Plato pleased with first diesel win.
Crash.Net, May, 2008
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Jason Plato capped a fine weekend on a personal level with his best weekend of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season at Donington Park to secure the first diesel-powered win in the 50 year history of the series.
The SEAT Sport UK driver, who became a father for the first time on the Monday prior to the race weekend, went into the weekend looking to benefit from a series of radical set-up changes made to the SEAT Leon TDi ahead of the third round of the year.
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At a circuit that wasn't well suited to the petrol-powered Leon - despite a double win last season - Plato qualified on the front row of the grid just behind Tom Onslow-Cole and then dropped to fifth place after making an error on lap two at the Old Hairpin. However, he worked his way up the order to second ...
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