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Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson disclosed he came dangerously close to a potentially deadly accident during Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix when two safety personnel ran across the track right in his path

The dangerous situation happened on the third circuit when track officials were spotted on the track as Lawson was returning to the race following an quick visit to the pits to replace his damaged front wing

Competitor's Live Reaction

Immediately after, the Formula 1 racer Lawson spoke to his pit wall engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Could you believe what happened? I nearly... ended their lives"

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

"I came out on a fresh hard compound tires, and then I approached Turn One and unexpectedly appeared two individuals sprinting across the track"

"I came close to striking one of them, truthfully, it was so dangerous"

Safety Concerns Raised

"Clearly there's been a miscommunication at some point but I've never experienced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's pretty unacceptable"

"We fail to grasp how on a live track track officials can be permitted to just run across the track in that manner. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm certain we'll get some kind of clarification, but this absolutely cannot recur"

Official Investigation Underway

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

"Subsequent to a first corner event, the race directors was advised that fragments were located on the track at the critical section of that bend" declared the FIA

"On lap three, marshals were alerted and made ready to access the circuit and recover the debris once the entire field had cleared the area"

"Immediately when it was understood that Lawson had entered the pits, the instructions to dispatch officials were rescinded and a caution signal was shown in that zone"

"The examination is ongoing what happened after that point"