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ITV-F1 was a British television programme dedicated to the coverage of Formula One motor racing and was broadcast by the British broadcaster ITV between 1997 and 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. 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. The programme was successful in collecting three consecutive BAFTA awards for sporting coverage but also garnered criticism for showing advertisements during their coverage along with their handling of competitions held by the broadcaster. ==History== When the BBC lost their rights to broadcast Formula One in late 1995, ITV gained the coverage for 1997. The deal worth £60 million was negotiated by FOM president Bernie Ecclestone. ITV chose to bid for the rights due to constantly being beaten at weekends while the ''Grand Prix'' coverage was on. 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 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.crash.net/f1/news/144606/1/f1s_return_to_the_bbc__what_did_you_think.html )〕 Rosenthal, Taylor and Jardine all presented from a studio with a view of the paddock and the studio was transported to all the races. One feature for 1997 was known as 'Inside F1' where a driver would demonstrate a certain piece of equipment on a Formula One car and would summarise what operations the equipment performed along with its effects. There was also a track guide using a computer simulation provided by Psygnosis also for 1997. The post-race qualifying and race coverage was mainly a discussion between the presenter and the experts going over the key facts of what occurred.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://f1broadcasting.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/a-look-back-at-itvs-first-live-formula-1-broadcast-in-1997/ )〕 In the same year, Simon Taylor was left unable to broadcast live after feeling seasick during the Monaco Grand Prix when the team were presenting on a yacht that kept moving around. ITV also introduced Martin Brundle's hugely popular gridwalk at the 1997 British Grand Prix, where roughly 10–15 minutes before the start of the race Brundle would walk around the grid interviewing drivers, team personnel, celebrities and whoever else he could find.〔 Brundle had elected not to commentate from some races such as the Canadian Grand Prix in 1997 where he raced at Le Mans and missed the race in 1998. He also elected not to attend the Hungarian Grand Prix on several occasions. When Brundle was absent, different people would stand in the commentary booth, including Derek Warwick, Jody Scheckter, Anthony Davidson and World Champion Damon Hill. ITV were not able to show the qualifying for the 1999 French Grand Prix due to a dispute with Formula One Management. FOM President Bernie Ecclestone asked ITV if they wanted live coverage with the broadcaster refusing stating they would show coverage at a later time. Ecclestone agologised in the Sunday Express and the race coverage was unaffected. In a one-off move for the return of the United States Grand Prix in 2000, ITV moved the coverage over to ITV2 as the schedule of the national channel could not occupy the coverage of the race.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.crash.net/f1/news/36758/1/british_f1_fans_get_raw_usgp_deal.html )〕 The 2001 United States Grand Prix was Murray Walker's last in the ITV commentary booth, having missed four other races that season. James Allen moved up from his former role as pitlane reporter to replace Walker in the commentary box with Brundle still commentating as usual and Ted Kravitz inheriting Allen's old role. In October 2002, the BBC had prepared pay £175 million to gain the rights off ITV when their contract was to expire at the end of 2004. In April 2004, ITV signed a six-year extension to their contract worth £150 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/154356/itv-extends-f1-deal )〕 In that same year, the coverage dropped its trackside studio and the presenters and analysts provided the coverage directly from within the paddock. With the advent of new Anti-Tobacco advertising laws in the United Kingdom that were placed in force on 31 July 2005, it was feared that Formula One coverage would be blacked out because with the showing of tobacco company logos on television, the broadcaster would face extra charges even in a country where tobacco sponsorship was permitted.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns13901.html )〕 In September 2005, it was reported that ITV had secured Steve Rider's services and would replace Rosenthal from 2006 onwards to present coverage of Formula One. Rider made his debut broadcast covering ITV F1 coverage at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix.〔("Rider opts for some driver practice )" The Times, 4 March 2006; Retrieved 2 April 2006〕 ITV extended their contract with North One Television for a further five years in an agreement that started at the first round of the 2006 season and would produce over 100 hours of content which also included qualifying and the highlight shows. ITV were the host broadcasters for the British Grand Prix.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multi-platform/news/north-one-wins35m-f1-contract/155412.article )〕 In March 2008, ITV announced the coverage would be transferred to the BBC from the 2009 season so that the Broadcaster could focus more on coverage on the UEFA Champions League.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7307971.stm )〕 The contract to show the sport at the time of announcement was worth £25 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.planet-f1.com/news/3213/2483505 )〕 ITV later announced that they had enacted a clause within their contract enabling them to leave F1 coverage after the 2008 season. Ironically, ITV F1's highest ever broadcast rating came in its final race, the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, which attracted 8.8 million viewers, peaking at 12.5 million viewers.〔http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2008/11/hamilton_drives_125m_to_itv1.html〕 On 17 November 2008, BBC announced that Martin Brundle would continue his commentary role alongside Jonathan Legard during the 2009 season, while Ted Kravitz would continue his pit-lane reporter role alongside Lee McKenzie.〔http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/11/17/brundle-at-bbc-in-2009/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ITV-F1」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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