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Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson revealed he came dangerously close to a potentially fatal incident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when two safety personnel ran across the track immediately ahead of his car

The concerning event occurred on the third rotation when track officials were spotted on the racing surface as Lawson was returning to the race following an quick visit to the pits to change his compromised front wing

Racer's Instant Response

Moments later, the Formula 1 racer Lawson radioed to his pit wall engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Did you just see that? I could have... killed them"

"I genuinely couldn't process what I was observing"

"I rejoined with a brand new hard tyres, and then I approached Turn One and there were just two dudes dashing across the track"

"I nearly hit one of them, truthfully, it was incredibly risky"

Safety Concerns Raised

"Clearly there's been a failure in communication at some point but I've never encountered that before, and I haven't previously witnessed that in the past. It's completely unacceptable"

"We cannot comprehend how on a live track marshals can be allowed to just run across the track in that manner. I don't understand the reason, I'm sure we'll get some form of reasoning, but it really can't happen again"

Official Investigation Underway

F1's overseeing organization, the FIA, is currently investigating the situation

"Following a turn one incident, race control was notified that wreckage remained on the track at the apex of that corner" declared the governing body

"On lap three, marshals were informed and put on alert to access the circuit and remove the wreckage once every vehicle had gone by"

"The moment it was realized that Lawson had entered the pits, the orders to send marshals were withdrawn and a double yellow flag was raised in that area"

"The examination is ongoing what happened subsequent to that time"