Agree with everything about Sky. I refuse to become a customer and support their model. I do enjoy their F1 coverage but it's a shame it's so expensive, and it has ads! Don't charge a fucking subscription AND show ads - ridiculous.

From what little news I’ve read since… I’ve not actually missed anything interesting.

Ehh I think there's been more interesting seasons rather than bad ones. 2021 was absolutely insane and this year has been fantastic too in my opinion.

It's entirely subjective, but I'd argue you've been misinformed. The Verstappen era was much like the Vettel era, but the midfield is closer than ever. The F2 and F3 are often the standout events of the weekend, but it's a good time to be an armchair F1 fan (the ticket prices for most western events are fucking ludicrous mind).

I agree with the Sky sentiment though. I fucked the company off years ago - I was riding good deals for a number of years but when they wouldn't honour them any more, I sacked it off.

F1 TV and a VPN is a brilliant option - fairly inexpensive by comparison and the coverage of F1 and the feeder series is really decent - not sure how it will look after the Apple TV announcement mind.

Otherwise, there's the IPTV packages you can find online - one or two races often make the cost worthwhile, or if you're dead keen on not spending money, then the F1 YouTube channel put highlights of all the F1 sessions and the F2&3 race sessions up mega rapidly - to the point where if I've missed the first half hour of a race, I just wait the extra hour or two and get the highlights instead.

It's a good time to be an F1 fan just now.