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Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson revealed he narrowly avoided a potentially deadly collision during Sunday's F1 event in Mexico when two marshals 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 racing surface as Lawson was returning to the race following an quick visit to the pits to swap his compromised front wing

Racer's Instant Response

Shortly afterward, the team's competitor Lawson radioed to his race engineer saying: "Are you kidding me? Did you just see that? I might have... taken their lives"

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

"I came out on a new set of hards, and then I arrived at Turn One and there were just two guys dashing across the track"

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

Security Issues Highlighted

"Obviously there's been a communication breakdown somehow but I've never experienced that before, and I haven't previously witnessed that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"

"We can't understand how on a ongoing race track track officials can be permitted to just run across the track in that manner. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm sure we'll get some kind of clarification, but it really can't happen again"

Formal Inquiry in Progress

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

"Following a turn one incident, track officials was advised that fragments were located on the track at the critical section of that bend" stated the FIA

"On lap three, track officials were alerted and placed on standby to go onto the racing surface and recover the debris once the entire field had cleared the area"

"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had pitted, the instructions to dispatch personnel were canceled and a safety warning flag was displayed in that zone"

"Our inquiry continues what transpired subsequent to that time"