Liam Lawson narrowly avoided hitting two marshals during the early stages of the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Lawson was an early retirement at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez after a Lap 1 incident.
The Racing Bulls driver fortunately avoided two marshals who were clearing the track from debris in the opening sequence of corners.
Lawson was clearly relived, as revealed in a team radio exchange with his Racing Bulls engineer.
Liam Lawson
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Lawson reported on team radio: “Mate.. Oh my god, are you kidding me? Did you just see that?”
His RB engineer replied: “Yep, saw it.”
Lawson said: “Oh my god dude.”
RB engineer said: “Yep. Well done to avoid them.”
Lawson concluded: “I could have fu**ing killed them mate.”
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Speaking to reporters after the race, Lawson said: “Yeah, I honestly couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I boxed, came out on a new set of hards, and then I got to Turn 1, and there was two dudes just running across the track. I nearly had one of them.
“Honestly, it was so dangerous. Obviously, there’s been a miscommunication somewhere, but I’ve never experienced that before, and I haven’t really seen that in the past, so it’s pretty unacceptable.”
He added: “Yeah, for sure. We obviously can’t understand how on a live track, the marshals can be allowed to just run across the track like that.
“So yeah, I have no idea why, but I’m sure we’ll get some explanation, but it really can’t happen again.”
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