MAY 24, 2002

Watkins joins BAR

ALISTAIR WATKINS has been appointed the corporate marketing director of British American Racing.

The former FIA Media Delegate has spent the last few years getting an MBA and then working for the Kirch empire but has now moved back into Formula 1 as part of the new marketing team under David Richards.

Previously an Army officer who saw service with the Coldstream Guards in the Gulf War and in Northern Ireland, Watkins is the son of F1 doctor Professor Sid Watkins.