The FIA's Mexican body has blamed Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson for last weekend's near-miss with track marshals during the Mexican Grand Prix.
During the opening stages of the race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, the 23-year-old New Zealander came close to two marshals who were clearing debris on the track following an opening-lap incident.
"I could have f***ing killed them," Lawson vented on the team radio in the immediate aftermath.
FIA officials have reportedly apologised to Lawson for the incident.
On Thursday, the Mexican member of the FIA, Organización Mexicana De Automovilismo Internacional, pinned the blame on Lawson for the incident, accusing him of failing to sufficiently slow down under a double yellow flag.
However, Lawson was not penalised during the race for speeding while under the double-waved flags.
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"When analysing the sequence from the camera onboard the car, it can be seen that driver Liam Lawson, as he approaches Turn 1, begins to turn to take the racing line, at which point the presence of the track marshals is clearly visible as they carry out their intervention procedures to collect the pieces that had been left behind as a result of the previous contact," the statement reads.
"The proximity of the car to the work area shows that the track marshals were still active within the risky area, performing cleaning and safety tasks on the circuit.
"The images clearly show that driver Liam Lawson maintains the steering wheel angle of his car when taking Turn 1, without changing his trajectory, even though the track marshals were crossing the track to return to their post.
"This action occurs while personnel were still working in the area, which shows that the driver did not interrupt his line despite the obvious presence of marshals on the track."
The OMDAI statement came under heavy scrutiny, with F1 broadcaster Alex Brundle posting on Twitter: "Liam did not break any of the rules covering the situation of marshals crossing the track in front of his car. Because there aren't any. Because it shouldn't happen. Hope that helps."
Following the incident, the FIA released a statement clarifying that instructions to dispatch marshals onto the track had been rescinded after Lawson entered the pits.
"Following a turn one incident, race control was informed that debris was present on the track at the apex of that corner," the FIA said.
"On lap three, marshals were alerted and placed on standby to enter the track and recover the debris once all cars had passed turn one.
"As soon as it became apparent that Lawson had pitted, the instructions to dispatch marshals were rescinded, and a double yellow flag was shown in that area. We are still investigating what occurred after that point."
Speaking to reporters after the race, Lawson called the incident "unacceptable" and "dangerous".
"I honestly couldn't believe what I was seeing," he said.
"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."
The F1 season resumed on November 10 with the Brazilian Grand Prix at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace.