Both Force India drivers Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon have been threatened with race bans by the team after their controversial clashes at the Belgian Grand Prix.
On two separate occasions Perez and Ocon managed to collide with each other in Spa, this has since led for chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer to hang the threat of a race ban for the driver pairing should it happen again.
Tensions between the two drivers have been rising ever since the Canadian Grand Prix in June, further confrontations came at the next race in Baku where the pair collided and cost the team a possible double-podium finish or even race victory.
Szafnauer told Motorsport.com: “If it happens again, we have to figure it out. We would have to start thinking about who we would stick in the car.”
From the Italian Grand Prix onwards the drivers are no longer allowed to race each other on track due to their latest clash, despite having spoke about the issues after the race in Spa, team bosses will be reiterating the state of play before they hit the track in Monza.
“I am disappointed that they couldn’t sort it out – and that the team has to now play big brother,” he added. “That is disappointing. But the team comes first and that is what we have to do.
“If we would have done that initially, maybe this wouldn’t have happened if we had rules of engagement.
“So you can say that we lost out on some points. But there is always that balance between the show and allowing them to race and pushing each other, and artificially controlling it, which we don’t like to do.
“It was all mentioned in the post-race debrief but, before we lay down the law, we have the gather the information and openly discuss it with them. The rules of engagement will be changed. That is it. If there is no upside potential and only downside risk, then we hold station.”
