A FURIOUS Esteban Ocon accused Force India team-mate Sergio Perez of putting his life at risk following their high-speed crash in Belgium yesterday.
Ocon and Mexican Perez collided on two occasions, with both drivers sustaining heavy damage in their second coming together at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
Frenchman Ocon, who eventually finished ninth, called Perez an “idiot” in an expletive-fuelled radio message.
Perez, who was forced to retire, admitted fault for the collision, but an incandescent Ocon was not in the mood to accept his apology.
“He risked my life in there at 300km/h [186mph] down to Eau Rouge,” Ocon said. “That’s the first thing, the second thing is we lost a lot of points.
“I’m going to go and speak to him man-to-man. He’s going to have a child. I don’t know if he wants to die or something.”
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