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Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson disclosed he came dangerously close to a life-threatening collision during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when a pair of track officials darted across the track directly in front of him

The dangerous situation took place on the third circuit when safety workers were seen on the track as Lawson was rejoining the race following an premature pit stop to swap his damaged front wing

Driver's Immediate Reaction

Immediately after, Racing Bulls driver Lawson radioed to his race engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Could you believe what happened? I might have... taken their lives"

"I genuinely couldn't process what I was witnessing"

"I rejoined with a brand new hard tyres, and then I approached Turn One and there were just two guys sprinting across the track"

"I came close to striking one of them, frankly, it was extremely hazardous"

Track Safety Questioned

"Obviously there's been a communication breakdown at some point but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's completely unacceptable"

"We fail to grasp how on a live track safety personnel can be allowed to just dash across the track like that. I don't understand the reason, I'm confident we'll get some kind of clarification, but this must never be repeated"

Official Investigation Underway

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

"After an occurrence at turn one, race control was notified that fragments were located on the track at the critical section of that bend" commented the regulatory authority

"In the third rotation, marshals were notified and made ready to enter the track and recover the debris once every vehicle had gone by"

"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had pitted, the instructions to dispatch personnel were rescinded and a caution signal was shown in that area"

"The examination is ongoing what transpired following that moment"