Formula 1 is in Austin this weekend at Circuit of the Americas. Saturday, October 24, brings third practice at 1:30 p.m. Eastern and qualifying at 5 p.m. Eastern. Sunday's 56-lap United States Grand Prix starts at 4 p.m. Eastern. Apple's official race-weekend announcement confirms the full timetable and, more interestingly, the extra ways to watch it.
Apple TV is carrying the U.S. Formula 1 season and this race weekend. Alongside the main broadcast, Apple describes access to as many as 30 additional live feeds, including a Driver Tracker map, timing and data, mixed onboard cameras and a feed that follows the podium positions. Multiview can put four feeds on one screen on supported hardware. That makes qualifying a particularly good test: the interesting question is not just who sets the quickest lap, but where the time is won and lost.
If you are watching on Apple TV 4K, try a main-feed-plus-timing layout first. Add a driver onboard or tracker feed only if it helps; four equally sized panes can be less useful than one good picture and one meaningful data panel. Practice sessions are available without a subscription according to Apple, while qualifying and the race require the applicable Apple TV access unless a particular weekend is offered free.
For a more engaged viewing session, pick two drivers before Q1 and compare their sector times and tire decisions through Q2 and Q3. Qualifying is the cleanest hour of the weekend to learn whether the new broadcast tools improve the experience. Tomorrow's race then becomes a more informed watch rather than a stream of unfamiliar strategy calls.
The practical move today is to open the Apple TV F1 hub before 5 p.m., make sure the extra feeds are accessible on the intended screen, and set a reminder for Sunday's 4 p.m. start.