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Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson revealed he barely escaped a potentially deadly collision during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when a pair of track officials darted across the track immediately ahead of his car

The alarming incident occurred on the third circuit when marshals were seen on the circuit as Lawson was getting back on the race following an quick visit to the pits to change his broken nose section

Racer's Instant Response

Moments later, the Formula 1 racer Lawson radioed 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 seeing"

"I rejoined with a brand new hard tyres, and then I got to Turn One and there were just two dudes dashing across the track"

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

Security Issues Highlighted

"Clearly there's been a communication breakdown at some point but I've never experienced that before, and I haven't previously witnessed that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"

"We cannot comprehend how on a live track safety personnel can be permitted to just dash across the track in that manner. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm sure we'll get some kind of clarification, but this absolutely cannot recur"

Official Investigation Underway

Formula 1's governing body, the global motorsport federation, is thoroughly reviewing the situation

"After an occurrence at turn one, race control was advised that debris was present on the track at the critical section of that bend" commented the governing body

"During the third lap, safety personnel were notified and placed on standby to access the circuit and remove the wreckage once every vehicle had gone by"

"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had pitted, the directives to deploy personnel were withdrawn and a double yellow flag was shown in that section"

"The examination is ongoing what occurred following that moment"