BBC/Sky F1 deal under scrutiny amid growing unrest from furious fans

A leading MP has called on the BBC to explain their controversial TV deal with Sky Sports amid continued unrest from Formula One fans in the UK.

Almost 25,000 petrol-heads have signed an online government petition aimed at keeping the sport solely on terrestrial television after the BBC announced they would share the rights with Sky from next season.

The new seven-year contract will see the BBC screen half of the races with the other half exclusively on Sky Sports.

Ahead of next month’s Commons’ Culture, Media and Sport select committee where the topic of F1 is set to be discussed, Liberal Democrat MP Don Foster, has written to BBC’s director general Mark Thompson

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