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Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson stated he narrowly avoided a potentially deadly collision during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when two safety personnel ran across the track immediately ahead of his car

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

Racer's Instant Response

Shortly afterward, Racing Bulls driver Lawson radioed to his team engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Did you witness that? I could have... killed them"

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

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

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

Track Safety Questioned

"Evidently there's been a communication breakdown at some point but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I can't recall observing that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"

"We can't understand how on a active circuit track officials can be authorized to just dash across the track in such a way. I don't understand the reason, I'm certain we'll get some form of reasoning, but it really can't happen again"

Official Investigation Underway

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

"Following a turn one incident, the race directors was informed that fragments were located on the track at the critical section of that bend" commented the governing body

"On lap three, track officials were alerted and made ready to go onto the racing surface and remove the wreckage once every vehicle had gone by"

"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had pitted, the instructions to dispatch marshals were canceled and a caution signal was shown in that section"

"Our inquiry continues what occurred following that moment"