{'I could have killed them' - Lawson faces near miss with Formula 1 track officials
Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson disclosed he barely escaped a potentially fatal collision during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when a pair of track officials darted across the track immediately ahead of his car
The concerning event occurred on the third lap when marshals were observed on the circuit as Lawson was rejoining the race following an quick visit to the pits to replace his compromised front wing
Competitor's Live Reaction
Immediately after, the Formula 1 racer Lawson radioed to his team engineer saying: "Is this for real? Did you witness that? I nearly... ended their lives"
"I honestly couldn't believe what I was seeing"
"I rejoined with a fresh hard compound tires, and then I got to Turn One and unexpectedly appeared two individuals dashing across the track"
"I came close to striking one of them, honestly, it was so dangerous"
Track Safety Questioned
"Evidently there's been a failure in communication somehow but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I can't recall observing that in the past. It's completely unacceptable"
"We can't understand how on a active circuit track officials can be authorized to just run across the track in that manner. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm confident we'll get some form of reasoning, but it really can't happen again"
Official Investigation Underway
F1's overseeing organization, the FIA, is actively examining the situation
"After an occurrence at turn one, race control was notified that debris was present on the track at the critical section of that bend" declared the FIA
"On lap three, safety personnel were informed and put on alert to enter the track and remove the wreckage once every vehicle had gone by"
"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had made a pit stop, the instructions to dispatch officials were rescinded and a double yellow flag was shown in that section"
"Our inquiry continues what occurred after that point"
