At the start of 2009 Virtual Eye took the chequered flag in a race to win a contract to provide the Formula One series graphics for the BBC. By March the graphics package was ready for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

The package included a detailed 3-D depiction of the Melbourne track and, as the series progressed, graphics showing lines the drivers took; where they accelerated; braked; their speed; gear choices, and the G-forces they had to deal with. As well, commentators were able to “drive” the virtual cars during analysis before or after race coverage, choosing the lines they would take into corners, and how they might have dealt with crashes. In total Virtual Eye built 17 highly detailed and accurate virtual tracks, as well as vehicles and drivers.

In 2010 Virtual Eye took pole position again, providing a package that included additional tracks like Hockenheim in Germany, Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal and Yeongam in Korea - as well as the upgraded Silverstone circuit in England. Having covered F1 2009, our graphics are able to show circuit upgrades between 2009-2010 in depth. 19 circuits in all were supplied for the 2010 Formula 1 series.

Virtual Eye has been involved in the high-speed world of Motorsport since 2000 with the Race to the Sky Rally, the World Rally Championship in 2002, NASCAR Daytona in 2004-5 for Sportvision, and the Rally of New Zealand.

_{Night flyover of the 2011 Singapore Formula One circuit.}