Daniel Ricciardo says a major shake-up in Formula 1’s race weekend f🍎orm🅺ats by cutting down on practice sessions and introducing a second race would mean ‘less laps of nonsense’.

During the German Grand Prix the Australian driver was quizzed on the rumoured format changes which F1 bosses Liberty Media 🌳is considering as part of its 2021 overhaul. A sprint-style race on Saturday has been suggested but seems unlikely having been hit by an initial backlash with F1 looking to make Sunday’s Grand Prix more of a spectacle.

With F1’s race calendar also expanding to 21 races this year talk has also fꦅocused on potentially growing the calendar which has also been met with a mixed reception.

The Red Bull driver feels regardless of F1 format changes there needs to be ‘more laps of meaningful business’ rather than practice sessions which have no impact on qualifying or racing. Currently, drivers have𒈔 a total of four hours of free practice (split between three sessio💛ns) before qualifying at every Grand Prix.

“I’d prefer no practices and just Saturday, Sunday,” Ricciardo said. “Just qualify Saturday morning, race Saturday afternoon and race again Sunday. Less laps of nonsense a🌌nd more laps of meaningful business.

“I wan𒈔t it to be serious, it is not the F1 everyone is used to, so you have to bꦇe careful with two races.

“But I like racing, I don’t like practice so much. So, if it ju📖st meant that we could race more through a year, and do less practice, then that sounds good to me.”

Riccia🥀rdo has also poured 🃏doubt on F1 cutting down the race calendar as he feels teams will fill spare weekends with other activities including sponsor and marketing commitments.

“It depends if those other weekends are holidays or marketing days. If it is✤ marketing days then I prefer 23 races. If it is holidays then I prefer 16 races,” he said.

Earlier this week, 🍃F1’s commercial boss Sean Bratches confirmedᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ a potential Miami race project has been postponed for 2019, while it continues to seek new races.

Provisionally, next year’s F1 race calendar isꦛ likely to slim down to 20 rounds, wi꧑th the omission of the German Grand Prix, with the full calendar expected to be announced by the FIA in the coming weeks.