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Formula 1 racer Liam Lawson revealed he barely escaped a potentially fatal accident during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when a pair of track officials ran across the track right in his path

The alarming incident occurred on the third circuit when safety workers were seen on the circuit as Lawson was returning to the race following an quick visit to the pits to swap his damaged front wing

Racer's Instant Response

Immediately after, Racing Bulls driver Lawson radioed to his race engineer saying: "You've got to be joking? Could you believe what happened? I could have... killed them"

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

"I rejoined with a brand new hard tyres, and then I got to Turn One and there were just two individuals sprinting across the track"

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

Safety Concerns Raised

"Obviously 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 ongoing race track track officials can be permitted to just run across the track in that manner. I'm clueless about the cause, I'm sure we'll get some form of reasoning, but this absolutely cannot recur"

Formal Inquiry in Progress

F1's overseeing organization, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), is currently investigating the situation

"Subsequent to a first corner event, track officials was informed that debris was present on the track at the apex of that corner" commented the regulatory authority

"During the third lap, marshals were informed and made ready to enter the track and recover the debris once all cars had passed"

"The moment it was realized that Lawson had entered the pits, the instructions to dispatch personnel were canceled and a safety warning flag was displayed in that zone"

"We are still investigating what transpired subsequent to that time"