🏎️ F1 2025, Lightway in Rust & TV Premieres!

Date

February 20, 2025

Quick Summary of Today's News

Formula 1 2025: The Race for Glory Begins!
ExpressVPN Unveils Lightway In Rust - VPN Protocol Of The Future
Upcoming TV Shows & Sports Events
What’s Next? Check Our Calendars

🏎️ Formula 1 2025: THE RACE FOR GLORY BEGINS!

Get ready for the Formula 1 2025 season, where the world’s best drivers battle for supremacy on the most iconic circuits! The season begins with the Australian Grand Prix on March 14 and finishes with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on December 5. With millions tuning in for every race, it's a prime opportunity to engage your audience with high-speed action and exclusive streaming options.

📺 Where to Watch Formula 1 for FREE:

Belgium – RTBF (Every race live and free)
Austria – Servus TV (11 races live and free, including Monaco, Austin, and Las Vegas)
Austria – ORF (14 races live and free, including the Austrian Grand Prix)
UK – Channel 4 (British Grand Prix live and free + highlights of all races)
Australia – 10Play (Australian Grand Prix live and free + highlights of all races)
Canada – CTV (Canadian Grand Prix live and free)
Italy – TV8 (Both Italian GPs live and free, plus other selected races)

🔥 Drive More Engagement!

Formula 1 content attracts a global audience—now’s the time to create articles, social posts, and streaming guides to help viewers catch the action! For more details, visit the Partnerships Support Portal.

Need help optimizing your placements? Reach out to your Partnerships Manager for support.

🔐 EXPRESSVPN UNVEILS LIGHTWAY IN RUST - VPN PROTOCOL OF THE FUTURE

We’re excited to announce a major update to ExpressVPN’s proprietary VPN protocol, Lightway, now reimplemented in Rust—a modern coding language that enhances security, performance, and efficiency.

➡️ Here is why it matters:

Better security: the coding language, Rust, is inherently safer - all the biggest threats in C simply cannot exist in Rust
Better performance: with a simpler code base, Lightway in Rust is now more efficient, using less power, and operating faster - enabling safer multi-core processing
Future-ready: Rust’s modern design enables easy extension of the protocol to integrate new features and improvements - all without compromising on performance

To validate this upgrade, we’ve commissioned two independent audits by Cure53 and Praetorian. As part of our commitment to transparency, Lightway remains open-source for all to adopt and build upon.

Lightway’s source code - ExpressVPN’s GitHub page

Audit reports on Lightway - Cure53, Praetorian, and the ExpressVPN blog

More information about Lightway - blog and technical deep-dive

➡️ Aircove Gets a Boost:

Our router, Aircove, is the first platform to benefit from Lightway’s Rust implementation. The new AircoveOS v5 update introduces:

A guest Wi-Fi feature for better privacy control
Enhanced security powered by Lightway
Up to 2x faster VPN speeds

We've also commissioned Cure53 to audit Aircove’s security for added peace of mind - more information about Aircove on our blog, Cure53, and audit results.

This is a major milestone for Lightway and its impact on the VPN industry, we highly encourage you to write and share about this with your readers.

📺 UPCOMING TV SHOWS REMINDER

Here’s a quick reminder of the must-watch shows coming your way this month!

- TV SHOWS -
Title	Date	Service
Oscars 2025	2-Mar-2025	ITVX (CA)
The Cleaning Lady - Season 4	25-Mar-2025	CTV (CA)

- SPORTS -
Title	Date	Service
National Rugby League (NRL)	2-Mar-2025	9Now (AU)
Aussie Rules Football (AFL)	6-Mar-2025	7Plus (AU)
F1 2025 Season	14-Mar-2025	e.g. RTBF (BE)
Women's Six Nations	22-Mar-2025	BBC / ITV (UK)