Jason Watt

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Jason Watt during an interview with Anette Heick . (2004)

Jason Watt (born February 24, 1970 in Frederiksberg ) is a former Danish racing driver .

Career

Watt began his karting career in 1983 , where he was active until 1992. 1992 made its debut in formula racing in the Danish Formula Ford . A year later, he won his first championship title in formula racing in the British Formula Vauxhall winter series . In 1994 another title followed in the British Formula Ford. By winning the Formula Opel Euroseries in 1995 Watt won the championship title of a formula championship for the third year in a row. He also took part in two races in the German Formula 3 Championship in 1995 . In 1996 he went to the ITC , in the 1996 season also u. a. Dario Franchitti , Giancarlo Fisichella and Jan Magnussen started and finished 17th overall. He also started a race in the British Formula 2 championship.

1997 joined Watt in the Formula 3000 and started out of respect for his main sponsor of the Super Nova Racing supervised Den Blå Avis team. Watt made a good debut in Formula 3000 and won his first race at Spa-Francorchamps . With two further podium placements, Watt took third place in the overall ranking. 1998 Watt denied his second season in Formula 3000 and went again for Den Blå Avis at the start. With five podium finishes, including a win in Imola , he finished fourth overall at the end of the season. In 1999 , in his third Formula 3000 season, Watt moved to the first Super Nova Racing team, which had won the driver and team title in the last two years. Watt, who started as one of the favorites in the championship, had to give up his title ambitions early on, as no driver could keep up with the dominant Nick Heidfeld . Therefore, Watt concentrated on the fight for the runner-up, which he won with race victories in the last two races at Spa-Francorchamps and at the Nürburgring . The second place overall was overshadowed by the death of Gonzalo Rodríguez , who had a fatal accident on a racing weekend of the American CART series before the last race of the season, up to which he had finished second .

Less than a month after winning the runner-up European title, Watt had a serious accident in a motorcycle accident that occurred while taking photos for a Danish magazine. Watt has been paraplegic since the accident .

In 2000 Watt returned to racing and since then has been competing in the Danish Touring Car Championship (DTC) in a vehicle specially modified for him . In 2002 he won the title there with a Peugeot 307 Xsi . Watt has won a total of nine races in the DTC. In 2009 , Watt started as a guest starter at a WTCC race weekend .

statistics

Career stations

Web links

Commons : Jason Watt  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Formula 3,000 driver Watt crashed" (Spiegel.de on October 15, 1999)
  2. ^ "Jason Watt remains paralyzed" (Spiegel.de on October 20, 1999).
  3. ↑ "Fix: Two Danish guest starters in Oschersleben" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 31, 2009)
personal data
SURNAME Watt, Jason
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Frederiksberg , Denmark