Jason Plato

Jason Plato was born in Oxford in 1967, and was educated on Tyneside, at The King's School, Tynemouth. Following an interest in karting, in 1990 Plato began racing in Formula 3, Formula Renault UK, and Formula Renault Euroseries, which he won in 1991. He next appeared on race circuits in 1996, when he took part in the one-make Renault Spider Championship, which he won in his début season. This link with Renault led to him being considered for a drive in the British Touring Car Championship with Williams Renault. His rivals were both ex-F1 stars, and Frank Williams later admitted to Jason after testing that because of the star nature of his rivals he never really stood a chance. Plato didn't take this and convinced Frank Williams to let him have a chance, and a shootout was set up, with the drive going to the fastest driver. Plato won. This led to a drive in the new Williams Renault Laguna, which Plato drove to 3rd in the championship, taking pole on his first three races. He never bet