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'''[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]''' held the rights to show [[Formula One]] races in the United Kingdom between 8 March 1997 and 2 November 2008.

ITV gained the rights for Formula One coverage for 1997 in late 1995 from the [[BBC]] and focused on more in-depth coverage, conducting more interviews and gaining access to better camera angles. The coverage was initially presented by [[Jim Rosenthal]] with veteran commentator [[Murray Walker]] and former racing driver [[Martin Brundle]] being the initial commentators before Walker's retirement after the [[2001 United States Grand Prix]] and was succeeded by pit-lane reporter [[James Allen (journalist)|James Allen]]. Rosenthal left in 2005 and was succeeded by [[Steve Rider]] who presented the coverage until ITV ceased to broadcast Formula One after 2008. Formula One coverage returned to the BBC in 2009 for ITV to focus on more extensive coverage of [[UEFA Champions League]] football matches.

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==Scheduling==

All races were broadcast live with occasional reruns in races where the start time was considered early for fans who had elected not to watch at an earlier time.<ref>{{cite web|title=ITV F1 programming schedule |url=http://www.itv-f1.com/html/pitpass/4688.html |publisher=ITV-F1 ([[ITV Sport]]) |date=2000-03-03 |access-date=2012-09-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000407205002/http://www.itv-f1.com/html/pitpass/4688.html |archive-date=7 April 2000 }}</ref> Originally, qualifying sessions for races held in North America were not shown live and were instead screened as delayed coverage, usually beginning at 11:00pm. From 2005, these sessions were shown live, but on [[ITV2]] and [[ITV3]] and in 2006 and 2007 the sessions were screened live on ITV3 and [[ITV4]], with it being repeated on [[ITV1ITV (TV network)|ITV]] later that night. In 2008, all qualifying sessions were screened live on ITV1the ITV network.

When qualifying was split into two sessions from 2003, ITV1ITV broadcast the Friday session as delayed coverage in a late night slot, usually at around midnight, except for the British Grand Prix, in which the Friday session was shown live. The Saturday session was broadcast live as normal. In 2004, when both qualifying sessions were held on Saturday, only the second session was shown live, with only brief highlights from the first session shown in the build-up. When qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix that year was postponed to Sunday owing to a typhoon alert, neither session was shown live. For 2005, when qualifying was split into a Saturday–Sunday format, only the Saturday session was shown live, with brief highlights of the Sunday session shown in the race build-up. This format proved unpopular with fans and was scrapped following the first six races that year, with qualifying for the rest of that year reverting to just a single one-lap session on Saturday.

The highlights programme lasted for one hour and would normally have started at around 11:35pm depending on the schedule.<ref>{{cite web|title=ITV F1 TV Times |url=http://www.itv-f1.com/tv_schedule/index.php3 |publisher=ITV-F1 ([[ITV Sport]]) |access-date=2012-09-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000621202535/http://www.itv-f1.com/tv_schedule/index.php3 |archive-date=21 June 2000 }}</ref>

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==External links==

* {{itv.com|id=news/topic/formula-one|title=ITV News - Formula One}}

* {{Official website|http://www.itv.com/formula1/}}

* {{IMDb name|0493185}}

* {{Twitter}}

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