Sid Watkins Has Died

[DanB7290]

Starting to see it all over twitter, RIP

[The Wookie]

Very sad to hear. He will be missed.

[rallycross]

Very sad news he contributed a lot to the safety and care of the sport, also worth a read of his book, RIP.

[DanB7290]

Lots of young drivers I'm following are tweeting their condolences, along with several motorsport journalists, the first among which was Henry Hope Frost from Autosport;

"Henry Hope-Frost ‏@henryhopefrost
Sad to hear F1 doc Sid Watkins has gone to see his old mate Ayrton. RIP"

[gog440]

He did a huge amount towards improving safety in motor racing, RIP prof watkins.

[CarlT]

Gone fishing with Ayrton.

[Satsuma]

Great man
Sad loss.

[Life Saab Itch]

Sad news.

He, more than anyone in the history of F1, contributed more to driver and circuit safety.


I'll drink a whisky to you Prof.

[McHaggis]

Indeed. RIP.

[Mini1275]

I've just read that on the Autosport forums.

Very sad Indeed. A lot of drivers owe their lives to Sid.

R.I.P

[24lemons]

Very sad news. He contributed so much to the improvement of safety in F1, he will be sorely missed. I hope there will be a fitting tribute to him at the next grand prix

[m444ttb]

Sad news indeed. What a great contribution he made. Hopefully a name that won't be forgotten. RIP Prof.

[Shaw Tarse]

24lemons said:

Very sad news. He contributed so much to the improvement of safety in F1, he will be sorely missed. I hope there will be a fitting tribute to him at the next grand prix

Absolutely right.

[McClure]

[groomi]

R.I.P Sid.

[Crafty_]

Godspeed Sid, a true gentleman.

[majordad]

RIP Sid, a great man who contributed a great amount to motorsport.

Ar dheis De go raibh a hanaim.

[White-Noise]

Thats sad news. I only watched Senna again yesterday and I was thinking how he must be getting on a bit. R.I.P

[TheHeretic]

That sucks.

[ewolg]

Sad news indeed. I'd like to see some kind of Motorsport award created in his memory.