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Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson revealed he came dangerously close to a potentially deadly accident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when two safety personnel darted across the track right in his path

The alarming incident occurred on the third circuit when track officials were spotted on the racing surface as Lawson was getting back on the race following an premature pit stop to replace his broken nose section

Driver's Immediate Reaction

Immediately after, Racing Bulls driver Lawson communicated to his pit wall engineer saying: "Is this for real? Did you just see that? I could have... killed them"

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

"I rejoined with a brand new hard tyres, and then I got to Turn One and unexpectedly appeared two dudes dashing across the track"

"I almost collided with one of them, frankly, it was incredibly risky"

Safety Concerns Raised

"Evidently there's been a failure in communication at some point but I've never experienced that before, and I haven't previously witnessed that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"

"We cannot comprehend how on a live track safety personnel can be permitted to just run across the track in such a way. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm certain we'll get some sort of explanation, but this must never be repeated"

Formal Inquiry in Progress

The sport's regulatory authority, the global motorsport federation, is thoroughly reviewing the events

"Subsequent to a first corner event, race control was advised that fragments were located on the track at the apex of that corner" declared the regulatory authority

"In the third rotation, safety personnel were informed and made ready to access the circuit and remove the wreckage once all cars had passed"

"The moment it was realized that Lawson had pitted, the directives to deploy marshals were canceled and a double yellow flag was raised in that zone"

"We are still investigating what occurred subsequent to that time"