Red Bull at one point were in a position to win the race at Imola after their driver Max Verstappen overtook Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas. However, Mercedes’ other driver Lewis Hamilton was able to stay out much longer and take advantage of a virtual safety car and Red Bull could not cover for that with their second driver. Max’s father and former F1 driver Jos Verstappen has now stressed on a need for a strong second driver at Red Bull to Ziggo Sport Link to poll: https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugz-jWZoH5eXrMkov0F4AaABCQ 0:00 - Verstappen Alone In Fight Against Lewis 1:03 - Fast Feed I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: Verstappen Alone In Fight Against Lewis Jos started off by reiterating why Max needs a strong teammate “At the moment I don't think it is going well enough. Max needs a strong second team mate, then the race [at Imola] would have been different as well” “If it was the start of the race and the teammate was behind Hamilton, that teammate could have come in earlier and Hamilton should have come in as well. The cards would have been shuffled very differently” He signed off by looking at the possible options Red Bull have in this regard “So, it's very important to have a very good teammate next to Max. We all know: it's either Albon, or Perez, or Hulkenberg. It will have to be one of those three” Fast Feed AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has explained if F2 driver Yuki Tsunoda “finishes in the top four” in F2 “he gets his super license. If he finishes fifth, he'll need two training sessions in Formula 1 to get to the last point” The president of the Emilia-Romagna region, Stefano Bonaccini thinks that Imola is ready for “a stable inclusion in the calendar of the World Championship” Jos Verstappen has suggested that the Honda engine for next year is “already better than what” Red Bull are “driving now” F1’s managing director Ross Brawn feels that Renault’s “Daniel Ricciardo is a brilliant driver, and one of the very best in Formula 1” He further thinks that “he’s doing a fantastic job right now and Renault will be sad to lose him, even if Fernando Alonso is the man who’ll be stepping in” He also hopes “McLaren can give Daniel a car he deserves next season. He’s a great member of the F1 fraternity” Former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher feels that Red Bull’s Alex Albon “is the biggest problem within the team” Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has confirmed that despite Verstappen being “an exceptional talent” they “need to get a driver who can come close to him, to at least two or three tenths of a second” Racing Point team principal Otmar Szafnauer feels that both Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez “have the mental strength to drive alongside Verstappen” McLaren’s Lando Norris has suggested that “not being able to overtake always put” them “in a compromising position to cars behind who could do different strategies” at Imola Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi thinks that “points with two cars is something great for Alfa Romeo… and also a good thing to celebrate the renewal of the contract” Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly is of the opinion that “there was clearly a top five to fight for” at Imola and that “it feels quite hard. But that’s motorsport unfortunately” Haas’ Kevin Magnussen revealed that “from the race start”, he “was having slow upshifts, and not only are they slow, it’s also like a big bang every time you upshift” He added that it seemed “okay for a couple of laps but then it starts shaking your head crazily. And by the end” he “just got a massive headache” leading to his retirement Do Hulkenberg and Perez the mental strength to be Verstappen’s teammate?