throughout motorsport, and he's still saving lives now he's gone". A new building bearing Watkins' name was officially opened by Anne, Princess Royal at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust in Fazakerley, Liverpool on 15 December 2015. Her Royal Highness unveiled a commemorative plaque and a bust of Watkins in honour of his contributions to both motorsport and neurosurgery. List of works See also Grand Prix Drivers' Association References External links GrandPrix.com: Interview with Sidney Watkins The FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety "Richard Hammond pays tribute to F1's Sid Watkins" on BBC Radio 2's The Chris Evans Breakfast Show 1928 births 2012 deaths Formula One people Alumni of the University of Liverpool English neurosurgeons English motorsport people Officers of the Order of the British Empire Medical doctors from Merseyside Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons State University of New York faculty State University of New York Upstate Medical University faculty English agnostics People educated at Prescot Grammar School Royal Army Medical Corps soldiers 20th-century British Army personnel