{'I could have killed them' - Lawson experiences dangerous incident with F1 safety personnel

Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson stated he came dangerously close to a potentially deadly incident during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when a pair of track officials darted across the track right in his path

The dangerous situation took place on the third circuit when track officials were observed on the circuit as Lawson was getting back on the race following an early pitstop to change his compromised front wing

Driver's Immediate Reaction

Immediately after, Racing Bulls driver Lawson communicated to his pit wall engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Did you just see that? I nearly... ended their lives"

"I truly couldn't comprehend what I was observing"

"I came out on a fresh hard compound tires, and then I approached Turn One and suddenly there were two individuals dashing across the track"

"I came close to striking one of them, truthfully, it was extremely hazardous"

Track Safety Questioned

"Evidently there's been a miscommunication somehow but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I haven't previously witnessed that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"

"We can't understand how on a active circuit track officials can be allowed to just sprint across the track in such a way. I don't understand the reason, I'm certain we'll get some kind of clarification, but this must never be repeated"

Official Investigation Underway

The sport's regulatory authority, the global motorsport federation, is actively examining the circumstances

"After an occurrence at turn one, race control was informed that fragments were located on the track at the critical section of that bend" stated the regulatory authority

"In the third rotation, safety personnel were alerted and put on alert to go onto the racing surface and recover the debris once all cars had passed"

"The moment it was realized that Lawson had pitted, the orders to send officials were rescinded and a safety warning flag was displayed in that zone"

"The examination is ongoing what happened following that moment"