John Watson: I learned to calculate risks I didnt go into areas where there was no escape
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\u2019s Grand Prix hero.\xa0
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\nOver the course of 152 starts, Watson reached the podium 20 times, winning five races \u2013 including one from 22nd on the grid! But it wasn\u2019t all roses for the Northern Irishman \u2013 over the course of his career he saw many colleagues killed or badly injured, and that\u2019s one of the topics that\u2019s discussed on this fascinating episode of Beyond The Grid, supported by Bose.\xa0There 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\u2019s first carbon fibre chassis and much more\u2026