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Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson stated he narrowly avoided a potentially deadly accident during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when a pair of track officials darted across the track directly in front of him

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

Competitor's Live Reaction

Moments later, Racing Bulls driver Lawson radioed to his pit wall engineer saying: "Is this for real? Did you witness that? I might have... taken their lives"

"I genuinely couldn't process what I was observing"

"I exited on a new set of hards, and then I approached Turn One and there were just two individuals running across the track"

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

Safety Concerns Raised

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

"We fail to grasp how on a ongoing race track marshals can be permitted to just dash across the track like that. I don't understand the reason, I'm sure we'll get some sort of explanation, but it really can't happen again"

Official Investigation Underway

The sport's regulatory authority, the global motorsport federation, is thoroughly reviewing the situation

"After an occurrence at turn one, race control was notified that fragments were located on the track at the critical section of that bend" declared the governing body

"On lap three, safety personnel were notified and made ready to go onto the racing surface and remove the wreckage once every vehicle had gone by"

"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had made a pit stop, the orders to send marshals were withdrawn and a safety warning flag was displayed in that zone"

"We are still investigating what occurred following that moment"