{'I could have killed them' - Lawson experiences near miss with F1 track officials
Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson disclosed he came dangerously close to a potentially fatal incident during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when a pair of track officials crossed the track directly in front of him
The dangerous situation happened on the third lap when safety workers were spotted on the track as Lawson was getting back on the race following an quick visit to the pits to change his broken nose section
Racer's Instant Response
Immediately after, the Formula 1 racer Lawson communicated to his team engineer saying: "Is this for real? Did you just see that? I might have... taken their lives"
"I truly couldn't comprehend what I was observing"
"I exited on a brand new hard tyres, and then I got to Turn One and suddenly there were two guys running across the track"
"I came close to striking one of them, truthfully, it was incredibly risky"
Track Safety Questioned
"Evidently there's been a communication breakdown at some point but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"
"We cannot comprehend how on a active circuit track officials can be allowed to just run across the track like that. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm certain we'll get some form of reasoning, but it really can't happen again"
Formal Inquiry in Progress
The sport's regulatory authority, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), is thoroughly reviewing the situation
"After an occurrence at turn one, the race directors was notified that debris was present on the track at the turning point of that curve" stated the governing body
"During the third lap, marshals were alerted and put on alert to access the circuit and recover the debris once every vehicle had gone by"
"The moment it was realized that Lawson had pitted, the directives to deploy personnel were canceled and a double yellow flag was shown in that area"
"We are still investigating what happened after that point"
