{'I could have killed them' - Lawson encounters close call with Formula 1 track officials
Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson disclosed he narrowly avoided a potentially fatal collision during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when two safety personnel crossed the track right in his path
The dangerous situation happened on the third circuit when safety workers were spotted on the racing surface as Lawson was rejoining the race following an quick visit to the pits to replace his damaged front wing
Competitor's Live Reaction
Immediately after, the Formula 1 racer Lawson communicated to his pit wall engineer saying: "Is this for real? Could you believe what happened? I could have... killed them"
"I honestly couldn't believe what I was observing"
"I rejoined with a brand new hard tyres, and then I approached Turn One and there were just two dudes dashing across the track"
"I almost collided with one of them, honestly, it was incredibly risky"
Track Safety Questioned
"Clearly there's been a failure in communication at some point but I've never experienced 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 allowed to just dash across the track in that manner. I'm clueless about the cause, 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 thoroughly reviewing the events
"After an occurrence at turn one, the race directors was advised that wreckage remained on the track at the apex of that corner" stated the governing body
"During the third lap, track officials were notified and put on alert to access the circuit and clear the fragments once all cars had passed"
"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had made a pit stop, the directives to deploy marshals were rescinded and a caution signal was raised in that zone"
"Our inquiry continues what transpired after that point"
