Nathan Watson

Nathan Watson (10 May 1994-) is a British motocross, enduro and sand racer. He is a twice French Sand Racing Champion.

Biography Watson was born on 10 May 1994 in Nottingham, England. He comes from a motorcycling family. His father Rob Meek is a multiple Weston Beach Race winner and his younger brother Ben competes in the FIM Motocross World Championship.

Career After starting competitive racing at club level aged 9, Watson moved up to national races in 2006. In 2009 he was the winner of the BW85cc Red Bull Elite Youth Cup. Moving up to the class, he won the BYMX and RBEYC Rookie titles.

In 2013 Watson competed in the British Motocross Champion in the MX2 class, he won the Hawkstone Park round and finished the season in 6th place. Moving up to MX1 for 2014 Watson won the class In April Watson was injured during a race in the ADAC MX Master Series in Germany and required surgery on a fractured bone in his wrist. The injury caused him to miss several MXGP races. He finished the season 10th Overall in MXGP.

For 2016 Watson switched from MX to Enduro joining the Factory KTM team and competing in the Assoluti d’Italia (Italian Enduro Championship) and the Enduro World Championship He won the Skegness Beach Race for the third time in 2016.

With the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team switching allegiance from the Enduro World Championship to the newly created World Enduro Super Series (WESS), Watson competed in the WESS in 2018, finishing 3rd in the series, and 7th in 2019.

After coming second in the two previous runnings of the Red Bull Knock Out Watson won the event in 2018. He repeated winning the CFS title in the 2019/2020 season.

Watson was chosen to compete for Great Britain in the 2019 Motocross des Nations held at TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands. The circuit was covered with sand for the event. The British team finished third overall.

In 2020 Watson left KTM and signed with the Honda France SR Motoblouz team to become the lead rider of their new second team created to compete in the French Sand Racing Championship. Racing full time in the 2022 season Watson finish 4th overall in the EnduroGP and 3rd in the E2 category. as well as the Enduro World Championship in which he finish 6th overall in the EnduroGP and 4th in the E2 category.

Results

French Sand Racing Championship

(key) + French Sand Racing Championship Year Bike BER LOO BAL HOS GRA TOU Points Source 2017/2018 KTM 5 1 ? 1 1 2 2nd ? 2018/2019 KTM 2 1 1 1 1 1st 735 2019/2020 KTM 2 1 1 2 1 3 1st 845