{'I could have killed them' - Lawson encounters dangerous incident with F1 track officials
Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson stated he narrowly avoided a potentially deadly incident during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when two marshals ran across the track right in his path
The alarming incident occurred on the third rotation when marshals were seen on the track as Lawson was getting back on the race following an early pitstop to swap his compromised front wing
Competitor's Live Reaction
Immediately after, the Formula 1 racer Lawson communicated to his race engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Did you just see that? I nearly... ended their lives"
"I genuinely couldn't process what I was observing"
"I came out on a fresh hard compound tires, and then I approached Turn One and unexpectedly appeared two individuals dashing across the track"
"I almost collided with one of them, frankly, it was so dangerous"
Track Safety Questioned
"Clearly there's been a miscommunication somewhere but I've never experienced that before, and I can't recall observing that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"
"We can't understand how on a active circuit marshals can be permitted to just sprint across the track like that. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm confident we'll get some sort of explanation, but this must never be repeated"
Formal Inquiry in Progress
Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, is actively examining the events
"Subsequent to a first corner event, race control was notified that wreckage remained on the track at the critical section of that bend" commented the FIA
"During the third lap, marshals were notified and placed on standby to access the circuit and recover the debris once all cars had passed"
"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had entered the pits, the directives to deploy officials were withdrawn and a double yellow flag was shown in that area"
"The examination is ongoing what occurred subsequent to that time"
