{'I could have killed them' - Lawson encounters dangerous incident with Formula 1 marshals
Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson stated he came dangerously close to a potentially deadly incident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when a pair of track officials ran across the track right in his path
The concerning event took place on the third circuit when track officials were spotted on the track as Lawson was rejoining the race following an quick visit to the pits to replace his damaged front wing
Competitor's Live Reaction
Moments later, the team's competitor Lawson radioed to his pit wall engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Could you believe what happened? I could have... killed them"
"I genuinely couldn't process what I was witnessing"
"I came out on a brand new hard tyres, and then I arrived at Turn One and suddenly there were two dudes sprinting across the track"
"I almost collided with one of them, truthfully, it was incredibly risky"
Track Safety Questioned
"Obviously there's been a miscommunication somehow but I've never experienced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"
"We can't understand how on a live track track officials can be allowed to just run across the track like that. 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
Formula 1's governing body, the global motorsport federation, is thoroughly reviewing the events
"Subsequent to a first corner event, track officials was notified that wreckage remained on the track at the apex of that corner" declared the governing body
"On lap three, marshals were notified and made ready to access the circuit and recover the debris once all cars had passed"
"The moment it was realized that Lawson had pitted, the directives to deploy marshals were withdrawn and a safety warning flag was raised in that area"
"Our inquiry continues what transpired subsequent to that time"