'I Could’ve Killed Him!' Liam Lawson Makes Startling Admission After Mexico GP

The Mexico GP was one of the more controversial races from the FIA and the race control point of view. The final laps of the race saw an awkward virtual safety car deployment that cost Max Verstappen his P2 finish against Charles Leclerc.

Moreover, at the beginning of the race, Liam Lawson narrowly avoided hitting stewards following a small incident on track. The Kiwi was left startled after barely avoiding a major accident from taking place.

The start of the Mexico GP was a bit chaotic as multiple drivers collided and left debris on the track. Liam Lawson had to pit early due to the said incident and had to rejoin the track. At around Lap 3, the stewards were picking off the debris from the track while the race was being run under normal conditions. Lawson did not anticipate the stewards being so close and could have crashed into them.

At around Lap 3, the incident occurred when Liam Lawson narrowly avoided hitting the track marshals. Lawson was taking a blind turn and wasn’t aware of what was happening after the turn. He did not expect two race marshals running across the track. As such, the Kiwi was left surprised and startled after almost crashing into the people on the track.

Immediately after, Liam Lawson lashed out on the team radio about the possible collision. The Kiwi questioned if the race marshals were joking or playing a prank. Lawson asked his race engineer if he saw the situation. The Racing Bulls driver then asserted that he could have killed someone on track and ended the race under much worse and darker situations.

Are you kidding me? Did you just see that? I could have… killed them.

Liam Lawson said on the team radio.

Liam Lawson claims such situations ‘completely unacceptable’

Formula 1 drivers crashing into people on track is unseen and very rare. However, there have been some instances in the past of colliding with people on the track. Despite modern safety precautions, such incidents are never impossible to take place and can happen at any given point in time. As such, Liam Lawson criticized the situation and called out race control for the unacceptable conditions at the Mexico GP.