F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali believes Apple can have a greater reach than ESPN did as F1's U.S. broadcaster.

IndyCar has announced plans to broaden its international broadcast efforts for the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season with new media and broadcast relationships that will allow audiences in more than 200 countries and territories to follow the action.

Apple will use all of its touch points to try and bring Formula 1 to as many fans as possible as the new host broadcaster of the sport in the United States, according to its senior vice president of services Eddy Cue.

The 2025 Formula 1 season attracted record viewing figures in the United States as ESPN concluded its eight-year run as the sport’s American broadcaster with an average of 1.3m per race.

ESPN2’s live telecast of the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday, Nov. 30, earned an average audience of 1.4 million viewers, the largest audience ever to watch the event on U.S. television.

ABC’s live telecast of Sunday’s Formula 1 United States Grand Prix attracted the largest U.S. television audience on record for the event as an average of 1.5 million viewers tuned in for the race-only portion of the telecast.

Formula 1 has confirmed Apple will be the new broadcaster partner of the sport in the United States on a five-year deal.

ESPN's live telecast of Sunday’s Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix averaged 1.1 million viewers, the largest audience ever for the event on U.S. television (per Nielsen Big Date + Panel). The race began shortly after 7 a.m. ET.The audience was up from the race’s previous record of 970,000 set in...

Formula 1 is looking at forging media partnerships that extend beyond simply broadcasting races, according to Liberty Media CEO Derek Chang.

ESPN looks set for record Formula 1 viewership figures for the 2025 season, in what looks set to be its final year as the sport's host broadcaster in the U.S.