f1viewer VS f1tv_plus

Both - before the widevine DRM was introduced last year the live stream through f1viewer also had the higher bitrate. They're using different CDN depending on the endpoint used to access the API one with lower bitrate and other one with a higher.

F1 viewer is the big one i think

Download on your PC (f1viewer is multiplatform if you're a linux or macos user) and copy the video to your phone - i haven't seen any mobile apps that support downloading yet.

https://github.com/SoMuchForSubtlety/f1viewer (desktop, CLI-based, without DRM support, not actively developed)

Race Control is one of the previously popular 3rdparty clients for f1tv, but like f1viewer, they rely on external players that don't support streaming with widevine DRM.

This ia one of the reasons many people on /r/F1TV suggest /r/F1MultiViewer and previously other 3rdparty viewers like Race Control and F1Viewer, before they introduced DRM to the live streams this year in April.

f1viewer is not f1mv :)

I just discovered https://github.com/SoMuchForSubtlety/f1viewer but I haven't used it yet. Does anyone here recommend this tool? If not, do you have any suggestions?

Also, I will use f1-viewer, this is a trusted application for the login. You can read their documentation.

Race Control or F1Viewer

With third party clients like /r/F1MultiViewer/ to see as many streams as your home network can handle. Same is applicable for greasemonkey/tampermonkey scripts of F1TV+ or the self hosted F1WebViewer proxy.

You can use apps on Android, Amazon & Apple devices (some android TV's don't support it natively, i.e. Sony - where you have to manually side load it) - up to 6 of them at the same time. You can use the webpage at https://f1tv.formula1.com/ to stream in parallel. You can use third party clients like /r/F1MultiViewer/ to see as many streams as your home network can handle. Same is applicable for greasemonkey scripts of F1TV+ or the self hosted F1WebViewer proxy. Their ToS limits it to 6 devices, but it only counts app installs - they're not enforcing the same single stream limit on the webpage or through 3rd party apps on multiple devices. They have both "F1 Live" and "International" feed with various audio channels available (Sky Germany, Canal+ for French, Dazn for Spanish and Sky UK for english). The monthly is easier to cancel/renew when necessary - this year it should be possible to get the monthly cheaper than the yearly fee and see all races, if you tactically subscribe/unsubscribe - as both subscriptions are not for the "season" bot for 30 days / 12 months.

F1TV Pro. Live and replays from different angles, including on-board cams for all drivers. Additional videos showing track position and extra data. If you like F1, F1 Pro is the way to go. You can open multiple windows to view multiple streams at once, or use something like F1TV+.

https://github.com/najdek/f1tv_plus (browser extension, with DRM support)

Race Control was a dead end and the only thing i found that worked for me minutes before race start was F1+ (Tampermonkey). Its very helpful, but finding it difficult to change audio and it lacks the option to display driver timing other then the default grid overview (not sure what its called).

f1tv+ is your friend.

I'm afraid I won't be able to help you out much more than this, as I am nothing but a user of this great app and have no experience with coding. So i don't know anything about how these drm messes work. You could install tampermonkey addon and then install F1TV+ userscript

Here it is: https://github.com/najdek/f1tv_plus