A shekara guda daga baya a, ya maimaita nasarar da ya yi na lashe daga baya na grid a karshe Formula Daya tseren a
Long Beach; wani titin titi, farawa daga 22 a kan grid, mafi nisa baya daga abin da wani zamani Grand Prix direba ya taba zo ya lashe tseren. Nasarar Watson ta ƙarshe ta haɗa da gwagwarmaya don matsayi tare da abokin aikinsa Niki Lauda, wanda ya fara tseren na 23, kodayake Watson ya gama da dakika 27 a gaban abokin aikinsa na lashe gasar cin kofin duniya biyu.