FORCE INDIA have threatened to axe one of their drivers after Esteban Ocon accused his teammate Sergio Perez of trying to kill him.

The two clashed twice in the Belgian GP, the third race this season where they have come to blows.

Ocon was left seething saying: “We were having a good race until Perez tried to kill me two times!”

Perez hit back on social media. He said: “I am very disappointed to see his comments that l wanted to kill him.

“I am not that type of guy, I am not going to make any stupid comments.”

And now the team’s owner, Indian tycoon, Vijay Mallya has been forced to step in and will demand talks with his at-war drivers.

Mallaya said: “As much as I support competitive racing, the repeated incidents between both our cars are now becoming very concerning.

“Under these circumstances I have no choice but to implement a policy of team orders in the interest of safety and to protect the team’s position in the constructors’ championship.”

And chief operating officer, Otmar Szafnauer, said he would have to ditch one of his drivers if they were unable to resolve their feud.

He added: “If it happens again, we have to figure it out. We would have to start thinking about who we would stick in the car.”

FAMOUS NAME EYES F1 MOVE

Michael Schumacher’s teenage son wants to follow in his father’s footsteps into Formula One following his demonstration laps before Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Mick Schumacher, 18, is currently competing in Formula Three, but drove his father’s Benetton B194 car round the Spa-Francorchamps track to commemorate the seven-time champion’s first Formula One win 25 years ago.

“Of course, Formula One is my goal, but first I want to be a complete driver before I race,” Schumacher Jnr told German daily Bild on Tuesday.

“I would like to continue working on myself, deepen my knowledge, improve as a driver, but also as a team member.”

He plans to spend two more years in Formula Three, where he races for Italian outfit Prema Powerteam, then a further two years in Formula Two before moving up.

“At the end of the day, the most important thing is to get everything that is part of a race weekend as perfect as possible on and off the track,” he said.

“Everyone has to know that for themselves, it’s not something you can be pushed into.” Michael Schumacher has not been seen in public since suffering serious head injuries in a skiing accident in 2013.

This story originally appeared on The Sun and has been republished with permission.