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Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson revealed he barely escaped a potentially deadly collision during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when two safety personnel darted across the track immediately ahead of his car

The concerning event occurred on the third rotation when safety workers were spotted on the track as Lawson was returning to the race following an early pitstop to swap his broken nose section

Driver's Immediate Reaction

Shortly afterward, the team's competitor Lawson radioed to his race engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Did you just see that? I could have... killed them"

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

"I rejoined with a new set of hards, and then I approached Turn One and there were just two guys running across the track"

"I came close to striking one of them, truthfully, it was extremely hazardous"

Safety Concerns Raised

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

"We fail to grasp how on a ongoing race track track officials can be allowed to just sprint across the track like that. I don't understand the reason, I'm certain we'll get some kind of clarification, but this must never be repeated"

Governing Body Reviewing

The sport's regulatory authority, the FIA, is actively examining the events

"Following a turn one incident, track officials was notified that wreckage remained on the track at the critical section of that bend" commented the governing body

"On lap three, safety personnel were alerted 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"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had made a pit stop, the orders to send officials were withdrawn and a caution signal was displayed in that zone"

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