Finally the biggest poorly kept secret in the history of TV is out in the open. Martin Brundle has agreed to leave ITV and sign with the BBC to reprise his current role with the new broadcaster of F1 in the UK.

When it was first announced that BBC was taking over the F1 TV deal from 2009 through 2013 inclusive, the first thing on everyone's lips was whether Martin Brundle would come over with the rights. Brundle joined ITV when they snapped up the rights in 1997 and forged a terrific partnership with incumbent legend Murray Walker. When Walker stepped down, Brundle stayed and was joined by James Allen.

Brundle's no nonsense approach made him very quickly a fans favourite and he has won the RTS Television Sports Award for best Sports Pundit on no fewer than four occasions. His grid walks have gone down as one of the best features in sports broadcasting and when he managed to grab Bernie Ecclestone as the now infamous 2005 US Grand Prix, he showed himself as a world class journalist as well as broadcaster.

He'll be joined by his third lead commentator since he started in form of Jonathan Legard. The former Radio Five Live F1 correspondent joins the box in a move that will be welcomed around F1 circles.

In the pit-lane Lee McKensie will be joined by the only other member of ITV's on-air team that is making the switch in the form of Ted Kravitz. This is arguably the only surprise in today's announcement as Kravitz seemed like he knew he was leaving F1 at the Brazilian Grand Prix so you suspect this deal went down late.

In the studio we'll see Eddie Jordan and David Coulthard joined by front man Jake Humphrey. The 30 year-old presenter has been groomed for big things by the corporation This is without a doubt the only appointment that has raised eyebrows around fans of the sport but I might be in the minority but I do think he can be a good presenter on the big stage.

So all in all I think I'm pretty happy with the team. Getting Martin Brundle and paying him whatever it took was the first (and only) priority for me. I'm happy that they have also included Murray Walker is some capacity as the 85 year-old will be part of BBC's online team working for the BBC sport website.

Good start BBC.