewing
The sport's regulatory authority, the global motorsport federation, is actively examining the circumstances
"Following a turn one incident, race control was advised that debris was present on the track at the apex of that corner" stated the FIA
"On lap three, safety personnel were notified and made ready to access the circuit and recover the debris once the entire field had cleared the area"
"The moment it was realized that Lawson had made a pit stop, the directives to deploy officials were withdrawn and a caution signal was displayed in that zone"
"Our inquiry continues what happened after that point"
