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**forebirdo** · 09-15-2012, 01:22 AM

[QUOTE=kfzmeister;1065301]I'm thinking that not a lot of people really know who he was, or what he really contributed to the sport over the last 30+ years./QUOTE]

I suppose. I guess that as I've been watching the sport for 20+ years and heard commentary from Murray Walker and Martin Brundle that often referred to Sid, I am perhaps a bit more aware.

As you're no doubt aware it was just F1 that he contributed to. Apparently the IOC asked Seb Coe if the medical facilities at the Olympics would be "as good as F1". It's largely down to Sid Watkins that means F1 can be seen as a yardstick. The most amazing part is that F1 was a sideline for him, a part time thing. First and foremost he was a neurosurgeon, and a particularly good one from what people say.

09-15-2012, 01:22 AM	#29
forebirdo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 584 Senior Member	[QUOTE=kfzmeister;1065301]I'm thinking that not a lot of people really know who he was, or what he really contributed to the sport over the last 30+ years./QUOTE] I suppose. I guess that as I've been watching the sport for 20+ years and heard commentary from Murray Walker and Martin Brundle that often referred to Sid, I am perhaps a bit more aware. As you're no doubt aware it was just F1 that he contributed to. Apparently the IOC asked Seb Coe if the medical facilities at the Olympics would be "as good as F1". It's largely down to Sid Watkins that means F1 can be seen as a yardstick. The most amazing part is that F1 was a sideline for him, a part time thing. First and foremost he was a neurosurgeon, and a particularly good one from what people say.
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