Posted Aug 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM UTCDExternal Link‘We have Formula 1 at home.’ESPN lost Formula 1 rights last year, when Apple spent big to get the rights for Apple TV. Now, Disney is replacing F1 with… Formula E, the all-electric (and increasingly Formula 1-ish) racing series, starting this December on Disney Plus and ESPN Plus. Shockingly, this deal might come with less talk about battery management than whatever’s happening with F1.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.David Pierce
‘We have Formula 1 at home.’
ESPN lost Formula 1 rights last year, when Apple spent big to get the rights for Apple TV. Now, Disney is replacing F1 with… Formula E, the all-electric (and increasingly Formula 1-ish) racing series, starting this December on Disney Plus and ESPN Plus. Shockingly, this deal might come with less talk about battery management than whatever’s happening with F1. [Link: Disney+ Revs Up as the Global Streaming Home of Formula E | The Walt Disney Company | https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/formula-e-streaming/ | The Walt Disney Company]
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