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The streaming giant will simulcast the Canadian GP alongside Apple TV

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Netflix’s Drive to Survive has played a massive role in introducing Formula One to American audiences over the past few years. Now, the streaming giant will stream a live F1 race for the first time ever.

Netflix will simulcast the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix from May 22-24, marking the platform’s first-ever live F1 race weekend (FYI: here's where to stream F1 - potentially for free).

For F1 fans in the United States, there are already several reasons to be excited about the upcoming season. Not only is Cadillac set to make an American manufacturer’s debut in Formula One – with experienced drivers Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas in its lineup – but the sport is also entering a new broadcasting era with Apple TV.

Apple TV is the new home of F1 in the US, having acquired exclusive U.S. F1 rights for around $150 million annually. Can it beat ESPN? Well, accordion to Cue, it will. He said, “You’re going to have a front-row seat to the action in a way that you haven’t seen before.”

And, if you're still working out your F1 live stream options from around the world, we're here to help you out.

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Netflix’s first live F1 weekend arrives with Canadian GP simulcast

The Canadian Grand Prix 2026, from May 22 to May 24 – which is also a sprint weekend – is going to be the first time Netflix will broadcast a Formula One race weekend.

After years of producing the ever-thrilling Drive to Survive, which takes viewers behind the scenes of one of the biggest and most intense sporting calendars on the planet, Netflix is taking a big step toward live streaming with its first-ever live F1 broadcast.

Talking about the deal, Apple’s Eddy Cue shared, “Netflix, I think, has played a pivotal role in growing F1 since the launch of Drive to Survive, and we’re thrilled to make F1 content more broadly available to new and existing US fans on both Netflix and Apple TV.”

Even better, U.S. Netflix viewers will have an all-hands-on-deck experience during the racing action in Montreal, with access to everything from practice sessions to qualifying rounds, the sprint race, and the main Grand Prix on Sunday.

Do note, however, that this is going to be a simulcast deal, meaning both Apple and Netflix will be streaming the Canadian Grand Prix. This mirrors the current arrangement with the eighth season of Drive to Survive.

So, it looks like a give-and-take partnership between two of the biggest streaming giants in the U.S., both pushing toward live F1 streaming and moving beyond the traditional streaming-only arena.

Netflix expanding its live sports portfolio

For Netflix in particular, being able to stream the Canadian Grand Prix is a big step toward expanding its live sports portfolio. The streaming giant has recently added rights to the NFL, Major League Baseball, as well as the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup. With the addition of a full-blown F1 race weekend, Netflix is also making its debut in the motorsports space.

However, whether or not Netflix gets more race weekends in the coming years remains to be seen, especially with Apple’s F1 partnership just beginning. How much of that package Apple will be willing to share with Netflix is still an open question.

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