{'I could have killed them' - Lawson experiences near miss with Formula 1 track officials
Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson disclosed he narrowly avoided a potentially deadly collision during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when two safety personnel crossed the track immediately ahead of his car
The dangerous situation happened on the third rotation when safety workers were spotted on the circuit as Lawson was getting back on the race following an quick visit to the pits to change his broken nose section
Competitor's Live Reaction
Moments later, the Formula 1 racer Lawson radioed to his team engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Did you just see that? I nearly... ended their lives"
"I truly couldn't comprehend what I was observing"
"I rejoined with a brand new hard tyres, and then I got to Turn One and there were just two guys dashing across the track"
"I nearly hit one of them, honestly, it was incredibly risky"
Security Issues Highlighted
"Clearly there's been a failure in communication somewhere but I've never experienced that before, and I can't recall observing that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"
"We fail to grasp how on a ongoing race track safety personnel can be allowed to just sprint across the track in such a way. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm confident we'll get some form of reasoning, but it really can't happen again"
Official Investigation Underway
F1's overseeing organization, the FIA, is currently investigating the circumstances
"After an occurrence at turn one, the race directors was advised that wreckage remained on the track at the turning point of that curve" declared the FIA
"On lap three, safety personnel were notified and put on alert to access the circuit and recover the debris once every vehicle had gone by"
"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had pitted, the orders to send officials were canceled and a safety warning flag was displayed in that zone"
"The examination is ongoing what happened after that point"
