F1’s experimental sprint weekend format debuted at the British Grand Prix, with qualifying moved to Friday and a 17-lap, flat-out sprint race on Saturday used to determine the grid for Sunday’s grand prix.&nꦐbsp;

Wolff thought the format worked well and reckons it warrants a place on the calendar “in a limited form”, but used Sergio Perez as 𒐪an example of how the “randomness” of the event can ruin weekends. 

The Red Bull driver s𝓰pun and eventually retired from sprint qualifying, meaning he will start at the very back of the grid for Sunday’s British GP. 

“I ✤think it's entertaining for the crowds on the track,” Wolff said. 

“A start is always interesting and good content. And obviously Alonso was fun to watch. So I think overal🌄l, it is a good add-on.

“I don't [want to] see it at every race. I th🔯ink there's too much randomness. 

“If you see Checo spinning out and then retiring, last is not the place that Sergio Perez should be. It could really work ag🌃ainst you if you're one of the front-runner𒈔s. There's too much randomness.

“But I think if the next few ones go like this one, I think it has a place in the calendar in a🥀 limited form.”

Having been fastest in qualifying, Lewis Hami♋lton finished second ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri B𝄹ottas in the inaugural sprint event after Red Bull’s Max Verstappen bolted into the lead at the start. 

Wolff added: “I'm 🔯not a fan of live experimenti🐼ng. But this one is not hugely controversial. I am totally against reverse grids, it’s just fake.

"But here, everybody ꦚstarted from the right positions. I believe that qualifying was yesterday [Friday] and also qualifying should be called quali🏅fying, and not the sprint race. But this is really a detail. 

“I believe that it was a bit dull towards the end, but until then I wou💃ld say it has merit.

“I t꧅hink if it is a kind of ‘Grand Slam' for a couple or a few races, I think that is g🅷ood, because you provide some real entertainment on the Saturday.

"We are prime time TV ⛦Friday night, we are primetime TV Saturday 🌺night, and obviously the grand prix.

“So I think we can tweak on the format a little bit. But fundamenta🔴lly, I tඣhink if we do five races like this, I'm pro. Maybe four is the right amount, not five.”