 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Pakutanga, kugadzwa kwake kwakasangana nokushorwa nemamwe makwikwi emitambo, ayo akaona kugadzwa kwake senzira yokuongorora nayo kuita kwavo. Panguva iyoyo, dzimwe nguva zvipatara zvaingova matende. PaGrand Prix yeItaly ya1978, Ronnie Peterson akadonha zvakakomba parutivi rwokutanga, motokari ichipfuta. Vamwe vatyairi Clay Regazzoni, Patrick Depailler naJames Hunt vakamubvisa mumarara asi panguva yakasvika Watkins panzvimbo yacho, mapurisa eItaly akanga aumba rusvingo rwomunhu kuti adzivise vanhu kupinda munharaunda yacho. Pakutanga Watkins akarambidzwa kubatsira mukurapa uye pakanga pane kunonoka kwenguva refu kwemaminitsi anenge 18 amburenzi isati yasvika kuti iende naPeterson kuchipatara, uko akafa zuva rakatevera racho. Mushure mokumhanya, Watkins akarayira kuti Ecclestone ape midziyo yokuchengetedza iri nani, chiremba anovhiya, motokari yezvokurapa uye helikopta yezvokurapa Medevac. Ose akagoverwa panhangemutange inotevera muUnited States. Mukuwedzera, kwakasarudzwa kuti motokari yezvokurapa yaiva naWatkins yaizotevera motokari dzomumhanyi nokuda kwedenderedzwa rokutanga romutambo kugovera betsero yokukurumidza muchiitiko chechiitiko chedenderedzwa rokutanga. Varongi vemuHockenheim vakanga varambidza Watkins kupinda munzvimbo inodzora mujaho uye Ecclestone akatyisidzira kuti aizomira pamberi pegridi ndokurayira vatyairi kuti vabude mumotokari dzavo. 