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The [url="http://www.crash.net/motorsport/in_depth/19/BBC.html"]BBC[/url] has finalised its team of presenters for its coverage of [url="http://www.crash.net/motorsport/f1/home/"]Formula 1[/url] from next year, it has been claimed, with Martin Brundle and [url="http://www.crash.net/gpa/driver~driver_id~11674.htm"]David Coulthard[/url] on the bill – but no James Allen, Steve Rider or [url="http://www.crash.net/gpa/driver~driver_id~11613.htm"]Mark Blundell[/url].



With the Beeb set to reclaim the rights to broadcast the world's most expensive sport from [url="http://www.crash.net/motorsport/in_depth/18/ITV.html"]ITV[/url] in 2009 – on a five-year contract – it has been revealed by Pitpass that the presenting team will be composed of ITV-[url="http://www.crash.net/motorsport/f1/home/"]F1[/url] favourite Brundle alongside BBC Radio Five Live stalwart Jonathan Legard in the commentary booth, soon-to-retire [url="http://www.crash.net/gpa/team_team~teamsroot_id~8180.htm"]Red Bull[/url] Racing ace Coulthard and Jake Humphrey fronting the programme in the studio and Lee McKenzie reprising the roles of Louise Goodman and Ted Kravitz as pit-lane reporter.



The addition of Brundle – who won a Royal Television Society award for Best Sports Pundit in 1998, 1999, 2005 and 2006 – will undoubtedly be a popular one amongst F1's fans, [url="http://www.crash.net/gpa/driver~driver_id~12045.htm"]Michael Schumacher[/url]'s former Benetton team-mate greatly embellishing the commentary with his dry sense of humour and witty insights.





Legard, for his part, has an excellent knowledge of the sport having commentated on it on Five Live since 1997, whilst Coulthard's name has long been linked to a role at Auntie, and the Scot's fresh, non-PC, outspoken nature will surely go down well with viewers.



Former children's TV presenter Humphrey is more of an unknown quantity within the top flight, though he has commentated throughout his career with the BBC on football – becoming the youngest-ever presenter of Football Focus and Match of the Day – American football, cricket, athletics and most recently the Beijing Olympics.

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Australian V8 Utes UK scribe.

Has to be an improvement on ITV, Ted Kravitz is staying on too. I hope Brundle will be allow to speak his own mind a little more at the Beeb can't imagine some of the things he said on ITV were out of his head.

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http://www.benclucas.co.uk/ -Talent

I  would imagine that Martin will do what he does best, and provide us with all the info that we would expect from an ex Formula 1 driver.

Keep up the good work Tin.

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chris borg

The above report missed out that Eddie Jordan will also be a pundit. To reprise we have Legard/Brundle as commentators, DC/Jordan as pundits, McKenzie/Kravitz in pit lane. Lets hope the Beeb shows it in HD.

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Australian V8 Utes UK scribe.