{'I could have killed them' - Lawson faces near miss with Formula 1 safety personnel
Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson revealed he narrowly avoided a potentially deadly collision during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when two safety personnel ran across the track right in his path
The concerning event occurred on the third circuit when safety workers were spotted on the racing surface as Lawson was rejoining the race following an premature pit stop to swap his broken nose section
Driver's Immediate Reaction
Shortly afterward, the team's competitor Lawson spoke to his race engineer saying: "Is this for real? Did you just see that? I nearly... ended their lives"
"I genuinely couldn't process what I was observing"
"I exited on a new set of hards, and then I got to Turn One and there were just two individuals sprinting across the track"
"I came close to striking one of them, truthfully, it was incredibly risky"
Track Safety Questioned
"Clearly there's been a miscommunication somehow 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 can't understand how on a live track safety personnel can be allowed to just sprint across the track like that. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm certain we'll get some kind of clarification, but it really can't happen again"
Formal Inquiry in Progress
Formula 1's governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), is currently investigating the circumstances
"Following a turn one incident, track officials was notified that wreckage remained on the track at the critical section of that bend" declared the governing body
"On lap three, track officials were alerted and put on alert to access the circuit and recover the debris once every vehicle had gone by"
"The moment it was realized that Lawson had entered the pits, the instructions to dispatch officials were canceled and a caution signal was raised in that section"
"The examination is ongoing what occurred after that point"
