BTCC LEGEND MEETS TEAM BRIT

British Touring Car Championship

record holder and TV presenter Jason Plato spent the day with Team BRIT at our Dunsfold HQ. Jason, who is currently competing in BTCC for BTC Racing, has twice been BTCC champion and holds the record for the most overall race wins in the series.

Both Jason and Team BRIT are sponsored by car insurance specialists Adrian Flux, who organised for Jason to spend the day with the team on Thursday 7th July.

He took a tour of the facilities and got to grips with the hand controls on our top of the range Vesaro simulator, before getting out on the iconic Top Gear test track in our Mclaren 570S GT4.

Jason met drivers including Andy Tucker, who this year drove our Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 in the British Endurance Championship, rookie driver Tyrone Mathurin who competed in the Britcar Trophy series, Chris Overend, who drives our BMW M240i in the Britcar Trophy and Bobby Trundley, wo competed in the 2022 British GT Championship.

Jason said: “I really enjoyed working with Team BRIT in association with Adrian Flux to discover the challenges and solutions they have created to assist disabled drivers to compete in the British GT Championship. It was truly inspirational to see what they are doing.

“In all honesty I found the hand controls on the McLaren GT pretty intuitive, but I needed much more conscious cognitive thought to build a new driving rhythm without using my legs.

“The guys and girls that do it for real are amazing. Good luck chasing the dream of racing at Le Mans 24 hr, I have a good feeling you just might achieve it.” Team BRIT driver Andy Tucker, who sustained serious limb injuries in a motorbike crash and now lives with PTSD and depression said: “I grew up watching Plato in the super tourer era and have followed his career since 1996. He’s the reason I got into motorsport and started karting.

“It was a pleasure and a privilege to meet him and demonstrate our hand controls. Never in my wildest dreams did I picture meeting him, let alone passing on something that I’ve learn to him – someone with racing knowledge far beyond my own. I hope he can join us at a track soon to see us in action.”