The sixth and final sprint race of the 2023 season will take place over the Sao Paulo Grand Prix weekend, as Interlagos becomes the only circuit to have hosted sprints in all three seasons since F1 began to experiment with introducing shortened races.
Sprint races were used as a method of setting the grid during 2021 and 2022 for the full grands prix, but 2023's reformat has effectively created a standalone day for sprint qualifying and the race on Saturdays.
Sainz reckons that F1 should keep experimenting with different formats for the sprints, if to develop a situation where the Saturday race does not end up being too reflective of the main event on Sunday.
"Right now, I agree that six is enough. But I agree that Saturday is too revealing of what's going to happen on Sunday, which is basically the first stint of the race of Sunday, what you're watching on TV.
"And this doesn't help. I think the show is the main race, is the grand prix. So if you've arrived to that point, you'd better try something else on Saturday.
"Is that reverse grids? Is that single lap qualifying? I don't know. But I think given that the sprint format is a bit of an experiment going on right now in Formula 1, I would be open to keep experimenting to see which format is best.
"For me, the one we have now, it's just Saturday doesn't feel completely right for what then comes on Sunday."
Source: Autosport