Complex sentence: In 1996 ITV attempted to recruit Rider, when it was announced that Formula One coverage would move from the BBC to ITV, however he chose to remain with the BBC and the ITV F1 frontman role was handed to Jim Rosenthal.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1996 ITV attempted to recruit Rider, when it was announced that Formula One coverage would move from the BBC to ITV. However, he chose to remain with the BBC and the ITV F1 frontman role was handed to Jim Rosenthal.