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Jason Plato: ‘We’ve found the problem’

Jason Plato claims that Team BMR have ‘found the problem’ which has been afflicting his car all season, with the Subaru team having made a change to the rear differential ahead of Sunday’s British Touring Car Championship races at Knockhill.

Plato took his first win of the season in Sunday’s opening race, before following team-mate Ash Sutton home in the second race.

Having also scored pole position on Saturday in a changeable session, Plato’s season has thus taken a dramatic upturn, and the two-time champion puts the improved performance down to changes made to his car’s rear differential overnight.

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“The fire’s always been there, it’s just we didn’t have the car to do it,” said Plato. “We made a diff change last night and the car’s transformed.

“I can make the car do what I want it to do, rather than just arrive at the corner and find understeer. I’m really happy because it’s been a pretty tough year to deal with.

“We’ve found the problem without a doubt. There’s something wrong with the diff in the car, and whilst it looks and measures the same, it’s not been working and it’s been pushing the car into the corner.

“They’ve found some very small [issue]; it’s very difficult to see in the data but it’s there, and now it’s a different car.”

Plato also explained that in race two, having led for the first ten laps, he went off-line and allowed Sutton to get a run on him going onto lap eleven.

“I had a big moment in turn one,” continued Plato. “I went off-line and I got a load of pick-up on my tyres, and I just couldn’t land the chicane on the exit and Ash could. That enabled him to close the gap and he then got a good run on the back straight with the weight differential and he out-dragged me up the hill [to the start line].

“After about three or four laps and my car came back alive, whilst Ash’s went off. It was weird, but it was nice for the car to come back but it’s a shame there wasn’t another couple of laps…”

Plato also believes that racing at the sharp end of the field has enabled him to maintain his pace without worrying about contact from competitors.

“To be brutally honest, I’ve not been racing at the sharp end and I’m probably a bit race-rusty. I’ve been dealing with the thugs at the back, and I’ve not been racing this year.

“I could probably have defended that a bit harder, but I haven’t got a championship to win.”

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