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Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson stated he came dangerously close to a life-threatening collision during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when two safety personnel ran across the track directly in front of him

The alarming incident took place on the third rotation when track officials were spotted on the circuit as Lawson was returning to the race following an quick visit to the pits to swap his compromised front wing

Racer's Instant Response

Moments later, the team's competitor Lawson communicated to his team engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Did you just see that? I might have... taken their lives"

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

"I came out on a brand new hard tyres, and then I approached Turn One and suddenly there were two dudes dashing across the track"

"I nearly hit one of them, honestly, it was so dangerous"

Track Safety Questioned

"Obviously there's been a communication breakdown 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 ongoing race track safety personnel can be allowed to just dash across the track like that. I don't understand the reason, I'm sure we'll get some kind of clarification, but it really can't happen again"

Formal Inquiry in Progress

F1's overseeing organization, the global motorsport federation, is currently investigating the situation

"Subsequent to a first corner event, track officials was notified that fragments were located on the track at the critical section of that bend" declared the governing body

"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"

"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had made a pit stop, the directives to deploy marshals were canceled and a safety warning flag was displayed in that area"

"We are still investigating what occurred subsequent to that time"