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Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson stated he narrowly avoided a life-threatening accident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when two marshals ran across the track directly in front of him

The dangerous situation happened on the third circuit when marshals were observed on the circuit as Lawson was returning to the race following an premature pit stop to replace his damaged front wing

Competitor's Live Reaction

Immediately after, the Formula 1 racer Lawson spoke to his pit wall engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Did you witness that? I might have... taken their lives"

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

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

"I nearly hit one of them, frankly, it was incredibly risky"

Track Safety Questioned

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

"We fail to grasp how on a live track track officials can be authorized to just run across the track like that. 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

The sport's regulatory authority, the global motorsport federation, is actively examining the situation

"After an occurrence at turn one, the race directors was informed that debris was present on the track at the apex of that corner" declared the regulatory authority

"During the third lap, marshals were notified and put on alert to go onto the racing surface and remove the wreckage once every vehicle had gone by"

"The moment it was realized that Lawson had pitted, the orders to send marshals were canceled and a double yellow flag was raised in that section"

"Our inquiry continues what transpired following that moment"