March 5, 2026
UPDATE
The 2026 Method 1® season begins this weekend, completely on Apple TV in the U.S.
Beginning this weekend, Apple TV subscribers within the U.S. can watch all apply, qualifying, and Dash periods, together with races, because the 2026 season roars into gear
The 2026 FIA Method One World Championship™ begins this weekend on Apple TV with the FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2026. As the brand new unique U.S. dwelling of Method 1®, Apple TV is the place to observe each Grand Prix reside and on demand — together with all apply, qualifying, and Dash periods, together with races — all season lengthy.
The FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2026 airs Saturday, March 7, at 8 p.m. PT on Apple TV, with all periods obtainable to stream reside and on demand. Followers can comply with Method 1 on Apple TV and discover an in depth assortment of curated programming at apple.co/f1onappletv.
“This weekend marks the beginning of a brand new period for Method 1 followers within the U.S.,” stated Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vp of Companies. “We’re excited to carry each second of the season to Apple TV, delivering an immersive expertise designed totally round followers. Method 1’s development in America has been extraordinary, and we’re proud to construct on that momentum — combining the facility of Apple TV with the broader Apple ecosystem to create much more methods for followers to attach with the game.”
“As we start this thrilling chapter for our sport with new groups, vehicles, engines, and drivers, it’s the excellent time to welcome Apple as our broadcaster in the US,” stated Stefano Domenicali, Method 1’s president and CEO. “We’ve got an vital journey forward of us, one we’ll share in a rustic the place the eagerness for F1 continues to develop with extraordinary vitality. We’re two world manufacturers with the identical ambition: to at all times try for excellence, to boldly innovate, and to ship thrilling experiences. I’m positive our American followers will admire not solely the depth and spectacle of our races, but in addition the standard and protection they’ll have obtainable. All through the season, they’ll be capable of expertise each second on Apple TV, feeling even nearer to the motion, the groups, and the protagonists of this distinctive sport.”
The Greatest Solution to Watch Method 1 within the U.S.
Viewers tuning in to F1 will get pleasure from a real front-row expertise, with complete protection and evaluation, expansive programming, and each Grand Prix with 5.1 encompass sound — and, for the primary time ever for F1 viewers, in beautiful 4K with Dolby Imaginative and prescient.1
Protection of each Grand Prix will function English and Spanish commentary, together with entry to as much as 30 extra reside feeds throughout all periods.2 These embody Driver Tracker for a chook’s-eye view of the race; real-time telemetry and timing; a combined onboard feed that robotically switches between onboard cameras because the race unfolds; and Podium feeds that dynamically comply with the drivers operating in P1, P2, and P3 all through.
Viewers can comply with each second of the race with a Multiview expertise, watching as much as 4 reside feeds without delay.3 They will simply get began with a one-tap, preconfigured Multiview format for each crew, or if they like much more personalization, they’ll customise their very own Multiview and select which feeds they’d prefer to comply with.
Viewers can even have entry to Sky Sports activities broadcasts, offering one other technique to get pleasure from each race weekend.
By no means Miss a Beat with Method 1 on Apple TV
Apple TV subscribers can discover curated collections of programming overlaying every thing they should know heading into the 2026 season, together with rule modifications, new vehicles, crew updates, the total race calendar, and essentially the most thrilling moments from final season. In the event that they miss a session, they’ll catch up anytime with full replays, highlights, and Race in 30 — all spoiler-free.
F1 TV Premium — Method 1’s premier direct-to-consumer providing — stays obtainable completely within the U.S. by way of Apple TV and is included at no extra price for subscribers. On Apple TV, iPad, and iPhone, subscribers also can entry Method 2, Method 3, F1 ACADEMY, and Porsche Supercup occasions by way of the F1 TV app utilizing their Apple TV subscription.
Netflix’s Method 1: Drive to Survive Involves Apple TV within the U.S.
For the primary time, Method 1: Drive to Survive might be obtainable to stream on each Netflix and Apple TV, as Season 8 takes viewers by way of the thrills, shake-ups, and triumphs of the 2025 FIA Method One World Championship™.
Whether or not the viewer is an off-the-cuff fan who fell in love with Method 1 by way of Drive to Survive or a die-hard fanatic tuning in to every race weekend all year long, they’ll discover much more methods to interact with the game by way of this collaboration between Apple TV and Netflix. Launched simply final week forward of the 2026 F1 season, this newest chapter provides followers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the 2025 marketing campaign — a yr that noticed loads of motion unfold each on and off the monitor.
Drive to Survive might be obtainable for U.S. followers to get pleasure from with an Apple TV subscription all through the whole season. Moreover, the FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2026, starting Might 22, will stream on Apple TV and Netflix within the U.S.
Extra Methods to Have fun Method 1
- Followers can comply with their favourite groups and drivers all season lengthy with the free Apple Sports activities app for iPhone. Designed for velocity and ease, the app places favourite leagues and groups entrance and heart, with real-time leaderboards, driver and constructor standings, and reside updates for each apply, qualifying, and Dash session, together with races — all with fast entry to observe reside on Apple TV. With Stay Actions, Apple Sports activities delivers real-time updates to the iPhone Lock Display and Apple Watch, and upcoming races might be scheduled prematurely so followers by no means miss a second. Recreation Card Sharing lets followers share their pleasure for any Grand Prix. Followers also can comply with Method 1 throughout Apple TV, Apple Sports activities, and Apple Information with My Sports activities, delivering a seamless expertise throughout supported apps.
- Apple Maps customers and F1 followers can discover {custom} Grand Prix particulars coming to pick out races across the globe this yr, together with the upcoming FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2026. Maps is including detailed circuit maps with flip numbers, grandstands, and custom-designed 3D landmarks just like the F1 pit constructing. For followers attending in particular person, Maps makes it straightforward to get round, with helpful info like occasion entry gates, street closures, up to date transit schedules, pedestrian walkways, and extra. F1 followers can study all 24 Grand Prix circuits with the 2026 Method 1® Tracks Across the World Information instantly in Maps, and customers attending the Australian Grand Prix also can uncover a few of Melbourne’s greatest cafés, museums, and nightlife by way of a {custom} Hyperlocal information in Maps.
- Beginning with the Australian Grand Prix, Apple Music will function free reside audio broadcasts of the races, providing a good way for U.S. followers to catch the printed commentary reside whereas on the go. It is going to additionally spotlight The Sounds of Method 1, a vacation spot the place followers can discover music to soundtrack the season, in addition to Method 1: Sounds of the Circuit, a playlist that spotlights the deep connection between music and the circuit. Apple Music subscribers can moreover discover driver-curated playlists — together with playlists by Crimson Bull Racing driver Isack Hadjar and by Haas drivers Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman — together with unique DJ mixes by prime DJs like Anna Lunoe dropping all through the season. Further content material will roll out within the F1 devoted area. Followers also can get pleasure from an unique dialog with four-time, consecutive Method 1 World Drivers’ Champion Max Verstappen and Apple Music Radio host Ebro Darden. The interview explores the worldwide celebrity’s previous, current, and future, in addition to what followers can count on heading into the 2026 season. Watch the interview on Apple TV’s YouTube channel and on Apple TV.
- When followers comply with Method 1 on Apple Information, their pursuits additionally sync seamlessly throughout Apple TV and Apple Sports activities. In Apple Information, followers will get entry to customized Method 1 protection from main publishers, together with The Athletic, ESPN, and Motor Sport, in addition to highlights from F1 and reside blogs for every race from The Athletic. Followers also can choose in to well timed notifications so that they by no means miss main headlines, breaking information, or race outcomes all through the season. And coming later this season, Apple Information will give followers a real-time glimpse of the motion occurring on the monitor with Stay Look In. With Stay Look In, followers catching up on the newest headlines and protection will be capable of merely faucet to leap straight into F1 on the Apple TV app.
- Apple Podcasts is bringing Method 1 followers nearer to the motion with enhanced curation and a brand new devoted Method 1 assortment. The expertise places followers on the heart of the game, that includes prime Method 1 official podcasts like F1 Nation, the favored present with race reactions and knowledgeable commentary; and F1 Past The Grid, which delivers weekly deep-dive interviews with drivers and crew principals. This curated vacation spot makes it simpler than ever for racing fans to remain related to the world of Method 1, multi functional place.
Tips on how to Watch F1 on Apple TV
F1 on Apple TV is on the market within the U.S. on the Apple TV app on iPhone; iPad; Apple TV 4K; Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional; Mac; standard good TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL, and others; Roku and Amazon Fireplace TV gadgets; Chromecast with Google TV; PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles; and at television.apple.com, for $12.99 per 30 days with a seven-day free trial for brand new subscribers. For a restricted time, eligible clients who buy and activate a brand new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or Mac can get pleasure from three months of Apple TV totally free. Go to apple.com/tvpr and see the total checklist of supported gadgets.
Apple TV provides hundreds of hours of unique Apple Originals with new releases weekly and no adverts. Subscribers also can watch all of Method 1 (within the U.S.), MLS, and “Friday Night time Baseball” reside. Launched in November 2019 as the primary world all-original streaming service, Apple TV is dwelling to history-making, Emmy Award-winning hits, together with The Studio, Severance, and Ted Lasso. The service additionally contains a rising slate of acclaimed, award-winning collection equivalent to Pluribus, Shrinking, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Hijack, and Gradual Horses, amongst others. Apple TV’s increasing lineup of Apple Authentic Movies contains the Academy Award-nominated summer season blockbuster F1 The Film, Eternity, and the Emmy Award-nominated hit The Gorge, together with new premieres that embody End result, The Dink, Mayday, Matchbox The Film, and Manner of the Warrior Child.
Extra Methods to Watch
Apple TV is working to carry extra methods to observe F1 to much more followers and screens within the U.S.
- For the primary time ever, Apple is working with the favored free streaming service Tubi to supply its viewers unique reside F1 altcasts for a number of races in the course of the 2026 Method 1 season — obtainable totally free and throughout each machine within the U.S. The altcasts will function prime creators who’re specialists on the game to supply sharp race perception paired with entertaining commentary. Tubi is the second-largest free AVOD service in reaching customers age 18+, and this programming is designed to increase F1’s enchantment and broaden entry for brand new, youthful, and extra digitally native audiences. The supported races with reside F1 altcasts might be introduced at a later date.
- Apple will increase entry to reside Method 1 protection by way of a brand new streaming collaboration with Yahoo Sports activities. Stay apply periods and qualifying periods will stream within the U.S. throughout the Yahoo Sports activities platform. Protection of apply periods will function Apple TV’s predominant broadcast feed protection, and qualifying periods will provide a combined onboard feed that switches between driver cameras all through the race to supply a dynamic, multi-angle view of the motion. With greater than 100 million month-to-month lively customers within the U.S., Yahoo Sports activities provides vital attain to attach much more followers to the game.
- By a brand new collaboration, Apple and TelevisaUnivision are increasing the Spanish-language attain of Method 1 within the U.S. Univision, the main tv community for Hispanic audiences, will simulcast one race (to be introduced), with devoted pre- and post-race programming. As well as, TelevisaUnivision will promote Apple TV’s F1 protection all through the season throughout its multiplatform ecosystem, together with highlights on studio packages La Jugada and Contacto Deportivo.
- IMAX is working with Apple TV to carry the 2026 FIA Method One World Championship reside to pick out IMAX theaters throughout the U.S., amplifying the inaugural season of Apple TV because the official U.S. broadcaster for F1. 5 of essentially the most iconic Grands Prix in F1 — Miami, Monaco, Silverstone, Monza, and Austin — might be obtainable throughout at the very least 50 IMAX theaters nationwide.
- DIRECTV clients now have entry to Apple TV’s reside sports activities programming — together with F1 within the U.S., MLS matches, and “Friday Night time Baseball” — all obtainable instantly inside their properties, on the go, or at any of the 300,000-plus sports activities bars, eating places, lodges, and different industrial venues served by DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS. Anybody who subscribes to Apple TV by way of DIRECTV can uncover and watch Apple TV’s reside sports activities instantly inside their DIRECTV expertise.
- EverPass is providing industrial institutions entry to stream Apple TV’s full reside sports activities portfolio — together with F1 within the U.S., MLS, and “Friday Night time Baseball” — obtainable to new and current EverPass clients by way of the EverPass Core bundle.
- Comcast is providing Xfinity clients an built-in viewing expertise for Apple TV’s reside sports activities. Clients who subscribe to Apple TV by way of Xfinity can have seamless entry to F1 within the U.S., “Friday Night time Baseball” video games, and all MLS matches in English and Spanish. Apple TV’s protection might be instantly built-in into the Xfinity X1 and the Xfinity Stream app channel information so clients can simply discover and watch Apple TV protection alongside their different reside sports activities. Moreover, the combination means Xfinity clients can now get pleasure from Apple TV’s reside protection by way of X1’s standard viewing options like Xfinity Multiview, making it straightforward to comply with the motion of F1, MLB, and MLS whereas watching different reside sports activities on the identical time.
- Roku clients within the U.S. can now subscribe to Apple TV by way of Premium Subscriptions on The Roku Channel to entry all F1 races and all of Apple TV’s titles in a single seamless expertise.
- Prime Video clients within the U.S. can entry F1 races by subscribing to Apple TV, which incorporates Apple TV unique programming and reside sports activities.
- To observe F1 on Apple TV, viewers are required to have a U.S. Apple TV subscription. An Apple TV subscription doesn’t embody third-party branded subscription companies, or content material obtainable for rental or buy within the Apple TV app.
- P1, P2, and P3 are solely obtainable for Race and Dash periods.
- Multiview is on the market on supported gadgets, together with Apple TV 4K, iPad, and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.
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