FORMULA One will return to the BBC from the 2009 season after the corporation secured a five-year television rights deal.
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.
Bernie Ecclestone, chief executive of Formula One Administration Limited, said: "It is an exciting time in Formula One and the BBC has some innovative new ideas to consolidate and expand our UK fanbase."
BBC Sport director of sport rights Dominic Coles said: "F1 is a crown jewel of sports broadcasting."
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