Today was the last race of the 2025 F1 championship, and that also meant the last time ESPN will broadcast a race in the United States. From next year, Apple takes over with all races streaming as part of an Apple TV subscription.
Apple released a new social media ad for the deal today, giving us our first look at how the F1 channel will look inside of the TV app.
As a reminder, Apple announced a five year partnership as the exclusive broadcast partner for F1 in the US, beginning with the 2026 season.
The first race weekend commences on March 6-8, but the service will likely go live in the TV app sooner than that, including some preseason content. All of the Formula 1 content will be available at no extra charge with an Apple TV subscription.
Apple previously said the TV app will incorporate streaming of all practice, qualifying, sprint, and Grand Prix sessions across the season.
From the newly-released screenshots, we can also see that the platform will include streaming onboard driver cams with support for Multiview to show several perspectives at once during a race. (Assuming device compatibility remains the same, Multiview is supported on Apple TV set-top boxes, iPad and Apple Vision Pro.)
Driver onboard cams is one of the features that F1 fans in the US used to need to subscribe to F1.TV to access. Apple has teased that more announcements about “production details” and “product enhancements” will be revealed in the coming months, so you can expect the TV app to add some extra bells and whistles over time.
However, if you are a hardcore fan, you are not limited by the feature set of what Apple makes available directly inside the TV app itself. You will be able to use your Apple TV account to sign into the F1.TV website or the F1.TV apps, and continue to access the sport in the same way as F1.TV subscribers have done so before.
But rather than paying a dedicated subscription just for F1.TV, it is now simply a ‘free’ perk of an Apple TV subscription.
Right now, Apple TV costs $12.99 per month or $99 annually. You can also subscribe to the Apple One bundle and get access to Apple TV at a discounted rate, along with iCloud storage and other Apple content services.
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