Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te mutunga o te tau 1983, i tukuna a Watson e McLaren, a, i muri mai ka reti mai i te Formula One. Ko nga korerorero me te rangatira o te roopu a Ron Dennis i pakaru i te wa i tono a Watson mo te moni nui atu i te toa toa o te ao a Lauda e whiwhi ana, e kii ana i te wikitoria i te GP i te 1983 kaore a Lauda i wikitoria. I hainatia e Dennis te rerenga Renault a Alain Prost mo te kore noa iho (na te mea i raro ia i te kirimana ki a Renault engari i peia mo te tau 1984). I hoki mai ia mo tetahi atu whakataetae e rua tau i muri mai, e taraiwa ana mo McLaren hei whakakapi mo Niki Lauda i whara i te 1985 European Grand Prix
I Brands Hatch, i uru ai ia ki te 21 me te tuarima o te whakataetae (i whara a Lauda i tana ringa i te tohu mo te whakataetae o mua i Spa, i akiaki ia ia ki te ngaro i taua whakataetae ano hoki). I whakataetae a Watson me te nama whakataetae a Lauda o "1" (ko te Austrian i toa i te Toa o te Ao). Koinei anake te wa tuarua mai i te wa i rere ai tetahi kaihauturu ke atu i te Toa o te Ao i te motuka nama 1 i roto i te whakataetae Toa o te Ao, ko te mea ke ko Ronnie Peterson i te wa i tiimata ai te punaha, na te mea i reti te Toa o te Ao a Jackie Stewart i te mutunga o te tau 1973.