Australian GP 2026 livestream: How to watch F1 for free

TL;DR: You can sign up for a 7-day free trial of Apple TV+ through Prime Video Channels. This lets you watch select F1 races live with the Prime Video app.

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I drink sports like water. If there’s something big happening, you best believe I’m watching. It doesn’t matter whether it’s early morning or late night on a Saturday – I’m setting my schedule to follow it.

The problem with this habit is that it’s becoming expensive to watch everything I want to watch. I’ve become familiar with this sad reality, but that doesn’t mean I’m not constantly looking for ways to watch it for free. And no, I’m not talking about anything shady. I don’t want to sit through a constantly buffering stream that fills my screen with extremely suspicious ads. I want a legitimate stream that doesn’t cost anything.

So imagine my joy when I found a way to watch select F1 races for free. I’ve followed F1 for as long as I can remember, and I don’t remember a season starting with so much uncertainty. Due to a huge set of regulation changes, this really seems like a title for anyone to win. I’ve been stung by F1 before. I’m ready to experience an even-matched grid with unpredictable racing, with only the same handful of drivers winning every week. But I refuse to lose faith. This is the year everything changes.

And everything starts with the Australian GP. Ferrari and Mercedes have shown good pace in testing, but you don’t really know how things will go until the lights turn green.

If you want to watch F1 2026 for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is the Australian GP?

The Australian GP is the first race of the 2026 F1 season. Here is the full schedule for the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne:

• Practice March 1 – 5 at 8:30-9:30 pm ET

• Practice 2 – March 6 from 12-1am ET

• Practice 3 – March 6 at 8:30-9:30 pm ET

• Qualifying – March 7 at 12-1PM ET

• Race – March 7 at 11pm ET

The great news for fans is that it has never been easier to keep track of all the action without spending anything.

How to watch Australian GP for free

I, like many people, am a paid-up member of Amazon Prime. That membership comes with a number of benefits, including fast shipping, special Prime Day deals, and access to Prime Video. To be honest, I don’t watch a lot of Prime Video. I’m really in favor of fast delivery. We buy a lot of “essential” things and if it’s not going to arrive the next day, I don’t want to know.

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But now that the new F1 season is starting, I have suddenly become very interested in Prime Video. That’s because you can now sign up for a 7-day free trial of Apple TV+ through Prime Video Channels. F1 is now exclusive to Apple TV in the US, so by getting access to this free trial, you can watch select races this season for free. Subscriptions usually cost £9.99 per month, but you can cancel at any time once the trial ends. So there is no obligation to pay anything.

I pay for Amazon Prime, so you could argue that this isn’t really a free hack. But I was always going to subscribe to this service. And by the way, you can use Amazon Prime’s 30-day free trial period (if you’re new to the service) to get access to Apple TV without spending anything. It’s a secret, but I suspect millions of fans will be using this exact method this season.

Watching F1 for free has never been easier. You can follow in my footsteps and use Prime Video, or you can go straight through Apple TV. Either way, you don’t need to pay to watch Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc battle in 2026.