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Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson revealed he came dangerously close to a potentially fatal accident during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when two safety personnel ran across the track immediately ahead of his car

The dangerous situation took place on the third lap when marshals were spotted on the racing surface as Lawson was getting back on the race following an early pitstop to swap his broken nose section

Competitor's Live Reaction

Immediately after, the Formula 1 racer Lawson communicated to his team engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Did you witness that? I nearly... ended their lives"

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

"I rejoined with a new set of hards, and then I got to Turn One and suddenly there were two dudes running across the track"

"I almost collided with one of them, honestly, it was extremely hazardous"

Security Issues Highlighted

"Evidently there's been a failure in communication somehow but I've never experienced that before, and I haven't really seen that in the past. It's completely unacceptable"

"We fail to grasp how on a active circuit safety personnel can be authorized to just dash across the track like that. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm confident we'll get some form of reasoning, but this absolutely cannot recur"

Official Investigation Underway

F1's overseeing organization, the global motorsport federation, is currently investigating the situation

"After an occurrence at turn one, race control was notified that debris was present on the track at the critical section of that bend" stated the governing body

"In the third rotation, safety personnel were informed and placed on standby to enter the track and clear the fragments once the entire field had cleared the area"

"The moment it was realized that Lawson had entered the pits, the orders to send personnel were canceled and a double yellow flag was raised in that zone"

"We are still investigating what transpired following that moment"