🔗 Share this article

Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson stated he came dangerously close to a life-threatening collision during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when two marshals darted across the track immediately ahead of his car

The dangerous situation occurred on the third rotation when track officials were seen on the racing surface as Lawson was getting back on the race following an quick visit to the pits to change his compromised front wing

Competitor's Live Reaction

Immediately after, the team's competitor Lawson spoke to his team engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Did you witness that? I nearly... ended their lives"

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

"I exited on a brand new hard tyres, and then I approached Turn One and there were just two dudes sprinting across the track"

"I came close to striking one of them, honestly, it was incredibly risky"

Track Safety Questioned

"Evidently there's been a miscommunication somehow but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I can't recall observing that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"

"We can't understand how on a live track marshals can be permitted to just dash across the track in such a way. I have no idea why, I'm sure we'll get some sort of explanation, but this must never be repeated"

Formal Inquiry in Progress

The sport's regulatory authority, the FIA, is currently investigating the circumstances

"Following a turn one incident, the race directors was notified that fragments were located on the track at the apex of that corner" commented the governing body

"During the third lap, track officials were alerted and put on alert 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"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had pitted, the directives to deploy marshals were withdrawn and a caution signal was displayed in that section"

"We are still investigating what happened subsequent to that time"