Jason Watt (born 24 February 1970) is a

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. Watt enjoyed a fruitful

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career before moving into

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in 1992. He graduated to the British Formula Vauxhall Lotus Winter Series in 1993, winning the championship, as well as winning the following years

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, and British

championship. In 1995, Watt won the Formula Opel Euroseries and had a one-off outing in the

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. In 1996 he followed several other "coming men" of the time, such as

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and

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, into the

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, driving a JAS Engineering entered

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. He also kept his

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ambitions alive by contesting a round of the British

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championship for Fred Goddard Racing. Watt's career had progressed as far as the

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championship by

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, where he was a consistent frontrunner and was recognised as one of the best up and coming talents. In 1997 and

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Jason drove for David Sears'

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team, under the

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banner, in deference to his major sponsor. He won one race each year. For

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he was promoted to the main

squad and was a championship contender, winning twice and finishing the year as championship runner-up. Watt's single-seater career was curtailed by a motorcycle accident during the off-season late in 1999 which left him paralysed from the chest down. He has since continued to race successfully in

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driving specially modified cars, and in 2002 won the

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. In March 2008, Watt formed his own touring car team with a car from

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. Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing raced at the

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. In 2012 Watt moved from touring cars to

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. He also acts as team manager of Team Wounded Racing endurance team whose drivers are more or less physically disabled

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veterans. All drivers have either amputations or spinal cord injuries.

Personal life

Jason Watt is the father of three. He has been married to the danish tv-host Mai-Britt Vingsøe, with whom he has the twins Noah and Filuca. Mai-Britt and Jason divorced in 2003. His second marriage was to Sara Matthiesen in 2007, with whom he has the son Silas. They divorced in 2008 after only 17 months of marriage. In 2016 Jason married Majbrit Heidi Berthelsen. Watt's son Noah Watt is a racing driver, currently competing in the inaugural Danish F4.

Racing record

Complete International Touring Car Championship results

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