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Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson disclosed he narrowly avoided a potentially deadly accident during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when two safety personnel crossed the track right in his path

The dangerous situation happened on the third rotation when marshals were spotted on the circuit as Lawson was returning to the race following an quick visit to the pits to change his broken nose section

Driver's Immediate Reaction

Shortly afterward, the Formula 1 racer Lawson radioed to his pit wall engineer saying: "Is this for real? Did you just see that? I might have... taken their lives"

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

"I exited on a fresh hard compound tires, and then I approached Turn One and suddenly there were two dudes sprinting across the track"

"I came close to striking one of them, frankly, it was incredibly risky"

Safety Concerns Raised

"Clearly there's been a failure in communication 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 absolutely inexcusable"

"We can't understand how on a ongoing race track track officials can be permitted to just run across the track like that. I don't understand the reason, I'm sure we'll get some form of reasoning, but it really can't happen again"

Formal Inquiry in Progress

Formula 1's governing body, the global motorsport federation, is thoroughly reviewing the circumstances

"After an occurrence at turn one, track officials was advised that fragments were located on the track at the turning point of that curve" stated the governing body

"During the third lap, track officials were alerted and placed on standby to go onto the racing surface and recover the debris once all cars had passed"

"The moment it was realized that Lawson had entered the pits, the directives to deploy marshals were withdrawn and a caution signal was displayed in that section"

"The examination is ongoing what occurred following that moment"