Plato Injured
Posted by Peat
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Jason Plato has been hurt in an incident during filming for the Channel 5 Fifth Gear programme.
SEAT Sport UK's Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship driver was testing a road-going Caparo T1 supercar at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground near Lutterworth in Leicestershire when it burst into flames at an estimated 150mph.
"We were testing the Caparo T1 for Fifth Gear, and we took it to Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, a private testing facility, which is common practice. There was a slight loss of power, I looked in the mirror and saw some smoke, there was a slight smell of oil and then suddenly there was this intense heat," he explained.
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"The car spontaneously erupted into a ball of flame and I was sat in the middle of a fireball. I hit the brakes, brought the car to a stop as quickly as I could and jumped out."
Plato was taken by private car to the nearest accident and emergency facility at the Market Harborough and District Hospital. After initial treatment he was transferred by ambulance to Kettering General Hospital.
Following further treatment there, he was transferred by ambulance to the Stoke Mandeville Hospital, where he received treatment in the specialist burns unit. He was released later the same evening and spent the night resting at home in Oxfordshire, before seeing a burns specialist again this morning.
"We found the nearest hospital on our sat nav and Phil Bennett [former
BTCC
racing driver who was at the test] took me to the local A&E," Plato added.
"I would very much like to thank Phil, all the staff at Market Harborough and District Hospital, Kettering General Hospital and Stoke Mandeville Hospital for all the excellent care and treatment they so quickly administered."
Despite receiving burns to his hands, his face and the back of the neck though he has vowed to race this weekend at Thruxton, where he will be looking to try and secure the BTCC drivers' title. He is currently nine points ahead of Fabrizio Giovanardi.
Jason Plato has been hurt in an incident during filming for the Channel 5 Fifth Gear programme.
SEAT Sport UK's Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship driver was testing a road-going Caparo T1 supercar at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground near Lutterworth in Leicestershire when it burst into flames at an estimated 150mph.
"We were testing the Caparo T1 for Fifth Gear, and we took it to Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, a private testing facility, which is common practice. There was a slight loss of power, I looked in the mirror and saw some smoke, there was a slight smell of oil and then suddenly there was this intense heat," he explained.
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"The car spontaneously erupted into a ball of flame and I was sat in the middle of a fireball. I hit the brakes, brought the car to a stop as quickly as I could and jumped out."
Plato was taken by private car to the nearest accident and emergency facility at the Market Harborough and District Hospital. After initial treatment he was transferred by ambulance to Kettering General Hospital.
Following further treatment there, he was transferred by ambulance to the Stoke Mandeville Hospital, where he received treatment in the specialist burns unit. He was released later the same evening and spent the night resting at home in Oxfordshire, before seeing a burns specialist again this morning.
"We found the nearest hospital on our sat nav and Phil Bennett [former
BTCC
racing driver who was at the test] took me to the local A&E," Plato added.
"I would very much like to thank Phil, all the staff at Market Harborough and District Hospital, Kettering General Hospital and Stoke Mandeville Hospital for all the excellent care and treatment they so quickly administered."
Despite receiving burns to his hands, his face and the back of the neck though he has vowed to race this weekend at Thruxton, where he will be looking to try and secure the BTCC drivers' title. He is currently nine points ahead of Fabrizio Giovanardi.
pretty stupid thing to be doing the week before the final race of the season IMO.
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Would think the car manufacturer should be most worried.......
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whats the betting that on theer show they'll blame Top Gear, in yet another copy cat move!
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> Date: October 09, 2007 09:56PM
> Posted by: Red Sam (IP Logged)
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> pretty stupid thing to be doing the week before
> the final race of the season IMO.
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> It's a regular thing which happens throughout the
> year whilst testing for Firth Gear. It's his job,
> and is no more dangerous than riding a bicycle.
No, I absolutely agree with you, I am just surprised that Seat are happy for him to do that, given the context of the weekend just ahead...
Anyway, if it helps Gio win, I'm happy...:P
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> Date: October 09, 2007 09:56PM
> Posted by: Red Sam (IP Logged)
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> pretty stupid thing to be doing the week before
> the final race of the season IMO.
>
> It's a regular thing which happens throughout the
> year whilst testing for Firth Gear. It's his job,
> and is no more dangerous than riding a bicycle.
No, I absolutely agree with you, I am just surprised that Seat are happy for him to do that, given the context of the weekend just ahead...
Anyway, if it helps Gio win, I'm happy...:P
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glad he's not actually injured apart from a few burns. he's not in the Richard Hammond Accident Club yet though.
and it puts into context even more the jibes at 5th Gear the TG boys made in the first show of the new series. they mentioned someone hurt their foot, but this is a more serious accident.
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and it puts into context even more the jibes at 5th Gear the TG boys made in the first show of the new series. they mentioned someone hurt their foot, but this is a more serious accident.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
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isnt that designed by some old mclaren people ?
guess it explains the fire
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
guess it explains the fire
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
Pretty shocking but a good show by him to qualify fourth today. However I must say I am no fan of his and consider his on'track antics entirely unacceptable. Bloody brilliant result for Chilton on pole (YAY!) with Fabby and Menu making it a one,two,three I just hope we can see such a strong result tomorrow in all three races being shown in full length across ITV4 and ITV1 
Saw this a few days ago, at least it dosnt seem to have slowed im down too much. Roll on tomorrow!!
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heh, Plato got OWNED. Good to see a deserving Champion take the title though
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Yea was watching yesterday from the last chicane and was glad to see Gio add the BTCC to his amazing CV.
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i was at the complex, glad Gio won. Such a classy driver, unlike Plato who tried to have him off twice yesterday where i could see.
well, as Jeremy Clarkson said, jason plato (potato) is now a fried potato lol....
oh yeah, and 5thG taught that if hamster from TG had a crash with that damn fast car and survevied, maybe they sabotajed potato to do the same so the show will be more watched...not
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oh yeah, and 5thG taught that if hamster from TG had a crash with that damn fast car and survevied, maybe they sabotajed potato to do the same so the show will be more watched...not
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i watched 5th Gear tonight. What an abysmal show it is......
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> i watched 5th Gear tonight.
Do that again and I'll poke your eyes out!
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> i watched 5th Gear tonight.
Do that again and I'll poke your eyes out!
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> isnt that designed by some old mclaren people ?
yeah he said on 5th Gear last night it was designed by 2 people who worked on the McLaren F1. they showed Plato's incident too, some sort of fire from an oil leak on the rear or engine bay, couldn't see much as it was only captured by the onboard forward-facing camera.
@ MSchumi, it's "Baked Potato", not fried, lol.
the drifting Bedford Rascal feature blatantly smelt of Top-Gear-copying.
and gosh, that new Subaru was awful! looks like a mix between a Honda Civic and a BMW 1 Series.
i don't mind 5th Gear though, it's an extra car programme and so far they've already reviewed the new cars that TG have only talked about. it's worth recording and just skipping through it for the better features.
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> isnt that designed by some old mclaren people ?
yeah he said on 5th Gear last night it was designed by 2 people who worked on the McLaren F1. they showed Plato's incident too, some sort of fire from an oil leak on the rear or engine bay, couldn't see much as it was only captured by the onboard forward-facing camera.
@ MSchumi, it's "Baked Potato", not fried, lol.
the drifting Bedford Rascal feature blatantly smelt of Top-Gear-copying.
and gosh, that new Subaru was awful! looks like a mix between a Honda Civic and a BMW 1 Series.
i don't mind 5th Gear though, it's an extra car programme and so far they've already reviewed the new cars that TG have only talked about. it's worth recording and just skipping through it for the better features.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
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