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After retiring from active racing, he worked as a television commentator, ran a race school at Silverstone and managed a racetrack. He also became the first man to ever test a Jordan Formula One car in 1990.
From 1990 to 1996 he worked as a Formula One commentator for Eurosport alongside Richard Nicholls (1990–1992), Allard Kalff (1992–1994) and Ben Edwards (1995–1996). The last Grand Prix Eurosport broadcast live in the UK was the Japanese GP in 1996. The contracts for Formula One live broadcasts were shifted to private TV stations for 1997. In 1997 Watson worked as a Formula One commentator for ESPN.
From 1998 to 2001 he was Charlie Cox's sidekick in commentating on the British Touring Car Championship for the BBC.
During the 2002 F1 season, John co-commentated on Sky Sports' Pay Per View F1+ coverage (nicknamed Bernie Vision) alongside Ben Edwards. However, this was fairly unpopular and it was axed for the 2003 season.
Watson has commentated on some rounds of the FIA GT1 and GT3 Championship in 2010.
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