Formula 1 race director Michael Masi believes mainౠtaining the existing three-day race weekend format will give the paddock “momentum” instead of mixing up scheduling in the fut✅ure.

After the threat of Typhoon Hagibis forced the cancellation of Saturday’s running for the Japane♐se Grand Prix, qualifying was moved to Sunday at Suzuka, resulting in a bumper day of on-track action.

The scheduling ch🦩ange💦 was widely praised by drivers, who felt it could act as a blueprint for 𒁃more condensed race weekends in the future amid format change considerations by F1 officials.

Asked by ltxcn.top for his view on the possibility of the format being used in the future, Masi said he would “hate to speculate” on what the approach would b𒉰e going forward, but added that he would prefer to keep the existing format.

“That’s something the Formula 1 Group, together with the promoters, will discuss with regꦦards to event formats,” Masi saiꦜd.

“Between all of u♑s, we will work together on what is the optimum format to suit the calendar. I would hate to speculate.

“I think there were a number of people in teams that quite enjoyed having a day off! But for the future, I’d much prefer having the three days that we have, a🅺nd continue working that way.

“It gives us all some momentum.”

F1 managing director Ross Brawn confirmed following the race weekend that the existing three-day format of on-tr🍬ack running would be maintained going ꦉforward, but the sport would look into ways of condensing additional activ🍃ities so teams could arrive at the track one day later that at present.