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Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson disclosed he narrowly avoided a life-threatening collision during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when two marshals darted across the track directly in front of him

The dangerous situation happened on the third lap when track officials were spotted on the racing surface as Lawson was returning to the race following an quick visit to the pits to swap his broken nose section

Racer's Instant Response

Immediately after, Racing Bulls driver Lawson spoke to his pit wall engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Did you just see that? I nearly... ended their lives"

"I honestly couldn't believe what I was seeing"

"I exited on a new set of hards, and then I arrived at Turn One and suddenly there were two dudes sprinting across the track"

"I almost collided with one of them, frankly, it was incredibly risky"

Safety Concerns Raised

"Evidently there's been a failure in communication at some point but I've never encountered that before, and I can't recall observing that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"

"We cannot comprehend how on a ongoing race track safety personnel can be authorized to just dash across the track in that manner. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm confident we'll get some kind of clarification, but this must never be repeated"

Official Investigation Underway

The sport's regulatory authority, the global motorsport federation, is actively examining the events

"Subsequent to a first corner event, race control was advised that debris was present on the track at the turning point of that curve" commented the regulatory authority

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

"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had made a pit stop, the directives to deploy officials were withdrawn and a caution signal was shown in that area"

"Our inquiry continues what happened subsequent to that time"