Live: F1 and Group C racing legend John Watson #303
The Intercooler
Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel
4.8 • 913 Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Live from Bicester Scramble, Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel interview Britain’s #1 F1 driver of the early 80s, John Watson. Which was his best win in F1, how did he survive his biggest racing accident, and how did a Porsche 962 compare to a Jaguar XJR-9? Oh, and just how fast was Stefan Bellof - could he have been F1 World Champion?
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| 0:00.0 | Delighted to be here today at the first Sunday Scramble of 2026 and a rather chilly |
| 0:09.0 | Bistomotion. The chap about to come up on stage, I don't understand why he has not had massive recognition, |
| 0:17.5 | much greater than he has. This is a man who came within one race of winning the Formula One World Championship. |
| 0:23.6 | This is the man who had two of the greatest back-to-front Formula One wins that has ever been. |
| 0:28.6 | A man who won five Grand Prix, who was instrumental in Jaguar, |
| 0:31.6 | winning the World Sports Car Championship in 1987. |
| 0:36.6 | Honestly, I think he was Britain's top Formula One driver |
| 0:39.3 | for six consecutive seasons. |
| 0:41.3 | This is, I think, Britain's most underrated Formula One driver. |
| 0:46.3 | His name is John Watson and John, would you like to come and join us on stage now? |
| 0:51.3 | Oh, ah! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Andrew. stage now. |
| 0:55.5 | Thank you. |
| 0:56.4 | Thank you. |
| 0:58.2 | Thank you, Andrew. |
| 1:00.3 | Welcome, John. |
| 1:00.9 | Thank you. |
| 1:02.0 | Great to have you here. |
| 1:08.7 | This morning, John, we had Ian Callum in that chair, and so we were talking largely about the design of roadcars. |
| 1:10.8 | So with you here, we're going to talk mostly about the racing side of TWR. |
| 1:15.4 | We'll talk a bit about TWR itself, your time with Tom. |
| 1:20.2 | We also want to hear about Formula One. |
| 1:22.4 | Okay. |
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