Red Bull boss Christian Horner believes a one-off “invitation race” each💯 season could help boost intrigue and excitement surrounding the Formula 1 calendar.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced F1 to revise its original 22-round ꧟schedule into a 17-race campaign, ✨with the sport adapting to the disruption by creating a unique calendar.

While the likes of classic races such as Monaco, 🌞Canada and Suzuka have been called off, other traditional venues including Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps and Monza have held events, while F1 has is visiting new venues like Mugello and Port𝔉imao.

F1 will also return to some favourite former venues this year including the Nurburgring, Imola and Turkey, all of which are steppin♏g in for the cancelled rounds in the Americas and Asia.

Following the success of the inaugural Tuscan Grand Prix at Mugello, which was well received by fans, teams and drivers alike, Horner feels F1 can learn from the positives of the situation and raised the suggestion oꦉf 🌠inviting different circuits to stage a race in the future.

"It is great that F1 are going to these different venues and we have some more coming up in Istanbul and Imola,” Horner wrote when reflecting on the Tuscan GP weeken𒊎d in his latest R𒐪ed Bull column.

“It keeps up the competꦏition for a place for one of the 22 slots on the calendar and I think it would be good to have some sort of invitation race o𒀰nce a year to take in these different tracks."

Mercedes team principal Toto W♎olff said he “liked the concept” of a varied calendar, while Williams driver George Russell agreed wi꧟th Horner’s view.

"It is a great job to F1 to give us that opportunity," Russ🌠ell said.

"Maybe we need to 💦do this more often, moving forward. Maybe every year we need two joke♎r races or something."

F1 heads to Sochi this weekend for the Russian Grand Prix, wh𝓰ich marks the first standalone event of the compact 2020 season.

Speaking about Red Bull’s prospects at a track Mercedes remains unbeaten at since it joined the calendar in 2014, Horner added: "I expect Mercedes to be fired up and pretty domꦛinant as [Soc🦩hi] is their type of track.

"But as we have seen this season ty🅘re degradation is an interesting factor. They weren't stretched last weekend but you could hear how nervous they were, instructing their drivers to stay off theꦜ kerbs.

"So, it woul🦩d be great if we can 🅷be competitive in Sochi and put them under a little bit of pressure because that is when things can happen."