Apple TV will be the only place to watch F1 in the US, starting next year

Apple and Formula 1 announced a five-year partnership contiguous that volition bring the races exclusively to Apple TV successful the US, starting successful 2026, erstwhile it volition regenerate the series’ existent woody with ESPN.

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Apple TV volition present broad sum of Formula 1, with each practice, qualifying, Sprint sessions, and Grands Prix disposable to Apple TV subscribers. Select races and each signifier sessions volition besides beryllium disposable for escaped successful the Apple TV app passim the people of the season.

In summation to broadcasting Formula 1 connected Apple TV, Apple volition amplify the athletics crossed Apple News, Apple Maps, Apple Music, and Apple Fitness+. Apple Sports — the escaped app for iPhone — volition diagnostic unrecorded updates for each qualifying, Sprint, and contention for each Grand Prix crossed the season, with real-time leaderboards, play operator and constructor standings, Live Activities to travel connected the Lock Screen, and a designated widget for the iPhone Home Screen.

This besides means that F1 TV Premium, the dedicated streaming work offered by the series, volition not beryllium disposable anymore as a standalone $16.99 per period product successful the US. Instead, it volition beryllium included arsenic portion of the Apple TV subscription, which is presently priced astatine $12.99 per month. Apple reportedly is paying $140 cardinal a year to fastener down the rights successful the US, according to CNBC.

Stefano Domenicali, Formula 1’s president and CEO, points retired successful a property merchandise that the league and Apple are “no strangers to each other, having spent the past 3 years moving unneurotic to make F1 The Movie.” That movie was a immense success, and the highest grossing sports movie of each time, topping $629 million. Domenicali is intelligibly hoping that immoderate of that magic to the existent thing. In a property release, Apple’s Eddy Cue said, “…we’re thrilled to grow our narration with Formula 1 and connection Apple TV subscribers successful the U.S. front-row entree to 1 of the astir breathtaking and fastest-growing sports connected the planet.”

There are inactive immoderate details that person yet to beryllium announced, including however Apple plans to “amplify” F1 contented crossed its apps, but we should find retired much successful the coming months.