Every word Liam Lawson said on the team radio after marshals near miss and Carlos Sainz crash

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Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson was the first person to retire from the Mexico City Grand Prix, but that didn’t mean his race was uneventful.

Liam Lawson qualified 15th for the Mexico City Grand Prix after a difficult Q2 session, while his Racing Bulls teammate Isack Hadjar made it into the top 10 shootout.

The most important and chaotic moment during any race in Mexico is the start, and unfortunately for Lawson, he couldn’t avoid the chaos.

Lawson put his Racing Bulls car on the outside of turn one, leaving plenty of space for those he was racing.

Unfortunately, Carlos Sainz was pushed wide, and the pair made contact, doing plenty of damage to Lawson’s front wing.

Lawson’s frustrations on the team radio during qualifying were exacerbated during the race after the incident, but that wasn’t the main talking point.

When the New Zealander came out of the pits, he drove up to double-waved yellow flags at the first three corners.

There, he encountered two marshals on the track, clearing up debris and sprinting across the circuit to avoid his Racing Bulls.

Lawson’s full radio messages from the race highlight how dangerous the situation was for all involved.

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Liam Lawson’s full radio messages from the Mexican Grand Prix after marshals near miss

Lawson retired from the race on lap five, and after negotiating the first few corners, he said on the radio: “Check the car [after hitting] the Williams.”

His race engineer, Ernesto Desiderio, said: “Yeah, we’re checking. Seems that we might have some small damage.”

Lawson replied: “I need to box. It’s so bad.”

Desiderio: “We’re boxing, we’re boxing. Double yellow turn 1, 2 and 3.”

After coming out of the pit lane following that warning, Lawson said: “What the f—, Oh my god, are you kidding me? Did you just see that? Oh my god.

Desiderio replied: “Yep, saw it. Well done for avoiding them.”

Lawson added: “I could have f—— killed them, mate.”

Despite his pit stop where he changed his tyres and front wing, the damage to Lawson’s car was too bad, and he said: “Yeah, this car feels really bad, I have no grip in the high speed.”

Desiderio ended their communications as he headed to the pit lane and said: “Okay, Liam, let’s cool down. Slow down, we need to retire the car. The damage is too big. Charge off and lift off, and go straight. We box.”

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Liam Lawson ‘honestly couldn’t believe’ marshals were on the track at the Mexico City Grand Prix

After the race, Lawson said in his official post-session media interview: “I honestly couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

“[I] came out on a new set of hards [tyres], and then I got to Turn One and there were just two dudes running across the track.

“I nearly hit 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. It’s pretty unacceptable.

“We can’t understand how, on a live track, marshals can be allowed to just run across the track like that. I have no idea why, I’m sure we’ll get some sort of explanation, but it really can’t happen again.”

Lawson’s Racing Bulls’ future still hangs in the balance, with the 24-year-old expected to be in a head-to-head battle to retain his seat up against Yuki Tsunoda.

After his DNF in Mexico, Lawson has retired from more races than any other driver in 2025, although he’s experienced plenty of bad luck in that time.

Helmut Marko said Red Bull would decide their line-ups after the Mexico City Grand Prix, but Lawson’s fans will have to wait and see to discover whether he’s going to be on the grid again next season.