Red Bull now also hunts for Formula 1 television rights from 2021 onwards

Where in England Formula 1 rights are fixed for a longer period of time at Sky Sports, abroad there is more bickering about the contracts. In Austria, for example, Red Bull is hunting for the images from 2021 onwards.

In Austria the Formula 1 images are currently provided by ORF, but the contract expires at the end of 2020. The unique commentary by Alexander Wurz and Ernst Hausleitner could therefore simply disappear from the image, although ORF is still in the process of renewing the contract. ''We're still talking,'' ORF says to Motorsport-total.com.

If these contract negotiations are not successful, however, there will be a hijacker on the coast. Red Bull's ServusTV platform already broadcasts MotoGP in Austria and recently also managed to seize the Champions League. Although Dietrich Mateschitz says he doesn't fully focus on broadcasting sports, he doesn't rule out the chance of F1 footage either.

''The Formula 1 rights are of course always interesting for a broadcaster, but we can't say anything about that at the moment. We have to wait and see how the situation develops with ORF and Sky. We have to see what the market is doing and will of course always keep an eye on that'', concludes the Red Bull top man in an interview with 'Salzburger Nachrichten'.