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 coming that will bring nan races exclusively to Apple TV successful nan US, starting successful 2026, erstwhile it will switch nan series’ existent woody pinch ESPN.

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Apple TV will present broad sum of Formula 1, pinch each practice, qualifying, Sprint sessions, and Grands Prix disposable to Apple TV subscribers. Select races and each believe sessions will besides beryllium disposable for free successful nan Apple TV app passim nan people of nan season.

In summation to broadcasting Formula 1 connected Apple TV, Apple will amplify nan athletics crossed Apple News, Apple Maps, Apple Music, and Apple Fitness+. Apple Sports — nan free app for iPhone — will characteristic unrecorded updates for each qualifying, Sprint, and title for each Grand Prix crossed nan season, pinch real-time leaderboards, play driver and constructor standings, Live Activities to travel connected nan Lock Screen, and a designated widget for nan iPhone Home Screen.

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

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

There are still immoderate specifications that person yet to beryllium announced, including really Apple plans to “amplify” F1 contented crossed its apps, but we should find retired much successful nan coming months.