Sprints have been a fixture in F1 since 2021, with the 2023 season featuring six sprint events.
While the format has added more competitive running, it hasn't fully delivered on its flat-out action promise, with an entertaining sprint in Qatar followed by dour parade in Austin.
F1 chiefs are now looking at radical format tweaks to make sprints more exciting, with reverse grids, million dollar bonuses and even a separate sprint championship among the ideas that have been floated.
But no possible sprint concept appears to able to convince Red Bull's Verstappen of its value, with the triple world champion one of the fiercest opponents of the format.
Having won three of the five sprint events held so far this year, he revealed those victories didn't mean much to him other than the extra points he gained.
“There's no satisfaction to win a sprint for me,” Verstappen said when asked by Autosport if sprint format changes would sway his opinion. “You cross the line and say: 'All right, well, tomorrow is the race, the main one'. That's how it goes.
“I always say why do we need to try and invent something? I think our product works, if you just make sure that the cars are competitive and they will stay the same for a long time.
Source: Autosport