The IndyCar Sequence could have a extra intense world attain for its 18-race season in 2026.
A robust community of worldwide companions, together with new media and broadcast relationships, will carry North America’s premier open-wheel championship to audiences in additional than 200 nations and territories.
Via IndyCar Stay, the worldwide direct-to-consumer streaming service for the collection, the published companions of their respective markets and past brings followers full uninterrupted protection of each session of each race – together with in-car digicam feeds, highlights, shorts and vodcasts – for IndyCar and its developmental class, Indy NXT.
“IndyCar’s development trajectory is the very best in sports activities and that features important growth of our world availability and new curiosity from worldwide audiences,” Penske Leisure Corp. President and CEO Mark Miles mentioned.
“This season, 14 nations and territories shall be represented in our full-time lineup, and, with that, it’s essential that platforms can be found to showcase the extreme, wheel-to-wheel motion of IndyCar to their nations and our worldwide fanbase. We’re delighted to announce this listing of latest and renewed companions, who will intensely observe what we imagine shall be an exciting 2026 NTT IndyCar Sequence season.”
Among the many new broadcast companions for the upcoming season is Band Sport (Bandierantes) in Brazil, which returns after an eight-year hiatus. In flip, Brazilians will be capable to tune in and watch fellow countryman and incoming AJ Foyt Racing rookie Caio Collet.
“This can be very necessary to have IndyCar again on free-to-air tv, particularly on a broadcaster like Band, which has a protracted and wealthy historical past not solely with motorsport, but in addition with IndyCar itself,” Collet mentioned.
“This helps elevate the class, develop its world attain, appeal to much more followers world wide and in addition promote manufacturers and private sponsors that allow us to be there doing our job.”
Caio Collet, AJ Foyt Racing
Photograph by: Penske Leisure
Different partnerships embody ESPN, which continues to supply protection throughout sub-Saharan Africa, in addition to to Latin America, Brazil and Mexico the place followers can assist Mexican native Pato O’Ward. Spain will proceed to supply premium protection by way of Movistar+ and #Vamos, highlighting reigning collection champion Alex Palou as he seeks to win his fourth straight and fifth general title.
Sky Sports activities will showcase reigning IndyCar Rookie of the Yr Louis Foster in the UK, and sister channel Sky Sports activities Italia continues race protection in Italy. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Sky Sports activities shall be intently following Mick Schumacher’s Rookie season.
Sky Sport New Zealand shall be offering protection of Kiwis Scott Dixon, Scott McLaughlin and Marcus Armstrong.
“It is cool at any time when I am residence in New Zealand and I get to see IndyCar races be rebroadcasted on Sky Sport,” Armstrong mentioned.
“I hope that New Zealanders can observe intently this season. They’ve two Scotts (Scott Dixon and Scott McLaughlin) and a Marcus (Armstrong) competing on the pointy finish of the sector this 12 months. The chance to see three New Zealanders lock out a podium is definitely very potential this 12 months, so it should be fairly cool to observe and I am glad that Sky Sport shall be there to catch all of it for everybody again residence to observe.”
There’s additionally a brand new relationship with SBS Sport, which permits IndyCar to succeed in new audiences in Korea for this 12 months. Viaplay will proceed its protection within the Nordics for followers to observe Danish drivers Christian Rasmussen and Christian Lundgaard, Swedish drivers Felix Rosenqvist and Marcus Ericsson and Norwegian rookie Dennis Hauger.
“Viaplay has completed a fantastic job protecting the NTT IndyCar Sequence the previous a number of years, and I’m glad they’ll proceed this season,” Lundgaard mentioned. “Whereas it’s a North American sport, there’s a rising world viewers which solely occurs if they’ve entry to observe the on-track motion.”
Christian Lundgaard, Arrow McLaren
Photograph by: Penske Leisure
Motorvision, additionally broadcasting in Austria, Switzerland and Germany, returns for its second 12 months partnering with IndyCar. Stan Sport in Australia will permit followers to observe Will Energy for his twenty second IndyCar season.
Followers in France can observe Romain Grosjean’s return to IndyCar with Canal+. In the meantime, Ziggo Sport continues to highlight IndyCar within the Netherlands for followers to observe Dutchman Rinus Veekay.
Further returning broadcasters of IndyCar in 2026 embody TSN in Canada, RTVS in Slovakia, S Sport in Turkey, Area 4 in Hungary, Gaora in Japan and Sport TV in Portugal.
Indy NXT can even have protection throughout the globe with first-time protection in Poland with Motowizja, permitting followers to see rookie Tymek Kucharczyk in motion. Polish followers can even be capable to stream all races on the URL tymekkucharczyk.pl. REV TV will broadcast all through Canada, whereas ESPN will showcase Indy NXT races to followers in Latin America and Brazil. Additional protection shall be offered on Sky Sports activities in the UK and Italy, Viaplay within the Nordics and Sport TV in Portugal.
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