Apple is the brand new dwelling for F1 racing within the US beginning in 2026

Apple has for the US broadcast rights to System 1 racing. Below the phrases of a five-year pact with F1 dad or mum firm Liberty Media, Apple TV will air each F1 race beginning in 2026.

The corporate says subscribers to the newly rebranded Apple TV will have the ability to watch each Grand Prix, together with every apply, qualifying and dash session. Non-subscribers will have the ability to watch “choose races” totally free within the Apple TV app. You will not need to pony as much as watch apply periods.

By way of the Apple Sports activities app, F1 followers can get reside updates on qualifying and dash periods in addition to Grands Prix. Count on real-time leaderboards (together with for the driving force and constructor championships), together with an iPhone dwelling display widget and Stay Actions on the lock display.

Apple will deliver F1-related options to its Information, Music, Maps and Health+ apps as nicely. The corporate will reveal extra about “manufacturing particulars, product enhancements and all of the methods followers will have the ability to get pleasure from F1 content material throughout Apple services and products” within the lead as much as the 2026 season, which begins with the Australian Grand Prix in March.

System 1 has its personal devoted streaming service and that is not going away completely within the US, however F1 TV Premium shall be solely out there via Apple TV. Actually, F1 TV Premium (which at the moment prices $130 per 12 months) shall be a free perk for Apple TV subscribers within the US. You may simply must hyperlink your F1 TV account to an Apple Account that has an energetic Apple TV subscription.

F1 TV Premium contains entry to options like multiview, driver cams and staff radio chatter, together with reside telemetry and tire utilization information. Stay F2, F3, F1 Academy and Porsche Supercup protection is included too.

The F1 deal will diversify Apple’s sports activities choices. The corporate already has a long-term pact with MLS for unique rights to air video games from North America’s prime soccer league. Nonetheless, the way forward for baseball on Apple TV is murky, with stories suggesting that Apple is set to cut ties with MLB.

It was rumored in July that Apple is perhaps wanting so as to add the driving occasion to its sports activities programming. The corporate allegedly bid between $120 million and $150 million a 12 months for entry to F1, which lapped the $90 million a 12 months supplied by ESPN, which beforehand had the US rights. The corporate may additionally be trying to capitalize on the success of its F1 the Film challenge, which Engadget’s Devindra Hardawar discovered to be a wonderful racing movie, a flashy summer time blockbuster and an ostentatious industrial for Apple in his review.