Force India drivers go at each other in GP

Jun 11, 2017 - 11:07 PM Force India drivers Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez fought as much with each other as the other drivers in Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.

The two pink Mercedes were running nose-to-tail when Perez was told to let Ocon pass because he had fresher tyres and a better chance to catch Australia's Daniel Ricciardo, who finished third.

Perez responded: "Let us race, man. Please."

Perez said afterward he was waiting for Ricciardo to make a mistake, but it never happened.

Although Sebastien Vettel passed them both, Perez held on to finish fifth - just ahead of his teammate.

Ocon radioed in: "He cannot do that. That's not fair racing at all."

Perez insisted neither of them could have caught Red Bull's Ricciardo.

"If he wants to have a crack," he said, "we can go at it in the car park in perhaps an hour."

Despite the dissension, Force India was back in the points after 12th and 13th-place finishes in Monaco.

The two top six finishes left the team a comfortable fourth in the constructors' championship, the "best of the rest" behind better-financed Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.

Source: AAP