Nine Network F1

When it was confirmed that there would be an Australian Grand Prix for the 1985 Formula One Season, Nine Network announced it would begin to broadcast all Formula One races in full for the first time within Australia. Prior to 1985 few races were shown on television and were usually only brief highlights of Formula One races and rarely the full coverage.
Darrell Eastlake was brought in to head the Formula One coverage with Australian viewers taking a commentary feed from the BBC Sport F1 coverage headed by Murray Walker and James Hunt. In 1987 recently retired Formula One driver and Australian F1 World Champion Alan Jones joined the Nine Network coverage line-up where he was also joined by British Motorcycle champion Barry Sheene.
The trio would lead the Nine Network coverage until 2002 when Nine Network lost the F1 broadcasting rights to Network TEN. 
==Commentary Line-Up==
Role 	Name 	Duration
Anchor 	Darrell Eastlake	1985-2002
Pundit 	Alan Jones 	1987-2002
Pundit 	Barry Sheene 	1987-2002
Pit Lane Reporter	Jonathan Palmer 	1990-1993
Pit Lane Reporter	Tony Jardine 	1993-1996
Pit Lane Reporter	James Allen 	1997-2001
Pit Lane Reporter	Ted Kravitz 	2002
Paddock Reporter 	Louise Goodman 	1997-2002
Lead Commentator 	Murray Walker 	1985-2001
Lead Commentator 	James Allen 	2002
Co-Commentator 	James Hunt 	1985-1993
Co-Commentator 	Jonathan Palmer 	1993-1996
Co-Commentator 	Martin Brundle 	1997-2002
Category:F1 on TV