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Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson stated he narrowly avoided a potentially deadly accident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when two safety personnel crossed the track directly in front of him

The concerning event occurred on the third rotation when safety workers were spotted on the track as Lawson was rejoining the race following an premature pit stop to swap his broken nose section

Racer's Instant Response

Shortly afterward, the Formula 1 racer Lawson communicated to his team engineer saying: "Is this for real? Did you witness that? I nearly... ended their lives"

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

"I came out on a brand new hard tyres, and then I got to Turn One and there were just two dudes sprinting across the track"

"I nearly hit one of them, truthfully, it was so dangerous"

Track Safety Questioned

"Clearly there's been a failure in communication at some point but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"

"We fail to grasp how on a ongoing race track track officials can be authorized to just dash across the track like that. I have no idea why, I'm sure we'll get some sort of explanation, but it really can't happen again"

Formal Inquiry in Progress

The sport's regulatory authority, the global motorsport federation, is currently investigating the situation

"Following a turn one incident, race control was advised that fragments were located on the track at the turning point of that curve" stated the FIA

"In the third rotation, safety personnel were informed and made ready to enter the track and remove the wreckage once all cars had passed"

"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had made a pit stop, the directives to deploy officials were withdrawn and a caution signal was raised in that section"

"We are still investigating what happened after that point"