Jason writing a car off because he saw his parents at it haha!

@benhadden7038

3 жыл бұрын

Aggressively at it

@boufent

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant stories

@daveadams5932

3 жыл бұрын

"It was an awkward drive home" - what a story, great interview

@SnoodyMcFlude

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but it was nasty 🤣

@danrolph1666

3 жыл бұрын

What a great interview ....... On the ITV touring cars documentary narrated by Matt Neal says one day there'll be the same room.....

This should have lasted more, so much fun. It ends so abruptly.

@johnmull59

3 жыл бұрын

Needs Part 2

@thebadger05

3 жыл бұрын

.....and part 3,could listen all day, good stuff 👍

@jo_clarke1960

3 жыл бұрын

With you all there, not a fan of a lot of comedy, I like the funny real life stories and it seems the surface had just been scratched here. Damn good laugh.

@simes205

3 жыл бұрын

Part 4?

@Rasscasse

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I could’ve easily done another hour of this! Bloody golden this is!

That was some of the most genuinely relaxed & funny motoring chat I've ever seen - bloody brilliant!

@stevetaylor7650

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Harris is a good chat

I’m crying with laughter at the Schumacher story, what a great interview, and definitely not long enough!

@macman6107

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Hilarious stuff.

The meeting with Frank story I’ve heard ten million times and it’s still golden.

"Hi, my name's Jonny, I know literally EVERY person of note in the motoring industry."

This needs a part 2, 3 and 4!!

This is probably the best interview of a racing driver I’ve ever seen. He just talked openly and it’s great to see he is so down to earth. I’ve always admired him from when I played TOCA. All this does is cement him as a favourite of mine

@johnennis4586

2 жыл бұрын

Toca was my childhood

The Schumacher story had me in tears 🤣🤣🤣

Why was that not longer. I have not laughed that much for ages. Jonnny and Jason brilliant

@cheromans

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Bloody entertaining

@goodwood-rc4nx

3 жыл бұрын

seems to be a second part according to my list check the profile

The perfect after dinner speaker,I could listen to Jason’s stories all night,an excellent interview and very entertaining,please can we have a part two? 👍🏻

I had no idea about any of this. All I knew was that he was a host of 5th gear. Very interesting and entertaining. Thank you.

I was once took a technical support call from Jason while he was driving fast in a Porsche . Managed to keep it a secret I knew who he was but I was a big fan . No one else in the office had ever heard of him . Met my girlfriend watching Jason racing 10 years ago :). He’s a character .

He has way more to tell... Certainly need a part 2!

One of the warmest, funniest, most interesting interviews of a sportsperson I've ever seen! What a great character and definitely a great of British motorsport. 👍

Johnny can you get tiff on an interview? I'd love to see you guys chat

Plato is as crazy as a box of frogs. What another absolutely awesome interview. All of our legends are so respectable towards other drivers and it’s great to hear. Plato, Hoy, Menu, Neil, Thompson, all the best of Touring cars. Brilliant interview. Someone should interview you now.

This was THE best Plato interview ever !

soo many awesome story's just one after another I could listen to Jason all day long.

Best interview ever. A very personal, open discussion. I felt like i was in the room with them. The stories were amazing.

Legend is an understatement for Jason Plato. I used to love watching him get under the skin of Matt Neal. The mind games in the early 2000’s made BTCC a must watch.

@Sennaxm71

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed lol Loved those Touring car days. Have you seen Jonny's interview with JP and Matt Neil, even though Matt is smiling about things, you can still see that he's doing it through gritted teeth, and isn't as chilled about it as JP is, for JP, it's over, done with, but Neil is such a sore loser about it all.

@philmcmillan72

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sennaxm71 I have, and totally agree. I don’t have any issues with MN, he is a talented driver but Jason has the edge on mental war games.

@Sennaxm71

3 жыл бұрын

@@philmcmillan72I don't doubt Neil has some talent, but I used to get comp tickets for Rockingham through the 2000's when it first opened all through til the last race there, I very nearly drove an ASCAR for team Pole Position back then, but broke my wrist the week before testing, so that was that with my racing career. But I had my young son with me right near the pitlane the day Neil was threatening to punch JP, I have never had any time for the bloke since, very unprofessional. And to be honest he's well known down the pitlane for using other cars as his brakes, so not quite as talented, more a bully that does what he does to get anywhere. You don't see him win much at Goodwood in the classic races where talent is needed just to drive the cars on the limit.

I love Plato. He's a motoring legend (but a danger to trees) and a nice guy to boot. More of this please Jonny.

he was an instructor at a rally school in lincolnshire,he was so good at it calm helpful and so much good advice.i remember the prize for best driver was a season driving backed by shell.he was so calm when i spun a cossy at 90 mph on a bend haha,great memory.RALLY DRIVE was the outfit

Some absolutely amazing stories, I loved hearing about the other side of Schumacher, watching him race you only ever got to see him as a ferocious competitor.

I have never laughed so much at an interview in my entire life, absolutely brilliant

Seriously!! That chat wasn’t long enough!! I was chuckling along at the stories and then you started to wrap it up. More please!!!

I absolutely love Jason, he’s a complete legend, plain and simple. Some of the finest btcc races since the 80’s. His hunger for victory is something to behold. Bravo, sir. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Such a great bloke. Chatted with Jason for ages after installing a stereo and tracking system in that Ferrari 355.

Weird thing to say but these two make me so proud to be English. Just genuine petrol heads. Genuine people. Could listen to both of them all day doing this. Well played Jonny 👏🏻

That car was brilliant, I spent hours on TOCA on the PC trying to be Jason Plato. Brilliant interview, please do more of these!

That was genuinely one of the most entertaining things I’ve seen in a long time! Jason Plato should do stand up. Bloody brilliant 😂👏

"My inspiration came from Prost's helmet". Best interview line ever.

'It was nasty, it was aggressive!' Great work

Brilliant. How engaging is Jason, the stories are amazing.

Always one of my Fifth Gear favourites, was always the most hilarious and his dogfights with Mr Needell were the best!

That was fantastic, haven’t laughed so much in ages. I really miss the Fifth Gear team, was watching a KZread video of the Jag Estate test the other day. Tiff has it sideways, Jonny and VBH wide eyed with fear and Plato sitting in the back pissing himself laughing. Brilliant.

@gro9465

3 жыл бұрын

Mmm VBH....

Tape the dog up? Never change Jonny 😂

Had a bit of a rubbish day today with computers winding me up. This was really helpful

This is honestly a part of motor racing history. Thanks Jonny.

The finest story telling I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to.

These are ace Jonny 👌 and the Schumacher story was genuinely hilarious! Now, we have a shopping list: Tiffany Dell and VBH please! 🙏😁

@tbetts56789

3 жыл бұрын

Who? You mean Tiff Needell. STOP GETTING BOND WRONG!!! 😉 Check Lovecars: On the Road on ITV4 if you're UK based or suitably VPN'd.

Did not want that to end!! Love Plato, never met him although my nephew met him and Needell in one of the Bars on Broad Street Birmingham, my nephew sent me a text to say as much which I thought was to wind me up and I said yeah whatever then my nephew sent me a pic!! Properly jealous!! Fantastic story's!!

That's the best interview I've seen of Plato, laughing out loud on bus getting strange looks, only thing was it wasn't long enough. Brilliant.

This is one of my favourite KZread videos. There MUST be enough stuff on the editing room floor to give us an extended version of it?! This so deserves to be a two-parter...

Wow 2 in a night. Its beginning to feel a bit like Xmas. Thanks Boss

What a great yarn-spinner Jason is! I could listen to stories like these for hours. Brilliant stuff, Jonny & Jason - thank you.

Thanks Jonny love this. Ive been doing some work on the Alan Menu Renault which is now here in New Zealand. Unfortunately the car was sold to the current owner without the Williams Datalogger. We were called in to reverse engineer the telemetry architecture on the car to get the dash up and running again. I spent many hours under the hood of it and its, even to this day, and engineering Marvel. Its not lost on me this was the last of a homologated road car at its very best.

Plato is a charming guy. Could listen to him for hours.

Hooked on every word, give us more

Jonny, thanks for these videos. You and Chris Harris are keeping me sane right now! I’ve missed Jason on the screen, to me he holds a similar aura as Tiff Needell (Jason is probably the more successful driver) but you really respected his driving ability whilst thrashing cars around a track and reporting on them. We need some more Plato in our lives!

Can't get tired of the Farnk Williams' story... Thanks for sharing

This one of the best interviews I’ve ever seen

Great stuff Johnny. Very funny & interesting. You can clearly see the good relationship you have with Jason 👍

THAT, is the best KZread interview of all time.

Bloody brilliant! Super Touring BTCC is easily THE best era of motorsport, JP's an absolute legend of that time! Love it!

Jonny thank you for another great video, all of them actually. I have always liked Jason as a presenter and driver, but this video gave me a new perspective and admiration for him. I had no idea that he was so funny.

Brilliant clip... Great effort from a pair of Fifth Gear OG's right there!

hahahaha... he's mental. Love it. Now back in about 2017, I had to make a choice between Plato & Neal. I only had time to get one of them to sign my BTCC ticket at Snetterton. I chose Neal, which was probably a wise choice as I didn't have a spare pair of jeans with me!

Plato what a legend, watched him every weekend growing up. How hilarious is he, refreshing to see blokes the way they used to be.

Brilliant! Just finished the Neal one. Cracking stuff, Jonny!

Jason and Jonny together, yes!

Jason Plato is an absolute legend great driver, great personality and has great story's too but my personal favourite was the Michael Schumacher story Michael Schumacher is my absolute hero on and off the track and hearing the story that Jason mentioned just goes to show that Michael was so much more than just the greatest driver the world will ever see but also a really funny person

Jonny, Jason best entertainment I have had in ages. Brilliant. Thanks

Two of the best interviews I’ve ever seen, roaring my head off with those stories!! Top Man, thanks very much!! Happy Christmas!!

Plato is awesome! I love these interview/podcasts! I am going to grab his book now!

My old man used to work with JP on various gigs but I believe Brands race school was one of them. He got a Renault 19 off the back of Jason’s recommendation. Nostalgia

We need a couple of hours more of Jason Plato.....absolutely brilliant.

Loved this one Jonny - Plato is a top bloke, could have listened to hours of this!

Holy cow I didn’t even recognize him at first!

@rollingtroll

3 жыл бұрын

That's just the beard I think

What a boy, Jason has always been my favourite BTCC driver. I could listen to his tales for hours, I bet he's got hundreds of funny stories.

Out of all the celebs in the world, JP is the one person I'd love to buy him a drink or three, sit down and just listen to his stories of the BTCC days gone by - pure epic pleasure.....

How much of this got edited out? LOVE the stories. Thank you both.

"It was the nasty type of mischief that you don't want to see" 🤣🤣🤣

We need more of Plato, what a great man he is🤩

Thank you Jason, your a proper legend and a great driver to watch. Could listen to your stories all day long. Thank you

Um...I require more of this, please 😂

That era of btcc was truly awesome the Laguna's the cavaliers fucking awesome better than the shite they drive now

@TheDoosh79

3 жыл бұрын

850 T5 Wagons were beasts!

What ?? Is that it ??? I need more !!! I’ve just disturbed the hospital ward I’m recuperating in, having laughed that hard !!! Absolute class !!

I live in Australia and we didn’t get any btcc here unless you had pay-TV. But Jonny this is by far the best interview I have seen of anyone in motoring ever. And one of the best interviews ever. This guy just has immense charisma and is such a great story teller. Made me feel like I have watched him my whole life, which is wild. Just a couple of incredibly interesting and likeable people on camera. Love it.

*Jason's a proper old school racing driver, they don't make 'em like that anymore.*

What’s in Jason’s garage now as he never answered that Question.....

Excellent - stories you wouldnt hear on the mainstream channels :-)

That’s the most I’ve enjoyed a half hour programme for a very long while. Thanks for the fun.

The most astonishing part of this is learning that Jason still answers the phone when Jonny calls.

@TheLateBrakeShow

3 жыл бұрын

😳

@jameskey9646

3 жыл бұрын

Twat comment!

And those are just the stories he can share on you tube 🤣👍

@Rasscasse

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! I hadn’t thought about that! Imagine the stuff he can’t talk about in public, I bet there’s loads of rich stuff!!

Love this, could watch it for hours. I genuinely Laughed out loud, thanks

That was absolutely beautiful!! Love the Schumacher stories he was an amazing person.

Almost peed myself!!! 🤣🤣🤣

To be fair I never liked Plato but this interview paints him in a different picture. Really highlights how much money is involved in starting a career in motorsports which in turn makes me wonder why Lewis Hamilton whines so much about how hard it was to get where he is!

Tremendous interview ....Plato is an amazing character and driver 👍

I just fell in love with Jason Plato

One of the Greatest drivers of our times. thank you Jonny.

Could have watched another hour of that with zero effort. Great guest, great stories. Please do another one with JP.

Plato is the sort of bloke I could listen 2 for hours. Seems a top dude

Managed to meet Jason a few times as a teenager being obsessed with racing at Snetterton, Brands and Donnington. Always happy to speak to people and sign stuff with a smile on his face. 👍

I will never forget meeting this man when I was 13 at the FIA GT Championship 24 hours of Spa in 2005 (He was there for the WTCC racing in the Seat). My Dad and I walked through the paddock and stopped at one of the garages, out walked Jason Plato... He walked towards us, I was in complete awe. If that wasn't enough, as he shook my Dad's hand, he said "What are you doing here, shag?"...... I looked up at my Dad and said "You *know* him?" 😲🤯 I genuinely thought they were friends until a few years later when my Dad told me they had met at Croft a few weeks before 🤣 I got his autograph and had a picture taken with him. Great man, great champion 🏆👍

Late 90's BTCC was incredible to watch and Plato rocks! He is incredibly genuine and far from smug. His excitement telling the story about swapping helmets with Prost is the way a true fan would tell it. Many guys in his position would have had a "no big deal" attitude.

Cheers Johnny really appreciated this interview it was awesome 👍

Years ago when Schumacher was at Ferrari, I met him walking his dog around Maranello streets and he was the sweetest man I’ve ever met, polite enough to shake hands and wish me a good journey after I delivered 10 drums of F1 fuel to Ferrari test track.

Absolutely great interview. Plato was one of my favs, but never got to knew him as a personality until now. Was rolling laughing at his stories. What a bloke! And never knew that Schumacker was such a riot!