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  • He should exchange his everyday banger-racing for this, do this ALOT more often!

  • it's plato, he deserves it

  • Perfect Drift!! :D

  • seen some amazing saves on the first corner

  • what goes around comes around plato, just another 3047 rear endings coming your way to even the score

  • @Imreadingthisaloud lol! too true. Funny how he was quiet in '09 when his car was quick in a straight line, yet this year when the Hondas are he has moaned like a little girl, which is an insult to little girls.

  • Who said FWD sucks? I actually had the same situation as well (well not as sideways and ballin as Plato there), but it was slippery in the winter and the back end came loose, also saved it by just applying the throttle. Obviously I shouldn't have 'spun' in the first place, but I just had my license for 3 months or something hehe.

  • YES! THIS IS DRIFT!

  • Wow. An interview where Jason Plato isn't bitching or complaining about something? Rare.

  • @TeifiValley123 is that your impression of plato? you just started watching btcc?

  • @MrRunforyourlife Nah, been watching avidly for about 10 years now. I think it's much better than f1, or anything else for that matter. But now you mention it, this incessant whinging from Plato is something that has crept in recently. I can't remember him doing it about 5 years ago when he was battling Neal and his Integra.

  • @TeifiValley123 to me he is a determined guy, a true racing driver. all drivers should have tempers. and yeps. btcc is the absolute best.

  • do you think Plato would have been in any way bothered if that had been the other way around. He would have probably called it a racing accident and been done with it.

  • miscalculation my ass...

  • I wonder if you know,

    How they live in Brands,

    If you seen it then you mean it

    Then you know you have to go.

    BTCC! (Plato!) (Drift, Drift, Drift)

    BTCC! (Plato!) (FWD, FWD, FWD)

  • Who said Front/wheel drive cars can´t drift?

  • @njitram00000 they can't technically maintain a 'drift' under power which means its not actually drifting

  • How did he not lose control?

  • I play racing sims lots, before this, when this happened i was a passenger but now, full lock+power= WOO :D

  • @MattySP34Ks what games do u play?

  • @ericstranne live for speed :) Pitted at about 140mph and just floored it...everyone watching just like...HOLY SH** that was EPIC.

  • @MattySP34Ks ok, is it any good? I've heard about it, but never got a real verdict

  • @ericstranne Good question, how do I put this, I downloaded the DEMO at 6 years of age, started racing in the days when the physics were wierd as hell and the graphics were crap, if you move up to now, where I'm 13 going on 14, it's a truly mental simulator, You think GTR2 and Rfactor are good then just try LFS, you'll know that like for like cars nobody cares about, when your racing on lfs with a ffb wheel, you actually feel like, when you crash, that you'll die. So yes, BUY S2 and PLAY ONLINE

  • I got the feeling it had something to do with the the gradient of the inside and the front end sliding on the marble, Looked like he did not even turn into the slide

  • haha typical BMW cunt on and off the track

  • What's the difference between a porcupine and a BMW?

    The pricks are on the outside.

  • The speed did it...he should have tumbled but the turn saved him.

  • I was once in a even worse situation.. at 200kph I hit a rut and lost control, swerving 5-6 times left to right.. completely sideways..

    I'm lucky to be alive.. fortunately I was going home from an advanced driving training course..

    unfortunately I have no video (only eyewitnesses).. it would be a hit on youtube.. LOL

  • @popusimikitu

    My friend have had the same situation. I was scared as fuck watching it from the passenger seat...

  • The guy has got unbelievable tekkers.

  • Brilliant driving from Plato. I`ve got a Lacetti!!!

  • FWD really helped him there

  • wow..how did he do that?

  • Cool, what else

  • Definitely the Stig. Definitely.

  • @ToofaneBatameezi yeah considering Plato works for Fifth Gear, he's totally the Stig

  • jonathan should have been disqualified for illigal overtaking.

    you are not supposed to have an advantage from a stupid mistake or being an asshole

    BarnET

  • @BarnET0 He was disqualified for this manoeuvre. If you actually follow BTCC you will know.

  • It was a nice save, but I think the rumble strip saved him a little, maybe. lol

    At any rate, I wouldn't be able to save that. xD

  • Asshole BMW driver as usual

  • @Sooprazn ten points for you, sir

  • @Sooprazn Its normal fighting in this series, like in nascar :)

  • @Sooprazn If you watch at 0:55 you'll see the Chevy driver locked up the tires so it was his fault.

  • You've obviously never seen a front wheel drive race car going 'round a corner..

  • @SerdaJ2 I don't see how the locking up caused him to lose the rear, he was in a perfect straight line even with the locking, but as soon as the BMW touched him, it was game over, rear spun round, nothing to do with the locking.

  • @DanDaMan253 I didn't say the locked up rears directly created the spin. However locking up the rears into a turn unbalances the car not too mention it probably means he was either braking too hard and/or too late which would precipitate the Bimmer to make contact with his rear. The impact coupled with the poor braking and unstable rear end of the Chevy (especially being free spinning rear wheels in a FWD) created the spin all together.

  • @SerdaJ2 +1 great point, I think I took your comment as slagging off JP and saying his fault, great explanation, clears it up!

  • @DanDaMan253 Thanks man. I wasn't picking sides. Just saying that it was a poor drive into the turn. That usually causes contact. Either way, a brilliant save. Full opposite lock and powering down in a FWD takes a special kind of balls. Cheers to the man for the save regardless of fault. Another example of why BTCC is some of the best racing on the planet.

  • from D1 point of view that'll get a blue flag at the exit & Japanese national flag at the entry. Considering the speed and the angle and the clipp, that'll get something like... 99.99.

  • WOW

  • how fucking epic it would've been if he could've kept the lead also :D

  • BEST DRIFT EVER!!!!

  • It’s just this kind of driver who now has taken the record for the most British Touring Car victories – a 19-year old rein previously held by Andy Rouse. Congratulations to Jason Plato on his 62nd win.

  • OMG i wouldve pissed my pants if i was in Plato's position

  • I hate 5th Gear as I prefer Top Gear but Jason Plato is a hell of a driver .

    HE LEARNT THE CHUCK NORRIS WAY OF DRIFTING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Great save but FWD made this.

  • he's a pro, but the video doesnt need to repeat and repeat for the fucking 2 mins

  • its funny how he lost no speed during the slide.. the what it takes to be a professional

  • Fucking crazy

    

  • holy shit... Plato is the man!

  • Luckily the Cruze is a FWD and 'helped' Jason to don't spin.

    Bot to mention the vibrations he suffered during the race, HUGE flat spots on all tires. but what a mental alertness with the opposite lock. A CAT.

    Great save for sure.

  • @GTElwood its the Lacetti, not Cruze, FWD part is correct though :P

  • @Backst4bB3r ... not to mention that the speaker said Lacetti ten times at least... :D... a little lapsus.

  • How the hell did he do that!

  • he saw the last night Tokio Drift xDDDD

  • ... motorway, let alone 100!! I'd need a clean set of underpants lol

  • 100mph... that's fast enough in a straight line let alone sideways!! I couldn't imagine even losing control at 70 on the

  • @XenatR ive lost it at 120 in a front wheel drive car and believe me he makes it look easy!

  • Sick!

  • bloody hell mate wreckin be racin be fuck a bemdubayee futin durti bastad took me bumper lolz at the end when he says the dickhead won he just takes off his hat and walks off

  • BAHAHAH! sex ban! he should get her ass for a save like that!

  • If that happend to the BMW it would of crashed XD

  • FWD FTW!

  • 15 people never got their front wheel drive car out of a slide. :P

  • Yeah it was a good save but in front wheel drive when the car gets as sideways as that you just plant the throttle as hard as you can and the front wheels pull the car out of the spin. No brakes at all or the car will just continue to go round..

  • he almost won michael schumacher in race of champions :(( and won Alan Prost :))

  • I want to see that onboard!

  • That was some skill by Plato that car had gone and he still saved it!! Like to post race interview Plato not being big headed about it seemed happier that his misses was going to lift the sex ban (lol)

  • custard any one ??

  • @dubayadot Not today thanks, I had enough last night.

  • @dubayadot LOL - seen it too then lol

  • @dubayadot YEAH

  • 15 People dont like it?!?!??

    WTF???

  • Ohhh my God....

    This was in Paddock Hill Bend, this is a 4th Gear Corner with about 160Kmh!!!!!

    Unbelivable!!!!

  • well after seeing this few times i realised that this guy is test driver in fifth gear, right?

  • @lamazver yea he is

  • @joecroucher and this is why he test cars for fifth gear and we not :)

  • @lamazver Seriously, this is the Jason Plato, from 5th gear?

  • @846524162 yep... this is him.. awesome driver... great save...

  • @lamazver Yeah thats right plato is on 5th gear

  • Chevy FTW

  • he is the most stunning driver, highly admirable. great guy too, love watching him on fifth gear.

  • what a legend!

  • Great bloke, good sport as well... Nice one Jason!

  • whoever fault, race drivers should have more reflect and concentration 100 times sharper than a skillful common driver

    otherwise, driving school is your next sponsor... :)

  • It was his experience in driving a V8 Supercar that helped him there. Great save.

  • 1:22 A perfect gentleman ... as all racers should be !

  • Plato locked up first, you can see it plainly. It's his own fault.

  • @fantafanta he locked up slightly, it was the rather large punt up the ass he got from the beamer that acutally put him sideways, you can see how violently the back end steps out when he gets bumped.

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  • nice save

  • FWD, nuff said... :D

  • Where is Jonathan Adam now?

  • @formulaluke he's about, he raced as a guest in the Ginetta G50 cup this year at knock hill and pretty much dominated. Would love to see him back in BTCC

  • Typical BMW driver...... Braindead Moronic Wanker

  • @foden24 It was the BMWs fault, they were doin some serious speed and when Plato went in to breaking his breaks locked. You can clearly see the smoke before the contact.

  • plato can drive but he is a bitch.....he is winning the 2010 championship and he is still moaning because he cant get past a ford..at snetterton he won the first 2 races by mile's with full balast and never said a word..3rd race he is 5th and on-slow in the ford 4th,that was it meh meh meh fords are cheating yet the fords never one a thing all weekend....grow up plato

  • I think "I'm a driving God!" is most appropriate here :)

  • amazing car control, but i think that the BMW driver should give that position back. Clearly he goes by because he pushes Plato around. It should be like during an overtake off the track, cutting a corner for instance, then you also give the position back to the driver you overtook. If he is still behind you of course.

  • @dude2106

    What you're talking about, while understandable, would conflict with the larger race and everyone behind the accident. Itd be more trouble to try to move cars around to achieve a new positioning then have officials dock/award time and the race continue go on normally like they do.

  • @plastik892 That will not give the same result because if they change positions again then the BMW driver still have x number of laps to try a clean overtake on him. I think that since it clearly was the BMW drivers fault he should take the risk of loosing more then the single position, he has to, by letting Plato by.

  • I don't think Clarkson could have done that, fifth gear has people that can actuality drive.

  • @seroyer2 maybe not but the Stig could for sure..

  • Fifthgear > topgear

  • @tougeke70 im an american and even i know thats wrong...

  • amazing

  • Damn that fucker can drive

  • BMW its for fagit

  • That's why I like touring car racing a LOT more than F1. Head-to-head racing, which you will never really see in F1.

  • wife put him on a sex ban if he didn't win? wow thats either the greatest motivation I've heard for a driver or his wife's an evil bitch Im not sure which she is.

  • That is f*cking unbelievable!!!! Plato is a God!!!

  • Drift King :)

  • That's what you get for brake checking.

  • remember this XD was awesome...

  • Amazing perfect Drift! lol

  • Jason Plato is the best touring car driver. FACT.

  • Absolutely incredible! Jason is quite a driver. Those touring car blokes really know how to drive! great upload, i love BTCC

  • That's a ridiculous piece of car control! Touring cars is cracking racing. What a gentlemen after as well!

  • Plato is a wheelman!

  • How many drift points would he get if that was on need for speed, class driver

  • The guy in the BMW should've let him pass!

  • @eltotoX yea if he did it on perpouse which he didnt so no need to ........racing accident

  • lol that's fwd for you, good for some things at least :D

  • i saw this live on tv was so amazing such a good driver his stearing work is amazing....

  • Who says FWD cant drift? :-D

  • @vrkuvrkuman i think if the bmw would of tapped him like 10-15 meters later... plato would of cleared that apex like tsuchiya!!!!

    right? and still been ahead

  • @240SSONLY maybe... :-)

  • @vrkuvrkuman hahahhahaha thats funny... that angle was almost negative... lol

    good entry speed and line !!!!! 9 stars out of 10!!!! from a D1 Judge like my self... =D

    and i red flag the tandem driver from the bmw for impact!!!!!

    win goes to the blue car!!!!! he qualifies for the top 4

  • @240SSONLY in one moment Plato´s Chevy in 90 degree :-) it´s amazing. I mean this is possible to save only with FWD. He save it only with power of engine. Majority peoples in this situation crush brake pedal or contra with steering wheel and go out of the track. He haves car 100% under control. In opposite situation (Plato hits BMW) BMW driver scream and calling mama :-D Sorry for my bad english.

  • @vrkuvrkuman no problem, i understood wat you said... and its very correct... but in racing... putting your foot down is the only way out this turn... lol

  • Touring cars aint what it used to be by any means, 1998 was the last good year

  • Superb save

  • FULL LOCK, FULL THROTTLE!! Amazing.

    You can see the smoke from full throttle acceleration as he goes sideways.

  • great save, and on Paddock as well

  • Plato is a driver!

  • @molnarpj RACE driver i must say... driver is the one you have all around you on the street, and here in brasil... damm, they are definetly NOT race drivers ! HAHAHAHHA

  • @gerekappo Plato is the race driver! Sorry about mine former pointless comment! :)

  • WOHOOO! amazing skills! Jason is taking Driving Tips from Tiff sure !hahahaha

  • unbelievable. great skill

    lucky  he was entering a long right hand bend

  • yeah he couldn't have pulled it off with a rwd car

  • With a FWD car :D

  • Plato's move is more like a controlled powerslide :D

  • that's a FWD... serious reflex reaction.

  • jason potato

  • haha

  • that was a fulll on drift XD

  • good driving, btcc is getting better. if i was running it i would make it 2 races, bring back pit stops, limit teams to 2 cars, ban hatchbacks and try and get a street track.

  • @leebot3000 No pit stops! That just makes the racing more about strategy and less about racing.

  • but i like the strategy, anyway i would do it the 90's way with a sprint and feature race,

  • nice

  • Why are the same car models in BTCC as in WTCC?

  • Same rules. It's cheaper to buy a car already developed by a WTCC team/company and use it in BTCC than create your own. Of course VXR build their own.

  • sex ban, that would motivate ya...awesome driving.

  • OmG !!

  • FWD! FTW!

  • That was awesome, way to go Plato!

  • great reaction and awesome skills

  • lol there is HiQ banners everywhere but yet still he is wearing a DUNLOP sponsor hat :)

  • quite amazing driving, props for Plato!

  • Thanks for the info, guys. I`m only 20 and already losing touch with the modern world.

  • Whoa, do they race FWD cars along with RWD?