A processional sprint qualifying race at the Italian Grand Prix drew criticism from drivers and fans alike as F1 carried out the second of three trial runs of its experimental new week🤪end format on Saturday aftern🌠oon at Monza.

F1 is considering potential changes for next season, including the prospect of making the sprint a completely standalone - and possibly reverse-grid - event that has no bearing on the starting o🔯rder for the grand prix.

But the suggesti🦩ons have not been well-received b♍y some teams or drivers.

“I will support what the fans𒊎 deem to be entertaining,” said Szafnauer.

“However,🐭 I think a reverse grid in Forཧmula 1 is a big, big departure from what the sport was always about.

“I personally wouldn’t wa�♏�nt us to have this sprint race on Saturday turn into a slippery slope to becoming Formula 2.

“If that’s what the fans want the🧸n I’m wrong and let’s do what the fans want.

“But I don’t think Formula 1, the pinnacle of motorsport, should start entertaining weight penalties, reverse grids, all that sort of st🌸uff.”

Toto Wolff remains completely opposed to the idea of revers🃏e-grid races afte🍃r Mercedes blocked last year’s original proposal for the format to be introduced.

“I remain in the same position, it’s dil൲uting the DNA of the sport, of a meritocracy,” said Wolff.

“I think ಞthe sprint races are worth a try. I’m not sure we will keep them. But reverse grids can be done in junior formulas where you want to see the overtaking abilities of drivers.

“It’s not something we should even come clo☂se to in Formula 1.”

Wolff♓ urged F1 to go over potential solutions with a “fine toothcomb” before implementing any regulatory changes, rather than just “free-styling” with “confused” formats.

“I doཧn’t think these regulations we should [push through] with a baseball bat, we have too much responsibility for our sport to just freestyle with regulatory changesꦫ,” he added.

“I🌳f Brazil proves to be an🍌 exciting race, probably there will be appetite or maybe there will be appetite to continue.

“But the rest, some of the sugge📖stions that have come up are just confused.”

And Wolff believes t🍰he biggest fundamental flaw of the current sprint format is that “everybody is confused”.

"I don't know how it is with you but I don't know what sessiܫon is when,” he explained.

"I believe the sprint race format, as it stands at the moment, doesn't give a lot of benefit becauseಌ nobody will take a serio꧋us risk.

"There are too few points at stake and the risk of compromising the Sunday grand prix with points all 🎀the way to 10th position is just not worth 🧸the risk.

"What we 🐲have seen are general difficulties in overtaking because the straight-line speed🍸s are very similar but also because even turn one and two, nobody takes the risk.

"Let's give it another try in Brazil, let's see if there is anything that changes. That was a worthwhilꦓe experiment and for me, this is just a personal opinion, it is not fish, not meat."

🌄However, Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚis eager for F1 to consider using reserve grid races next year.

“I like it,” Binotto said on Friday. “I like it bꦑecause I think that for the show and the spectacle it can be of interest.

“At the very start of the discussion of the mini-race format as Ferrari we were the one proposing it because I think whatever is your position on the 💮classification, somehow that’s bringing some extra spectacle and that’s important for our fans. It’s important for the entertainment that F1 may offer.”