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Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson disclosed he narrowly avoided a potentially fatal incident during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when a pair of track officials crossed the track immediately ahead of his car

The alarming incident occurred on the third circuit when safety workers were observed on the circuit as Lawson was returning to the race following an quick visit to the pits to replace his compromised front wing

Driver's Immediate Reaction

Immediately after, the Formula 1 racer Lawson spoke to his pit wall engineer saying: "Is this for real? Did you just see that? I might have... taken their lives"

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

"I came out on a fresh hard compound tires, and then I arrived at Turn One and there were just two dudes running across the track"

"I nearly hit one of them, truthfully, it was extremely hazardous"

Security Issues Highlighted

"Evidently there's been a miscommunication somewhere but I've never experienced that before, and I haven't previously witnessed that in the past. It's completely unacceptable"

"We can't understand how on a active circuit marshals can be permitted to just run across the track in such a way. I have no idea why, I'm confident we'll get some form of reasoning, but this must never be repeated"

Official Investigation Underway

F1's overseeing organization, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), is thoroughly reviewing the situation

"Subsequent to a first corner event, track officials was notified that wreckage remained on the track at the critical section of that bend" declared the governing body

"In the third rotation, marshals were informed and put on alert to access the circuit and clear the fragments once all cars had passed"

"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had entered the pits, the instructions to dispatch officials were withdrawn and a double yellow flag was shown in that zone"

"The examination is ongoing what transpired after that point"