Several Formula 1 drivers have said they would welcome the two-day weekend format from Japan at every race.

The sport was forced into completing qualifying and the race on the same day for just the fifth time in its history at Suzuka after Typhoon Hagibis hit the country on Saturday.

But the frantic Sunday schedule brought with it an exciting change of pace for F1 and Daniel Ricciardo was the most vocal supporter of the quick-fire format.

“Let’s do it!" he said. “I wouldn’t mind because sometimes Sundays feel … this is not too bad because it is a two o’clock start, but some Sundays now feel quite long and dragged out.

“Lots of meetings and strategy and this and that. I feel like if we’d rock up, get in the car, drive, get out, quickly sort out the turnaround, eat some lunch, get out there and race, I’m not too disappointed with that. So let’s see what happens."

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On Sunday, the race start came less than three hours after the end of qualifying, and the Australian believes that gap could be even shorter.

“If all we had to do was drive the car, then get out, by the time you get out and do all that, have some food, you’d want to eat an hour and a half before. No less than two hours," he explained.

“If it is like ‘guys the only chance we’ve got to race is if there is an hour and a half turnaround’ then I’m going to say yes let’s just do it.

“Ideally, you’d want a couple of hours to reset, eat something, but equally we’d figure it out, if it was less, we’d be fine.”

A number of other drivers echoed Ricciardo, including Carlos Sainz, though he did note the extra toll that Sunday put on the team personnel.

"I saw some stressed faces in the garage and the engineers, so it means everything is a bit more hectic, but for the driver, I’m happy," he said.

"It’s a bit tougher physically because qualifying laps nowadays are really tough also, and a 53-lap race, but held on pretty well. It’s nice because you get to drive more during the day."

F1 has been considering changes to the format from 2021 as part of the rules overhaul under the new Concorde Agreement but, despite the support, motorsport director Ross Brawn only expects a few tweaks to the regular GP weekend.

“I’ll be honest and say that there has been strong consensus, especially among the organisers, for maintaining the three-day format of track activity, although with a different timetable," he revealed.

“It's true that a day like Sunday in Suzuka offers a great show in just a few hours but it would confine the feeder series races to the previous days.

“After careful analysis we have concluded that the best solution is to keep the event over three days, revising the Friday format but leaving the rest untouched, with qualifying on Saturday and the race on Sunday."

“In order to meet the demands of the teams and in order to slightly increase the number of Grands Prix, which will be at 22 next year, we have given consideration to reorganising the schedule so that teams and drivers can arrive a day later.”