plugin.video.f1tv VS f1tv_plus

Another option is to install Kodi, and add the community F1TV Plugin. Obviously this is a little more work though.

Install Kodi from the microsoft store and then install this https://github.com/bbsan2k/plugin.video.f1tv

Option 4 - Unofficial Kodi Add-On Another community app, made by u/bbsan2k. This add-on is currently under fast development to ensure it's updated for the new F1TV features, thanks to u/TheDevFreak. To take advantage of the new video feeds, it's recommended (and possibly required) to use Kodi 19 (Matrix). The add-on is available on GitHub - plugin.video.f1tv.

You can probably use my F1TV plugin on Matrix. There is a special version available (https://github.com/bbsan2k/plugin.video.f1tv/tree/Matrix_Support) for Matrix, but as I need to setup a separate repo for Matrix you cannot install it from a repo yet.

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