{'I could have killed them' - Lawson encounters near miss with Formula 1 marshals
Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson stated he came dangerously close to a life-threatening collision during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when two safety personnel crossed the track right in his path
The alarming incident happened on the third circuit when safety workers were observed on the track as Lawson was returning to the race following an early pitstop to change his broken nose section
Driver's Immediate Reaction
Moments later, Racing Bulls driver Lawson communicated to his team engineer saying: "Is this for real? Did you just see that? I nearly... ended their lives"
"I honestly couldn't believe what I was seeing"
"I exited on a brand new hard tyres, and then I arrived at Turn One and suddenly there were two individuals sprinting across the track"
"I came close to striking one of them, truthfully, it was so dangerous"
Safety Concerns Raised
"Evidently there's been a communication breakdown somewhere but I've never encountered that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's completely unacceptable"
"We can't understand how on a ongoing race track safety personnel can be authorized to just dash across the track in such a way. I don't understand the reason, I'm certain we'll get some form of reasoning, but this must never be repeated"
Formal Inquiry in Progress
The sport's regulatory authority, the global motorsport federation, is thoroughly reviewing the situation
"Following a turn one incident, the race directors was notified that wreckage remained on the track at the critical section of that bend" declared the regulatory authority
"In the third rotation, marshals were informed 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"The moment it was realized that Lawson had made a pit stop, the orders to send personnel were rescinded and a double yellow flag was shown in that section"
"The examination is ongoing what transpired following that moment"
