{'I could have killed them' - Lawson experiences near miss with Formula 1 track officials
Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson stated he narrowly avoided a potentially deadly accident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when two safety personnel crossed the track directly in front of him
The concerning event happened on the third circuit when safety workers were seen on the circuit as Lawson was returning to the race following an quick visit to the pits to change his compromised front wing
Driver's Immediate Reaction
Moments later, the team's competitor Lawson spoke to his team engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Did you just see that? I might have... taken their lives"
"I truly couldn't comprehend what I was seeing"
"I came out on a fresh hard compound tires, and then I arrived at Turn One and suddenly there were 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 failure in communication somewhere but I've never experienced that before, and I can't recall observing that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"
"We fail to grasp how on a live track track officials can be permitted to just dash across the track like that. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm confident we'll get some form of reasoning, but this must never be repeated"
Official Investigation Underway
The sport's regulatory authority, the global motorsport federation, is thoroughly reviewing the situation
"After an occurrence at turn one, track officials was informed that fragments were located on the track at the critical section of that bend" commented the FIA
"On lap three, safety personnel were informed and placed on standby 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 displayed in that section"
"We are still investigating what transpired following that moment"
