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ITV's first broadcast was at the [[1997 Australian Grand Prix]] featuring [[Jim Rosenthal]] along with [[Simon Taylor]] and [[Tony Jardine]] as expert analysts along with [[Murray Walker]] and [[Martin Brundle]] as the commentators. The pitlane reporters [[James Allen (journalist)|James Allen]] and [[Louise Goodman]] stayed on for the whole of ITV's coverage over 11 years. ITV had set about focusing their efforts into more in-depth pre and post-race analysis, better camera angles and conducting more interviews.<ref>{{citeweb|title=F1's return to the BBC - what did you think?|url=http://www.crash.net/f1/news/144606/1/f1s_return_to_the_bbc__what_did_you_think.html|publisher=crash.net|date=2009-03-30}}</ref> Brundle had elected not to commentate the Canadian Grand Prix in 1997 to race at Le Mans.<ref>{{citeweb|last=Fox|first=Norman|title=Pescarolo rolls back the years|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/pescarolo-rolls-back-the-years-1256057.html|publisher=The Independent|date=1997-06-15}}</ref>
In a one-off move for the return of the [[United States Grand Prix]] in 2000, ITV moved the coverage over to [[ITV 2]] as the schedule of the national channel could not occupy the coverage of the race.<ref>{{citeweb|title=British F1 fans get raw USGP deal|url=http://www.crash.net/f1/news/36758/1/british_f1_fans_get_raw_usgp_deal.html|publisher=crash.net|date=2000-09-14}}</ref> In March 2008, ITV
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