Overview
- Lawson narrowly avoided two marshals crossing the track after rejoining from a pit stop on lap three at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez during a double-waved yellow period.
- Mexico’s motorsport federation OMDAI publicly assigned blame to Lawson, citing onboard images and arguing he neither slowed enough nor altered his line.
- The FIA initially said marshals were put on standby to recover debris and that the order was rescinded once Lawson pitted, with double yellows shown as it opened a formal investigation.
- In a follow-up statement, the FIA said telemetry shows Lawson braked earlier and passed significantly slower than racing speed, concluding he is not at fault while the investigation continues with OMDAI and Racing Bulls.
- The incident, not shown on the world feed and not probed by stewards during the race, has intensified scrutiny of marshal deployment and race-control communications, and reports indicate FIA officials apologised to Lawson.