Unseen moment as Liam Lawson narrowly avoids marshals during Mexico City GP
A scary moment for Liam Lawson at the Mexico City Grand Prix
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.
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.”
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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