tom onslow-cole crash

[F1kimifanatic]

Hey u guy dont u see the replay both tom and gordon were slow on the corner exit plato was comming fast he could do nothing. its not platos fault gordon was blocking him. Why every body blames plato. He is a natural racibg driver, we love him. This year plato was leading a BTCC race and tom boardman in fuckin blsck seat hit him from behind and he went into the barrier no complains. Every body does a bit of rubbing & hitting this is life. David Anstis go and watch boring V8 supercars

[buddyboy68]

The commentator made it clear , you see it quite a lot now in many races, too many cars, simple really.

[Racecarwrecks]

@buddyboy68 That is the worst excuse I've ever seen a Plato fan use. Plato should know you can not go up the inside up to Surtees, but becuase it is a honda, he thinks there is. In my view, Neal should be warned for dangerous driving, but Plato should be banned.

[DavidAnstis]

After watching many years of touring car racing, Jason Plato's name keeps coming up again & again when it comes to the cause of a crash. I am amazed he still has a race license to be fair...but there are drivers in all forms of motor sport that shouldn't be allowed to compete.

[Doc0Pip]

@DavidAnstis its touring cars, rubbing is racing, if you don't like it go watch F1 or powerboat racing. There is a reason Plato is a multiple time champion, he's a brillaint driver.

[norabudgie]

they shouldnt let boys race with men 

[ChrisPawley21]

now i don't watch btcc much but i get the impression that plato is a bit of a dick.

[lukeperrin123456]

I hate all this "OMG He hit him!" talk, it's touring cars, this happens a lot so deal with it and move on from digging at one driver because he made one mistake.

[edomloge]

@lukeperrin123456 It seems to happen alot more to Jason Plato which you would know if you actually watched BTCC........ clearly you don't.

[lukeperrin123456]

@edomloge I watch BTCC most times it's on and i've been to oulton park for the past 5 years anyway I wasn't defending Plato I was just saying that placing the blame on one guy isn't fair sometimes. Touring Cars is a sport where cars touch a lot so crashes like this happen a lot but you have to take into account that if your drivingat 100mph+ then it's hard to get out of someones way or to make a fast change of position on track. So next time think of a better argument than that.

[edomloge]

@edomloge Plato crashes into peeps all the time, its not ONE mistake as you put it.

[NickAW1]

I can say lol, simply because Osnlow-Cole was ok soo....

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOL

[thiscocks]

typical dirty driving by plato. One rule for him and another for everyone else. What a fucking nob

[SIXITHS]

@thiscocks

The worst thing is Plato's complete hipocracy. When he shunts someone off the track he simply says 'racing incident' or some other such crap. Yet when anyone collides with him he acts like it is the single greatest crime in all of human history...

[SaitanMar]

Okay, I correct myself. It was Plato's fault. For some reason I thought Plato was in the car that hit Cole.

[SaitanMar]

Wasn't Plato's fault. He was tagged by the RAC car at first. Plus this is what BTCC is all about, it's unfair most of the time.

[iluvfionaleggate]

wow its all platos fault blah blah blah, wouldnt be saying the same if it was darren turner! (nothing against darren at all, love the bloke, great driver, but he's a good example in this instance)

[lukeperrin123456]

Plato was pused wide by the RAC car so it's not his fault it's a racing incedent.

[WhuBilly10]

cmon!?! couldve done a barrel roll!

[RaikkonenFan1992]

typical Plato, very stupid move

[streetneon7]

i forgot plato was with seat that season during  which to me looks like 2007 or 2008

[rexcars27]

heluva a place for a wall

[xMatt16]

who was in the orange halfords

thats an awsome save despite hitting the barrier

[girlracerf1]

@xMatt16 shedden was in the halfords civic

[jamesthegreat16]

plato is involved in way too many "accidents"

[xMatt16]

thats what makes btcc so good tho

almost anything goes 8)

[mvoller]

Plato is involved in far too many "borderline cheating moments"

[TheTonyfernandes]

plato can't drive

[adakar83]

yeah right. he made it clear for everyone in last 3 races in Brands Hatch in this year ....

go and make BAREL ROLL kid

[Kinlochbervie50]

typical, f'king plato's fault

[MaranelloVortex]

PLATO! WTF MAN! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? plato has some serious issues. seems he cant do a race with out taking some1 out or destroying a car

[jamesingtonthethird]

I did 4 laps of thruxton with him today! I am glad that never happened then!

[bertnbobs]

i went round with him aswell, hes a real nice guy.

[FelipeFan1]

I was marshalling at this event. I was at the post that was just below where the camera was. Bloody scary cause I saw it happening and thought something was gonna happen nearer to our post.

But it didn't and he walked away, which is what counts.

[beyblader10171]

lets put BTTC this way , F1 -> BTTC

[jbmass06]

let's call it BTCC

[jakubkrcma]

This was a genuine racing accident. No one to blame. James went all the way to the left and accidentally, two further cars RIGHT in front of him did the same abreast. If there is ANYONE to blame (and I don't think there is), it is Gordon himself, because he moved in front of James when James was already too close to be able to do anything about it...

[jakubkrcma]

Jason, of course, not James... :-)))))))))

[LykosLykos]

I think Plato deliberately steered in the opposite way of the corner just to put Gordon out of the way, it's one of his typical moves. Of course he did not want to start the crash, but sometimes he should think more before doing stuff like that...

[jakubkrcma]

Well, in that situation, with many cars immediately around, I don't think that anyone would push another car intentionally, especially in a fast corner like this. Don't forget there are cameras everywhere. He'd risk TOO much. He just tried to pass. Gordon overreacted a bit to Tom's swift left move. So in the end, it looks Gordon's and Tom's role was just as big as Plato's here, Tom's probably the biggest - it's "nice" to block, but not in a corner, especially when you are on the outside...

[jakubkrcma]

Plus, this view doesn't provide us with the most important information - speed and distance - to be able to properly judge who could have done what and when... Jason surely is a ruthless driver, but I just don't believe he's over the top. The position of the faster guy behind is always tons more difficult than the position of the slower guy ahead... The guy ahead just blocks while picking an optimal line, the guy behind needs to find a way around AND still be faster in order to succeed...

[LykosLykos]

I hope you're right...

I hope he didn't do that intentionally, but he will always be quite "too ruthless" for me, I've seen too much "borderline" moves.

I like Btcc, and I know that part of its being so funny it's in the contacts, but Plato is still worring me :-)

[jakubkrcma]

The problem (and that's the same in F1) is always with the rules and their checking = officials. If they let stuff happen without appropriate punishment, the drivers would be stupid not to exploit that. Michael Schumacher once said exactly that - he complained that many British people think that he's doing illegal things (apart from those he was punished for), but if that was true, the officials would punish him... And yes, the closer to the top, the more borderline stuff... They're humans...

[jakubkrcma]

What I mean is that the officials (in F1 and to some extent in all of motorsport) have ALL the data needed (telemetry, video, witnesses among spectators, marshalls, drivers, the cars involved etc.) and sometimes they STILL OBVIOUSLY FAIL TO PUNISH ADEQUATELY... It is COMPLETELY their fault. Plus, driver tricks are only the tip of the iceberg - cheated cars, secret agreements etc. are MUCH more common and disgusting (and difficult to police)...

[jakubkrcma]

I will rather have lots of on track borderline contacts and moves than a "smooth" championship full of behind-the-scenes cheating - resulting in a completely undeserving "champion"...

[LykosLykos]

Well, I must admit that it's quite an interesting point of view; but I still believe that rules are necessary.

I live in Italy, where the "borderline" attitude to make tricky moves and borderline actions to gain advantages is a way of life in everything, and let me say that this "freedom of choice" is not helping us being better.

My fear is that Btcc, by not punishing extreme contacts, would slowly change into a "Destruction Derby"...

[jakubkrcma]

When I mentioned rules and their checking, I meant that there are rules, but the officials are often very "lazy" to properly enforce the rules. Rules are EVERYTHING. If every driver races according to a different rule set (his own), there is no racing, just a comedy...

[jakubkrcma]

And yes, I find destruction derby etc. VERY stupid. Why people do it/watch it is completely beyond me... Racing is what vehicles are made for, not destruction... If people want to destroy stuff, let them start with their heads... :-))))

[evostars]

I was at this meeting and this happened right in front of me I've got some great pic's :-). Just glad Tom walked a way from this one.

[Schmiechael]

i was at this race and saw it.(watch the marshal)

[topgear100]

there was no one to blame for this- just too many cars going into one place- JP pushed flash into TOC becuse there was nowhere else to go.

it wasnt plato's fault- nor was it flash's...

[racingfreako123]

It was a racing incident and was no1s flaut. Tom Onslow Cole also said that. Plato is no way near as dirty as he was. Giovanardi was the real dirty driver at Silverstone this wkend if anyone went and saw the moves he made!!

[craigzetecs]

Plato should fit a snow plough to the front of his car. Will make his ramming a whole lot easier

[12ginger21]

plato is a dirty bastard he caused that no1 else

[aylesburyapeboy]

You thick cunt, shut the fuck up if you havn't got a clue what your talking about.

[jase77boi]

your are the thick cunts. if you had been watching this sport for as long as some of you would reliase that plato is, was, and always will be a dirty fucker

[punk9593]

it was a honda not a renault

[felga8]

It`s a Seat that caused it ! Pushed renault to the left reanult lost control and hit vxr.

[Kingofhell1989]

Yes, but what´s the 2nd Car ??

[cdwattie]

what renault? eh honda civic type r or were watchin you are a tube

[TJ665]

so glad for the tire barrier and also great safety feature they addon, im amazed he as okay an fine

[MorningRevival15]

is that mini documentory on tom going to appear on you tube soon

[woop47woop]

plato is a potatoe what a goon

[SonicRocket69]

Hey he had nowhere to go, you can't blame anyone there, not even Shedden or Plato.

[wilki160]

fuck ing dirty bastards vaxhall are ausome wat u on about

[gomez88]

shedden moved across the front of plato

[brucejouanny]

Another Plato's fault.

[chriswilkscupra]

plato is a clueless gimp

[marty19684]

crazy crash VOLVO ALL THE WAY

[fordwrc2006]

poor Vauxhall, should of bought a Mondeo instead. LOL

[kickingriffinvxr]

ALL PLATO'S FAULT

[TheCharmanator]

Its Gordon Shedden, not Shedderton

[fordwrc2006]

Reshell.

[onewildcarl82]

Nasty shunt

[padams19]

good stuff