Imprint: Michael Joseph
Published: 19/09/2019
ISBN: 9780241404140
Length: 304 Pages
Dimensions: 240mm x 30mm x 162mm
Weight: 550g
RRP: £20.00
'HILARIOUS AND OUTRAGEOUS' CHRIS EVANS
'PURE ENTERTAINMENT . . . SO MUCH FUN' GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Read the hilarious full-throttle memoir from one of the biggest characters in UK motor racing - Jason Plato.
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:
· Steal a JCB in Monaco and end up in prison there - twice
· Kill Bernie Ecclestone (almost)
· Choose fags and booze over the gym
· Give Prince Charles the finger on the M42
· Make enemies with a 6ft 6" rival who is a black belt in everything
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.
But he's also a rule breaker who has had more than his fair share of near-death experiences, drunken escapades and more.
And yet he's still racing.
There is nothing sensible, predictable or considered about Jason, but this is how he became a racing legend.
LONGLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AUTOBIOGRAPHY AWARD
'As entertaining as watching him drive, a cracking read!' Sir Chris Hoy
'Jason Plato is one of the most gifted racing drivers of his generation!' Damon Hill
Imprint: Michael Joseph
Published: 19/09/2019
ISBN: 9780241404140
Length: 304 Pages
Dimensions: 240mm x 30mm x 162mm
Weight: 550g
RRP: £20.00
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
Hilarious and outrageous
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!
Jason is a total fruitcake!
Irreverent
Plato is adept at telling a story. Totally authentic. There's plenty of laughs to be had and insight on offer
The frank autobiography of British Touring Car Championship legend