{'I could have killed them' - Lawson faces dangerous incident with F1 track officials

Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson revealed he narrowly avoided a potentially deadly incident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when a pair of track officials darted across the track immediately ahead of his car

The dangerous situation happened on the third rotation when track officials were seen on the racing surface as Lawson was getting back on the race following an quick visit to the pits to swap his compromised front wing

Competitor's Live Reaction

Moments later, the team's competitor Lawson spoke to his pit wall engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Could you believe what happened? I nearly... ended their lives"

"I honestly couldn't believe what I was witnessing"

"I rejoined with a fresh hard compound tires, and then I approached Turn One and unexpectedly appeared two individuals running across the track"

"I nearly hit one of them, frankly, it was so dangerous"

Security Issues Highlighted

"Clearly there's been a miscommunication somewhere but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's completely unacceptable"

"We fail to grasp how on a live track safety personnel can be permitted to just sprint across the track in such a way. 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 global motorsport federation, is actively examining the events

"After an occurrence at turn one, the race directors was notified that debris was present on the track at the turning point of that curve" declared the governing body

"On lap three, track officials were alerted 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"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had pitted, the orders to send officials were withdrawn and a double yellow flag was shown in that section"

"Our inquiry continues what occurred subsequent to that time"