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Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson revealed he narrowly avoided a potentially fatal collision during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when a pair of track officials crossed the track right in his path

The alarming incident occurred on the third lap when safety workers were observed on the circuit as Lawson was rejoining the race following an quick visit to the pits to change his damaged front wing

Driver's Immediate Reaction

Moments later, the Formula 1 racer Lawson radioed to his race engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Did you just see that? I nearly... ended their lives"

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

"I rejoined with a fresh hard compound tires, and then I got to Turn One and there were just two individuals sprinting across the track"

"I almost collided with one of them, honestly, it was extremely hazardous"

Safety Concerns Raised

"Obviously there's been a failure in communication somehow but I've never experienced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"

"We cannot comprehend how on a active circuit safety personnel can be authorized to just dash across the track like that. I have no idea why, I'm sure we'll get some sort of explanation, but it really can't happen again"

Official Investigation Underway

Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, is thoroughly reviewing the events

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

"In the third rotation, safety personnel were notified and made ready to access the circuit and remove the wreckage once every vehicle had gone by"

"The moment it was realized that Lawson had made a pit stop, the instructions to dispatch personnel were withdrawn and a double yellow flag was raised in that zone"

"Our inquiry continues what happened subsequent to that time"