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Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson revealed he came dangerously close to a life-threatening collision during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when two marshals darted across the track directly in front of him

The dangerous situation took place on the third rotation when marshals were observed on the track as Lawson was returning to the race following an premature pit stop to change his damaged front wing

Driver's Immediate Reaction

Shortly afterward, the team's competitor Lawson spoke to his team engineer saying: "Is this for real? Could you believe what happened? I could have... killed them"

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

"I rejoined with a fresh hard compound tires, and then I arrived at Turn One and unexpectedly appeared two individuals dashing across the track"

"I almost collided with one of them, frankly, it was so dangerous"

Track Safety Questioned

"Clearly there's been a communication breakdown somewhere but I've never encountered that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"

"We cannot comprehend how on a active circuit marshals can be authorized to just run across the track in such a way. I have no idea why, I'm confident we'll get some sort of explanation, but it really can't happen again"

Formal Inquiry in Progress

F1's overseeing organization, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), is thoroughly reviewing the circumstances

"After an occurrence at turn one, track officials was notified that fragments were located on the track at the apex of that corner" stated the governing body

"In the third rotation, marshals were informed and placed on standby to go onto the racing surface and remove the wreckage once all cars had passed"

"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had pitted, the instructions to dispatch officials were rescinded and a caution signal was displayed in that area"

"Our inquiry continues what transpired subsequent to that time"