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Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson revealed he narrowly avoided a potentially fatal collision during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when two safety personnel darted across the track immediately ahead of his car

The concerning event happened on the third circuit when marshals were spotted on the racing surface as Lawson was rejoining the race following an quick visit to the pits to replace his damaged front wing

Competitor's Live Reaction

Shortly afterward, the team's competitor Lawson communicated to his team engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Could you believe what happened? I might have... taken their lives"

"I truly couldn't comprehend what I was witnessing"

"I came out on a new set of hards, and then I approached Turn One and there were just two individuals running across the track"

"I came close to striking one of them, truthfully, it was so dangerous"

Security Issues Highlighted

"Clearly there's been a failure in communication somehow but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I can't recall observing that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"

"We cannot comprehend how on a live track safety personnel can be permitted to just dash across the track like that. I have no idea why, I'm sure we'll get some kind of clarification, but this absolutely cannot recur"

Formal Inquiry in Progress

F1's overseeing organization, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), is currently investigating the events

"Following a turn one incident, race control was advised that debris was present on the track at the apex of that corner" stated the governing body

"In the third rotation, safety personnel were alerted and made ready to enter the track and remove the wreckage once the entire field had cleared the area"

"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had made a pit stop, the directives to deploy officials were withdrawn and a double yellow flag was shown in that zone"

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