Jason Charles Watt (born 24 February 1970) is a Danish racing driver. Watt enjoyed a fruitful karting career before moving into Formula Ford in 1992. He graduated to the British Formula Vauxhall Lotus Winter Series in 1993, winning the championship, as well as winning the following years Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival, and British Formula Ford championship.

In 1995, Watt won the Formula Opel Euroseries and had a one-off outing in the German Formula Three Championship. In 1996, he followed several other "coming men" of the time, such as Dario Franchitti, Juan Pablo Montoya and Jan Magnussen, into the International Touring Car Championship, driving a JAS Engineering entered Alfa Romeo. He also kept his single-seater ambitions alive by contesting a round of the British Formula 2 championship for Fred Goddard Racing.

Watt's career had progressed as far as the International Formula 3000 championship by 1997, where he was a consistent frontrunner and was recognised as one of the best up and coming talents. In 1997 and 1998, Watt drove for David Sears' Super Nova Racing team, under the Den Blå Avis banner, in deference to his major sponsor. He won one race each year. For 1999, he was promoted to the main Super Nova Racing 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 touring cars driving specially modified cars, and in 2002 won the Danish Touring Car Championship.

In March 2008, Watt formed his own touring car team with a car from SEAT. Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing raced at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Germany.

In 2012, Watt moved from touring cars to Legends car racing. He also acts as team manager of Team Wounded Racing endurance team whose drivers are more or less physically disabled Afghanistan war veterans. All drivers have either amputations or spinal cord injuries.

Personal life

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. Vingsøe and Watt 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, Watt 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 (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car12345678910111213 Position Points 1996 Bosch JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti HOC1Ret HOC2Ret NÜR1 NÜR2 EST1 EST2 HEL1 HEL2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 SIL1 SIL2 NÜR1 NÜR2Ret MAG1Ret MAG2 MUG1 MUG2Ret HOC1Ret HOC2Ret INT1 INT2 SUZ1 SUZ2 20th 17

Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 1997 Den Blå Avis SIL PAU HEL NÜR PERRet HOC A1RRet SPA MUG JERRet 3rd 25 1998 Den Blå Avis OSC IMO CAT SIL MONRet PAURet A1R HOC HUN SPA PERRet NÜR 4th 30 1999 Super Nova Racing IMORet MON CATRet MAGRet SIL A1R HOC HUN SPA NÜR 2nd 30

Complete Danish Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Team Year Car1234567891011 Position Points 2001 Peugeot Statoil Motorsport Peugeot 306 GTi JYL1 JYL2 DJR1 DJR2Ret JYL1 JYL2 KNU1 KNU2 DJR1 DJR2Ret JYL1 JYL2 JYL1Ret JYL2 JYL1 JYL2 2nd 140 2002 Peugeot Statoil Motorsport Peugeot 307 GTi JYL1 JYL2 DJR1 DJR2 JYL1 JYL2 KNU1 KNU2 DJR1Ret DJR2 JYL1 JYL2 JYL1 JYL2Ret JYL1 JYL2 1st 298 2003 Peugeot Statoil Motorsport Peugeot 307 GTi JYL1Ret JYL2Ret MAN1Ret MAN2 JYL1 JYL2 PAD1Ret PAD2Ret KNU1 KNU2 DJU1 DJU2 JYL1 JYL2 JYL1 JYL2 JYL2 JYL1 6th 152 2004 Peugeot Statoil Motorsport Peugeot 307 GTi JYL1 JYL2 PAD1Ret PAD2 JYL1 JYL2 KNU1Ret KNU2Ret DJR1 DJR2 JYL1 JYL2Ret PAD1 PAD2 JYL1 JYL2 12th 94 2005 Volvo Motorsport Danmark Volvo S60 JYL1? JYL2? PAD1? PAD2? JYL1? JYL2 STU1? STU2? DJU1 DJU2 JYL1 JYL2? JYL1 JYL2? PAD1 PAD2 JYL1? JYL2? 11th 83 2006 Autoforum Racing Team Peugeot 307 JYL1 JYL2Ret PAD1Ret PAD2 STU1 STU2 DJU1 DJU2 JYL1 JYL2 JYL1 JYL2Ret PAD1 PAD2 PAD1 PAD2 JYL1 JYL2 12th 66 2007 Den Blå Avis BMW 320 JYL1 JYL2 JYL3Ret STU1 STU2 STU3 JYL1 JYL2 JYL3 PAD1 PAD2Ret PAD3Ret PAD1Ret PAD2 PAD3 JYL1 JYL2 JYL3 PAD1 PAD2Ret PAD3 13th 107 2008 SEAT Seat Leon JYL1 JYL2 JYL3 DJU1 DJU2 DJU3 JYL1 JYL2 JYL3 JYL1 JYL2 JYL3 STU1 STU2 STU3Ret PAD1 PAD2 PAD3 JYL1 JYL2 JYL3 6th 212 2009 Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing Seat Leon JYL1 JYL2 JYL3 PAD1 PAD2 PAD3 JYL1 JYL2 JYL3 PAD1Ret PAD2 PAD3 JYL1 JYL2 JYL3 DJU1 DJU2 DJU3 JYL1 JYL2 JYL3Ret 6th 190 2010 Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing Seat Leon JYL1 JYL2 PAD1 PAD2 GÖT1 GÖT2Ret JYL1 JYL2 DJU1 DJU2Ret JYL1 JYL2 KNU1 KNU2 JYL1 JYL2 3rd 184.5

Complete WTCC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324PositionPoints2009Team Bygma Jason Watt RacingSEAT León 2.0 TFSICUR1CUR2PUE1PUE2MAR1MAR2PAU1PAU2VAL1VAL2BRN1BRN2POR1POR2BRH1BRH2 OSC1 OSC2IMO1IMO2OKA1OKA2MAC1MAC2 38th 0

Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Team Year Car123456789 Position Points 2011 Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing Seat Leon JYL1 JYL2Ret KNU1 KNU2 MAN1 MAN2 GÖT1 GÖT2 FAL1 FAL2 KAR1 KAR2 JYL1 JYL2Ret KNU1Ret KNU2 MAN1 MAN2 17th 27

References

http://www.watt.dk/

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