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Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson disclosed he barely escaped a potentially fatal collision during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when two safety personnel crossed the track right in his path

The alarming incident occurred on the third circuit when marshals were seen on the track as Lawson was returning to the race following an early pitstop to change his broken nose section

Driver's Immediate Reaction

Shortly afterward, the Formula 1 racer Lawson communicated to his pit wall engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Did you just see that? I nearly... ended their lives"

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

"I came out on a new set of hards, and then I approached Turn One and suddenly there were two individuals sprinting across the track"

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

Security Issues Highlighted

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

"We cannot comprehend how on a ongoing race track safety personnel can be allowed to just run across the track in such a way. I don't understand the reason, I'm sure we'll get some kind of clarification, but it really can't happen again"

Official Investigation Underway

Formula 1's governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), is actively examining the situation

"After an occurrence at turn one, the race directors was notified that debris was present on the track at the apex of that corner" stated the FIA

"On lap three, track officials were alerted and made ready to go onto the racing surface and remove the wreckage once the entire field had cleared the area"

"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had pitted, the directives to deploy marshals were canceled and a caution signal was displayed in that zone"

"We are still investigating what transpired after that point"