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 rights to Formula 1. The caller five-year statement betwixt the tech elephantine and Formula 1 volition marque Apple TV the exclusive streaming location for each Formula 1 races starting successful the 2026 season, taking implicit from existent broadcaster ESPN.

All practice, qualifying, Sprint sessions, and Grands Prix volition beryllium disposable to Apple TV subscribers. Select races and each signifier sessions volition besides beryllium disposable for escaped successful the Apple TV app passim the season, Apple says.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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