{'I could have killed them' - Lawson experiences near miss with F1 safety personnel
Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson disclosed he narrowly avoided a potentially deadly accident during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when two marshals crossed the track directly in front of him
The dangerous situation happened on the third rotation when marshals were spotted on the circuit as Lawson was rejoining the race following an premature pit stop to swap his compromised front wing
Competitor's Live Reaction
Shortly afterward, the team's competitor Lawson communicated to his race engineer saying: "Is this for real? Did you witness that? I might have... taken their lives"
"I honestly couldn't believe what I was seeing"
"I exited on a new set of hards, and then I arrived at Turn One and there were just two guys dashing across the track"
"I came close to striking one of them, frankly, it was extremely hazardous"
Safety Concerns Raised
"Clearly there's been a failure in communication somehow but I've never encountered 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 safety personnel can be permitted to just dash across the track in such a way. I don't understand the reason, I'm certain we'll get some kind of clarification, but it really can't happen again"
Official Investigation Underway
F1's overseeing organization, the global motorsport federation, is thoroughly reviewing the situation
"Following a turn one incident, the race directors was notified that fragments were located on the track at the turning point of that curve" stated the FIA
"In the third rotation, safety personnel were informed and made ready to go onto the racing surface and recover the debris once every vehicle had gone by"
"The moment it was realized that Lawson had made a pit stop, the instructions to dispatch marshals were rescinded and a caution signal was raised in that zone"
"Our inquiry continues what happened after that point"
