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F1 qualifying is 'free' for seven days, then $14.99

Qualifying at Circuit of the Americas starts at five Eastern, and Apple TV holds the exclusive US rights; the free part has a timer.

On air: Hank Ledger, Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance on BBN After Hours
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorQualifying at Austin is free to stream, Yahoo Sports says, with a seven-day Apple TV trial that then costs fourteen ninety-nine a month.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt starts at five Eastern. Kenji, you're up with a hot take.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe real race is cancelling Apple TV before day eight.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNobody on that grid is under more pressure than a guy with a calendar reminder he'll ignore.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHOT. The race is fifty-six laps. The cancel button is one click and still undefeated.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMy take is graver.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA seven-day trial that expires the day before the race is a legal loophole wearing a party hat, and I want to know who drafted it.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWell, the race is Sunday at three Central, and qualifying is Saturday. So the trial covers both. NOT. But good drafting.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDisappointing. I was prepared to be outraged.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy hottest take: free means someone else is holding my card.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI signed up for a trial in twenty nineteen and I'm still in the pits.

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