How Not to Be a Professional Racing Driver (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2020
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Paperback. To be a professional racing driver you need to work out, eat like an athlete and play by the rules, right? Wrong.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 NOTAlmost kill Bernie EcclestoneGive Prince Charles the finger on the M42Choose fags and booze over the gymSteal a JCB in Monaco and end up in prison there - twiceMake enemies with a 6ft 6" rival who is a black belt in everythingHe's a rule breaker who has had more than his fair share of near-death experiences, drunken escapades and crazy stories.But, despite his hedonistic tendencies, and 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.There is nothing sensible, predictable or considered about Jason, but this is how he became a racing legend. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- How Not to Be a Professional Racing Driver (Paperback)
- Author
- Jason Plato
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd, London
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0241404169
- ISBN 13
- 9780241404164
'Pure entertainment' Guardian best sports books of 2019
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Jason Plato should not be a professional racing driver.
Yet somehow, despite almost killing Bernie Ecclestone, stealing JCBs, ending up in a Monaco prison (twice), insulting the royals, making a deadly enemy of a rival who happens to be a trained killer, by a fluke or just because he's the hottest thing on four wheels, Jason Plato is a championship-winning driver who's taken (not stolen) the checkered flag a hundred times.
This is his story. Some of it is about driving and cars. But most of it is about the kind of trouble a not-very-sensible man can get into when he isn't behind the wheel of a very fast car . . .
'A cracking read' Sir Chris Hoy
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About the Author
Jason Plato is one of the biggest characters in UK motor racing, and one of the most controversial. Since bursting onto the karting scene at the end of the 1970s he has gone on to either upstage or upset dozens of drivers, team owners and team managers - not to mention the odd policeman and nightclub owner. Despite that he is the British Touring Car Championship's most successful driver ever having won an astonishing 96 races and two championships, with more race wins than Lewis Hamilton.
Since 2004, Jason has also co-presented the popular motoring magazine series Fifth Gear, which recently aired its 23rd series. Jason is also a weekly regular on James Martin's hugely popular current show, Saturday Morning, on ITV.
How Not to Be a Professional Racing Driver is his first book.
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