Formula 1 announced a five-year deal Friday with Apple, which will be the global motorsports series' U.S. broadcast partner beginning next season.

ESPN had been the broadcast partner since 2018 and through the explosion of popularity of F1 in the United States, but notified the series at the start of this year it would not be extending its deal.

At the same time, Apple was working with the series on “F1 The Movie,” an original film released internationally in cinemas and IMAX in June. It will make its global streaming debut on Apple TV in December, has already grossed nearly $630 million globally as both the most successful sports movie in history and most lucrative of Brad Pitt's career.

The relationship made Apple the frontrunner to land the U.S. broadcast rights. Financial terms we

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