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Formula 1 competitor Liam Lawson revealed he barely escaped a potentially deadly collision during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when a pair of track officials darted across the track immediately ahead of his car

The alarming incident happened on the third lap 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 broken nose section

Racer's Instant Response

Shortly afterward, the Formula 1 racer Lawson communicated to his race engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Did you witness that? I might have... taken their lives"

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

"I exited on a brand new hard tyres, and then I got to Turn One and there were just two guys dashing across the track"

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

Safety Concerns Raised

"Obviously there's been a failure in communication somewhere but This is the first time I've faced that before, and I haven't previously witnessed that in the past. It's absolutely inexcusable"

"We cannot comprehend how on a ongoing race track track officials can be allowed to just run across the track in such a way. I don't understand the reason, I'm certain we'll get some kind of clarification, but this must never be repeated"

Official Investigation Underway

F1's overseeing organization, the global motorsport federation, is actively examining the situation

"After an occurrence at turn one, track officials was informed that debris was present on the track at the turning point of that curve" stated the governing body

"In the third rotation, track officials were alerted and put on alert to enter the track and recover the debris once every vehicle had gone by"

"The moment it was realized that Lawson had made a pit stop, the instructions to dispatch marshals were canceled and a caution signal was raised in that area"

"We are still investigating what transpired after that point"