Watsons Water () is a producer and

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of bottled

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based in Tai Po Industrial Estate New Territories East Hong Kong. The company has production plants in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and

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. Their product is consumed across the Asia-Pacific region, including Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan.

Distillation process

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Sponsorship

Watson's has been a sponsor for numerous teams and drivers at the

Macau Grand Prix The Macau Grand Prix ( pt, Grande Prémio de Macau; ) is a motorsport road race for automobiles and motorcycles held annually in Macau. It is the only street circuit racing event in which both cars and motorcycles participate, and one of onl ...

. They made their debut in 1985 when

Gianfranco Brancatelli Gianfranco Brancatelli (born 18 January 1950 in Turin, Piedmont) is a former racing driver from Italy. Career His racing career began in 1973, in the Formula Abarth series. In 1975, he advanced to Italian Formula 3 racing. Brancatelli entered 3 ...

won the

Guia Race The WTCR Race of Macau, previously Guia Race of Macau and WTCC Guia Race of Macau, is an international touring car race, and currently a round of the World Touring Car Cup. It is held on the temporary 6.2 km Guia Circuit on the streets of Mac ...

in a

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Rover 3500 and then the following year when Andy Wallace won the

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event. Watson's won again in 1987, with the Mr. Juicy brand, thanks to a great drive by Ireland's former Formula One driver Martin Donnelly in the typhoon affected race. In 1989,

Tim Harvey Tim Harvey (born 20 November 1961) is a British racing driver, best known for being the 1992 British Touring Car Champion, and the 2008 and 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain champion. A household name in the 1990s, Harvey won sixteen rac ...

brought the team more success with his Guia Race win in a Ford Sierra RS500. The following year in 1990, Watson's sponsored a Ford Sierra RS500 driven by BTCC Champion

Robb Gravett Robb Gravett (born 10 May 1956 (sometimes noted as 2 May 1956) is a British retired racing driver and team owner from London. He started his motorsport career on two wheels, racing Moto Cross at the age of 12. By 15, he was already British cha ...

. Tim Harvey returned alongside former F1 driver Julian Bailey in Vic Lee's BMW M3. Sister brand Mr. Juicy also sponsored the BMW's Schnizter Motorsport at the last minute, due to good practice result by the two M3 driven by

Emanuele Pirro Emanuele Pirro (born 12 January 1962) is an Italian racing driver who has raced in Formula One, touring cars and in endurance races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans which he has won a total of five times. Two times Italian Karting Champion (19 ...

and

Joachim Winkelhock Joachim Winkelhock (born 24 October 1960) is a German motor racing driver. The younger brother of the late Manfred Winkelhock, Winkelhock was born in Waiblingen, near Stuttgart. The youngest brother, Thomas Winkelhock, and Manfred's son Markus ...

. However, the Nissan GTR R-32 proved to be too strong, with only Pirro and Winkelhock finished in second and third position. In 1991, Watson's partnered with Schnitzer again and sent three BMW M3 with DTM specification, again driven by Pirro, Winkelhock and former Guia winner

Roberto Ravaglia Roberto Ravaglia (born 26 May 1957 in Venice, Italy) is a former auto racing driver, who currently runs ROAL Motorsport, who operate a Chevrolet operation in the World Touring Car Championship. Before retiring in 1997, he was one of the most s ...

. They also sponsored a GTR R-32, driven by famous Australian racing driver

Mark Skaife Mark Skaife (born 3 April 1967) is a retired Australian motor racing driver. Skaife is a five-time champion of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor, the Australian Touring Car Championship, as well as a six-time Bath ...

. Pirro won the race, but all other three Watson's car did not finish the race due to accident (Ravaglia), personal injury (Winkelhock) and mechanical failure (Skaife). Watson's sponsored Schnitzer again in 1993 with three new Super Touring specification BMW 318i, driven by Pirro, Winkelhock and

Steve Soper Steven Soper is a racing driver from Surrey, England, born in 1951. He raced in major sports car and touring car categories in the 1980s and 1990s. He won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 1987, the 24 Hours of Spa in 1995 and the Guia Race in ...

. While Super Touring specification was the new global trend in touring car, the Guia race still welcomed DTM specification in 1993, and as a result the Watson's sponsored 318i could only finish second (Winkelhock) and third (Pirro), behind

Charles Kwan Charles Kwan Siu-Cheung (Traditional Chinese: 關兆昌, born September 3, 1963) is the most successful Hong Kong racing driver who has competed in the Macau Guia Race, Super GT, Japan GT Championship, FIA GT Championship, Porsche Carrera Cup As ...

's M3 in DTM spec. In 1997, Watson's sponsored again, this time with Team Bigazzi, bringing two BMW 320i with Winkelhock and Soper behind the wheels. The race was won by Soper, he also set the fastest lap of the race (2:29.253) and had kept this record lap time for touring car himself until

José María López José María "Pechito" López (born 26 April 1983) is an Argentine race car driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing and 2014–2016 World Touring Car Champion. He raced in the 2006 GP2 ...

broke his record in 2014 (2:27.338). In the 2000s, Watson's Water has sponsored other winning teams and drivers including

Duncan Huisman Duncan Huisman (born 11 November 1971 in Doornspijk, Gelderland) is a Dutch racing driver. He won the Guia Race four times and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in 2005. He claimed three titles at the Dutch Touring Car Championship in 1997, 2000 and 2 ...

who won the Guia Race four times.

References

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Sponsorship

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