{'I could have killed them' - Lawson encounters near miss with F1 marshals
Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson revealed he barely escaped a potentially fatal collision during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when two marshals ran across the track immediately ahead of his car
The dangerous situation happened on the third circuit when safety workers were spotted on the circuit as Lawson was getting back on the race following an early pitstop to replace his damaged front wing
Driver's Immediate Reaction
Moments later, the Formula 1 racer Lawson communicated to his team engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Could you believe what happened? I might have... taken their lives"
"I truly couldn't comprehend what I was seeing"
"I rejoined with a new set of hards, and then I arrived at Turn One and there were just two dudes sprinting across the track"
"I nearly hit one of them, frankly, it was incredibly risky"
Security Issues Highlighted
"Obviously there's been a communication breakdown somehow but I've never experienced that before, and I haven't previously witnessed that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"
"We cannot comprehend how on a ongoing race track safety personnel can be allowed to just sprint across the track in that manner. I don't understand the reason, I'm certain we'll get some form of reasoning, but this must never be repeated"
Official Investigation Underway
F1's overseeing organization, the FIA, is currently investigating the events
"Following a turn one incident, race control was advised that wreckage remained on the track at the apex of that corner" declared the FIA
"During the third lap, track officials were alerted and put on alert to access the circuit and clear the fragments once every vehicle had gone by"
"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had pitted, the instructions to dispatch marshals were rescinded and a caution signal was shown in that zone"
"Our inquiry continues what happened following that moment"
