{'I could have killed them' - Lawson experiences close call with F1 marshals
Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson revealed he narrowly avoided a life-threatening incident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when a pair of track officials crossed the track immediately ahead of his car
The dangerous situation happened on the third rotation when marshals were observed on the track as Lawson was rejoining the race following an premature pit stop to change his broken nose section
Competitor's Live Reaction
Immediately after, Racing Bulls driver Lawson communicated to his race engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Could you believe what happened? I might have... taken their lives"
"I genuinely couldn't process what I was seeing"
"I rejoined with a new set of hards, and then I got to Turn One and suddenly there were two dudes sprinting across the track"
"I almost collided with one of them, frankly, it was so dangerous"
Security Issues Highlighted
"Obviously there's been a communication breakdown at some point but I've never experienced that before, and I can't recall observing that in the past. It's completely unacceptable"
"We cannot comprehend how on a active circuit marshals can be allowed to just sprint across the track in that manner. I have no idea why, I'm certain we'll get some form of reasoning, but it really can't happen again"
Formal Inquiry in Progress
Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, is actively examining the circumstances
"Following a turn one incident, track officials was advised that wreckage remained on the track at the apex of that corner" stated the FIA
"In the third rotation, marshals were alerted and placed on standby 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 raised in that zone"
"Our inquiry continues what happened following that moment"
