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Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson stated he came dangerously close to a life-threatening incident during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when two safety personnel ran across the track directly in front of him

The alarming incident occurred on the third lap when safety workers were seen on the track as Lawson was getting back on the race following an premature pit stop to replace his compromised front wing

Competitor's Live Reaction

Shortly afterward, the team's competitor Lawson communicated to his pit wall 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 observing"

"I came out on a fresh hard compound tires, and then I got to Turn One and there were just two guys sprinting across the track"

"I nearly hit one of them, truthfully, it was extremely hazardous"

Safety Concerns Raised

"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 absolutely inexcusable"

"We can't understand how on a live track marshals can be allowed to just dash across the track in that manner. I have no idea why, I'm confident we'll get some form of reasoning, but it really can't happen again"

Governing Body Reviewing

F1's overseeing organization, the FIA, is actively examining the situation

"Subsequent to a first corner event, the race directors was notified that fragments were located on the track at the critical section of that bend" commented the regulatory authority

"During the third lap, marshals were alerted and put on alert to access the circuit and clear the fragments once the entire field had cleared the area"

"The moment it was realized that Lawson had pitted, the instructions to dispatch personnel were rescinded and a safety warning flag was displayed in that zone"

"The examination is ongoing what happened subsequent to that time"