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John Watson: “I learned to calculate risks – I didn’t go into areas where there was no escape”

John Watson: “I learned to calculate risks – I didn’t go into areas where there was no escape”

F1 Beyond The Grid vor 7 Jahren

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He may not be as well-known as James Hunt or Nigel Mansell, but
for a good period in the late Seventies and early Eighties, after
the former had retired and before the latter became a household
name, John Watson was Britain’s Grand Prix hero.

Over the course of 152 starts, Watson reached the podium 20
times, winning five races – including one from 22nd on the grid!
But it wasn’t all roses for the Northern Irishman – over the
course of his career he saw many colleagues killed or badly
injured, and that’s one of the topics that’s discussed on this
fascinating episode of Beyond The Grid, supported by
Bose. There are also stories about his recently departed
former team mate Niki Lauda, what it felt like to drive the
infamous Brabham fan car, winning in F1’s first carbon fibre
chassis and much more…