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Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson disclosed he came dangerously close to a life-threatening incident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when two safety personnel ran across the track right in his path

The alarming incident took place on the third circuit when marshals were observed on the racing surface as Lawson was rejoining the race following an quick visit to the pits to change his compromised front wing

Racer's Instant Response

Immediately after, the Formula 1 racer Lawson spoke to his team engineer saying: "Is this for real? Could you believe what happened? I could have... killed them"

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

"I came out on a fresh hard compound tires, and then I approached Turn One and unexpectedly appeared two guys running across the track"

"I came close to striking one of them, frankly, it was so dangerous"

Track Safety Questioned

"Obviously there's been a communication breakdown somewhere but I've never experienced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"

"We cannot comprehend how on a ongoing race track safety personnel can be authorized to just sprint across the track in such a way. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm confident we'll get some form of reasoning, but it really can't happen again"

Governing Body Reviewing

F1's overseeing organization, the global motorsport federation, is thoroughly reviewing the circumstances

"Following a turn one incident, the race directors was advised that fragments were located on the track at the apex of that corner" commented the regulatory authority

"In the third rotation, track officials were notified and made ready to enter the track and remove the wreckage once all cars had passed"

"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had pitted, the orders to send officials were rescinded and a double yellow flag was displayed in that section"

"We are still investigating what happened following that moment"