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LONDON, Jan. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Getty Images (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, today announced it has renewed a multi-year agreement with Formula 1®, with Getty Images continuing to serve as Official Photographic Agency of Formula 1®.
The multi-year partnership will see Getty Images’ award-winning motorsport photographers and editors continue to provide comprehensive coverage of all F1, F2, F3, F1 Academy and Porsche Supercup races. In 2025, Getty Images’ team criss-crossed the globe to deliver premium imagery of all F1 action throughout Formula 1®’s 75th anniversary year, working relentlessly across race weekends to capture unique perspectives from key moments on and off the track, including unique behind-the-scenes access at the paddock and trackside.
“For 30 years, Getty Images has been at the forefront of innovation in sports photography, and our motorsport specialists continue to set the standard for creativity and speed in capturing the racing action,” said Michael Heiman, Getty Images’ Vice President of Global Sport. “We’re proud to continue partnering with Formula 1® to showcase the thrill of this incredible sport through visuals, and deliver iconic moments to customers, media and fans worldwide in near-real time via our unparalleled distribution platform.”
Getty Images’ motorsport collection includes content from Motorsport and LAT Images alongside the renowned Sutton, Schlegelmilch, Colombo and Dukes Video archives. The collection comprises over 26 million images dating as far back as 1895 and includes action from every Formula 1® Grand Prix since 1950 to the present day.
Getty Images has officially worked with Formula 1® since 2021 and is the ultimate destination for motorsport visuals. For more information, visit www.gettyimages.co.uk/collections/motorsports.
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About Getty Images:
Getty Images (NYSE: GETY) is a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace that offers a full range of content solutions to meet the needs of any customer around the globe, no matter their size. Through its Getty Images, iStock and Unsplash brands, websites and APIs, Getty Images serves customers in almost every country in the world and is the first-place people turn to discover, purchase and share powerful visual content from the world’s best photographers and videographers. Getty Images works with almost 600,000 content creators and almost 360 content partners to deliver this powerful and comprehensive content. Each year Getty Images covers more than 160,000 news, sport and entertainment events providing depth and breadth of coverage that is unmatched. Getty Images maintains one of the largest and best privately-owned photographic archives in the world with millions of images dating back to the beginning of photography.
Through its best-in-class creative library and Custom Content solutions, Getty Images helps customers elevate their creativity and entire end-to-end creative process to find the right visual for any need. With the adoption and distribution of generative AI technologies and tools trained on permissioned content that include indemnification and perpetual, worldwide usage rights, Getty Images and iStock customers can use text to image generation to ideate and create commercially safe compelling visuals, further expanding Getty Images capabilities to deliver exactly what customers are looking for.
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About Formula 1®:
Formula 1® racing began in 1950 and is the world’s most prestigious motor racing competition, as well as the world’s most popular annual sporting series. Formula One World Championship Limited is part of Formula 1® and holds the exclusive commercial rights to the FIA Formula One World Championship™. Formula 1® is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: FWONA, FWONK, LLYVA, LLYVK) attributed to the Formula One Group tracking stock. The F1 logo, F1 FORMULA 1 logo, FORMULA 1, F1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX, PADDOCK CLUB and related marks are trademarks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula 1 company. All rights reserved.
