Apple And Formula 1 Ink Five-year Us Streaming Deal, Bringing All Races To Apple Tv 

Apple announced connected Friday that it has secured exclusive U.S. broadcasting authorities to Formula 1. The caller five-year statement betwixt nan tech elephantine and Formula 1 will make Apple TV nan exclusive streaming location for each Formula 1 races starting successful nan 2026 season, taking complete from existent broadcaster ESPN.

All practice, qualifying, Sprint sessions, and Grands Prix will beryllium disposable to Apple TV subscribers. Select races and each believe sessions will besides beryllium disposable for free successful nan Apple TV app passim nan season, Apple says.

Apple reportedly bid $140-$150 million annually for nan rights, which is importantly much than nan $85 cardinal annually that ESPN presently pays for Formula 1. Apple’s woody is weighted astatine astir $750 cardinal complete nan five-year term.

The move comes a fewer days aft Apple rebranded its streaming work from “Apple TV+” to conscionable “Apple TV,” ditching nan positive sign.

It besides follows Apple’s business pinch Formula 1 for nan original movie “F1 The Movie” starring Brad Pitt, which grossed $629 cardinal worldwide this year, making it nan highest-grossing sports movie of each time. The movie is group to debut connected Apple TV connected December 12.

In summation to broadcasting Formula 1, Apple says it will amplify nan athletics crossed Apple News, Apple Maps, Apple Music, and Apple Fitness+. Plus, nan Apple Sports app 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 Home Screen widget.

“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,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s elder vice president of Services, successful a property release. “2026 marks a transformative caller era for Formula 1, from caller teams to caller regulations and cars pinch nan champion drivers successful nan world, and we look guardant to delivering premium and innovative fan-first sum to our customers successful a measurement that only Apple can.”

Formula 1 is nan latest athletics to subordinate Apple TV’s lineup, alongside Major League Soccer and Major League Baseball.

Apple notes that Formula 1 is 1 of nan fastest-growing leagues successful nan world, pinch a U.S. fanbase that reached 52 cardinal successful 2024.