Liam Lawson narrowly avoided disaster after two marshals ran onto the track at the Mexico City Grand Prix – with the F1 driver saying: “I could have killed them.”

The New Zealander pitted after the first lap following a collision with Carlos Sainz at turn one, which resulted in debris on track.

But the Racing Bulls driver rejoined the track, and the turn one-two section, just as two marshals collecting the debris ran across the circuit. Seemingly, the marshals were unaware that Lawson had pitted and so was an outlier amongst the pack.

A shaken Lawson, 23, said to his race engineer Ernesto Desiderio over team radio: “Wait, the f*** - oh my God, are you kidding me? Did you see that?” Fortunately for the marshals, Lawson was warned about the double-waved yellow flags – instructing dri

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