Jason Plato

Pure entertainment . . . So much fun . . . His journey from outrageous teenage hijinks to the rough-and-tumble of driver feuding tends to prompt involuntary reading noises, be they barks of laughter or gasps at his audacity

As entertaining as watching him drive, a cracking read!

I read this in the hope that it would teach me everything I need to know so that one day I can become a racing driver although I think I may have left it too late...

Top class chauffeur, sublime broadcaster, ultimate party honey badger. These are the qualities I know and adore about JP. He taught me how to nail a hot lap around Rockingham and I've been in a speed jive ever since. Jason can burn the candle at both ends and in the middle yet still deliver the business.

Jason Plato is one of the most gifted racing drivers of his generation!

Plato is adept at telling a story. Totally authentic. There's plenty of laughs to be had and insight on offer

It makes for one of the great sporting life stories . . . Forget everything you thought about sports stars and any expectations of sports autobiographies. Plato is truly an unconventional sportsman, and this is truly an unconventional autobiography, but it is all the better for being so

The frank autobiography of British Touring Car Championship legend

There's plenty of laughs to be had and insight on offer

An account of a larger-than-life character whose life outside of the car is just as exhilarating as in it

Two-time championship-winning and record-breaking racing driver, Jason Plato is a living, breathing example of what you shouldn't do if you want to become a professional racing driver: 
 
DO NOT 
· Almost kill Bernie Ecclestone 
· Give Prince Charles the finger on the M42 
· Choose fags and booze over the gym 
· Steal a JCB in Monaco and end up in prison there - twice 
· Make enemies with a 6ft 6" rival who is a black belt in everything 
 
He's a rule breaker who has had more than his fair share of near-death experiences, drunken escapades and crazy stories. 
 
But, despite his hedonistic tendencies, and since joining the Williams Touring Car team in 1997, he has had more race wins than Lewis Hamilton and Stirling Moss, competed in more races than Jenson Button and set the largest number of fastest laps ever. 
 
There is nothing sensible, predictable or considered about Jason, but this is how he became a racing legend.

Jason Plato

Praise for How Not to Be a Professional Racing Driver

Pure entertainment . . . So much fun . . . His journey from outrageous teenage hijinks to the rough-and-tumble of driver feuding tends to prompt involuntary reading noises, be they barks of laughter or gasps at h ...

Hilarious and outrageous

As entertaining as watching him drive, a cracking read!

Pure entertainment . . . So much fun . . . His journey from outrageous teenage hijinks to the rough-and-tumble of driver feuding tends to prompt involuntary reading noises, be they barks of laughter or gasps at h ...

Hilarious and outrageous

As entertaining as watching him drive, a cracking read!

Pure entertainment . . . So much fun . . . His journey from outrageous teenage hijinks to the rough-and-tumble of driver feuding tends to prompt involuntary reading noises, be they barks of laughter or gasps at h ...

Hilarious and outrageous

As entertaining as watching him drive, a cracking read!

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