BBC win back F1 rights

Formula One will return to the BBC from the 2009 season after the corporation secured a five-year television rights deal, it was announced today.

Thu, 20 Mar, 2008 - 13:02

Formula One will return to the BBC from the 2009 season after the corporation secured a five-year television rights deal, it was announced today.

Twelve years after ITV won the rights and began broadcasting the sport, the BBC have managed to bring Formula One back in a major coup for the organisation.

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