{"id":523487,"date":"2026-03-06T23:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/523487\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T23:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:37:14","slug":"kayo-sports-confirms-return-of-alternative-f1-tv-commentary-feed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/523487\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayo Sports confirms return of alternative F1 TV commentary feed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/XPB_1398536_HiRes-1.jpg\" alt=\"Kayo confirms return of alternative F1 commentary feed\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOscar Piastri on track during the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n<p>The option made its debut on the service late last year and will continue to be available in 2026 for the feature race of every grand prix.<\/p>\n<p>F1 TV coverage will not be available for practice or qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>Commentary on the F1 TV feed is led by Alex Jacques and ex-Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer with support from former race strategist Ruth Buscome.<\/p>\n<p>Other commentators include grand prix winner David Coulthard, GP2 Series winner Davide Valsecchi, Martin Brundle\u2019s son Alex Bruncle, and technical analyst Sam Collins.<\/p>\n<p>Foxtel users will also have access to the F1 TV app via its set-top boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmation of the return of the F1 TV commentary feed to Kayo Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/f1-news-2026-australian-broadcast-rights-deal-agreement-extended-kayo-foxtel-fox-sports-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">comes as Foxtel announced a new deal with Formula 1 to retain the broadcast rights on a multi-year deal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Foxtel has had the exclusive rights to Formula 1 since 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/f1-news-2026-australian-broadcast-rights-deal-agreement-extended-kayo-foxtel-fox-sports-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 signs new multi-year Australian broadcast rights deal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/285241\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/285241.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar Piastri on track during the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. Image: XPB Images The option made its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,62756,85],"class_list":["post-523487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-kayo","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}