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Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson revealed he barely escaped a life-threatening collision during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when two marshals ran across the track right in his path

The dangerous situation happened on the third rotation when marshals were observed on the circuit as Lawson was getting back on the race following an early pitstop to change his compromised front wing

Racer's Instant Response

Shortly afterward, the Formula 1 racer Lawson communicated to his pit wall engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Could you believe what happened? I could have... killed them"

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

"I exited on a brand new hard tyres, and then I arrived at Turn One and suddenly there were two guys sprinting across the track"

"I came close to striking one of them, frankly, it was incredibly risky"

Security Issues Highlighted

"Clearly there's been a failure in communication at some point but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I haven't previously witnessed that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"

"We can't understand how on a active circuit safety personnel can be permitted to just sprint across the track in that manner. 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 actively examining the circumstances

"After an occurrence at turn one, track officials was notified that wreckage remained on the track at the turning point of that curve" stated the FIA

"On lap three, safety personnel were informed and made ready to enter the track and clear the fragments once the entire field had cleared the area"

"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had made a pit stop, the directives to deploy officials were canceled and a caution signal was raised in that area"

"The examination is ongoing what occurred following that moment"