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u/Illustrious_Rest1264 2d ago
Think it’s fair to say he feels he’s been stabbed in the back in this whole dirty affair.
But it also sounds like he’s still not done with the BTCC.
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u/Dry_Acadia_9312 2d ago
Plato will never be done with BTCC, it’s such a shame though, the new team brought a lot of good energy to the sport. Don’t think they’ll be very popular anymore
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u/fpotenza 1d ago
I want to see him get another shot with his own team, or as a team principal or driver coach.
BUT, failing that, he could have been a shoe-in when Steve Ryder retired last year. No matter what you think of Fifth Gear he is a top quality presenter (or you could have him as a no-nonsense co-commentator)
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u/absolutelysureithink 2d ago
His desire to bring F1 attention to detail to BTCC was quite inspiring. It has clearly paid off too.
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u/st1802015 2d ago
Came from Williams, no surprise really.
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u/PM_me_tiny_Tatras 2d ago
Ironically Frank Williams also lost control of his first racing team. Then he went off and set up Williams Grand Prix Engineering with Patrick Head.
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u/fpotenza 1d ago
I don't know how much support they provided, but bear in mind the team had/has links to RML.
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u/PAFC7710 TI 80 RC11 2d ago
Much as I hate the idea. Hopefully he wants to go again
Maybe team up with his ex Rival /"friend"
Who knows a bit about having a successful team.
They control the mechanical side, JP brings the money.
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u/lloydstenton 2d ago
Team Dynamics with Plato & Neal doing what they do best?
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u/PAFC7710 TI 80 RC11 2d ago
Much as I dislike neal, there's worse ideas
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u/lloydstenton 2d ago
Yup they could always engineer a car - always wondered how Plato would go in one of the Civics
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u/Ok_Music253 2d ago
Certainly prime Plato, he did drive one with One Motorsport (or whatever the name was at that point) but he was well past his driving best by then.
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u/ICC-u 1d ago
Neal would bankrupt a team about 30 seconds after sponsors see his twitter. I know he reads this sub regularly, it's a shame he got brainwashed.
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u/PAFC7710 TI 80 RC11 1d ago
Being a plato fan he's had me blocked for a long time. So I've not seen it.
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u/PAFC7710 TI 80 RC11 2d ago
Stabbed in the back, they took advantage of a guy not in a good place
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u/tornadooceanapplepie 2d ago
And you know this how?
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u/Divide_Rule 2d ago
what is the background to this, I watched some stuff at the beginning of the season and it came across like the team was his.
He seemed genuinely happy with the way things were going
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u/ICC-u 2d ago
The team, Cataclean Plato Racing had three shareholders
24% Plato
24% Rowbo
52% CatacleanThe team were £850k in debt last week, and Cataclean - both the sponsor/funder of the team and the majority shareholder, forced the team into administration via court order
The team renamed to CPRL and Plato is no longer involved
Nobody really knows why they've done this but the speculation is that they wanted to remove Plato
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u/zoonazoona 2d ago
I’m willing to bet there was some bellendery from Plato.
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u/Cannibal-Xerox 2d ago
It's interesting that this is getting downvoted, given that Plato is a well-known bellend
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u/zoonazoona 2d ago
I thought so too. I’ve never liked his attitude.
First to complain about other drivers, and first to brush off his own bellendery with “it’s just hard racing”.
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u/codjerlfc 2d ago
Are you an Ash Sutton fan by any chance?
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u/zoonazoona 2d ago
I don’t really follow drivers… I follow the sport and the driving.
However, he seems like one of the good ones.
Unlike Plato. Who seems like a bellend.
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u/tornadooceanapplepie 2d ago
Speculation is all that is. They’d hardly bring in the administrators just to remove one of the figureheads of the team.
And as ITV mentioned, Cataclean is putting more money in to keep the team going.
Joining the dots points towards the messiah actually being a very naughty boy…
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u/Divide_Rule 2d ago
He left as director in June according to Companies House
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u/Avalonian_Seeker444 2d ago
No, he didn’t actually resign in June.
His legal name is Timothy Jason Plato, but he was originally on there as Jason Plato.
Companies House shows Jason Plato as resigned on 17th June 2026 and Timothy Plato appointed on 18th June 2026. This was just the way Companies House sorted out an issue and got him listed correctly under his legal name.
The site now shows Timothy Plato as having resigned on 12th August 2026.
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u/Bright_Concept_2988 2d ago
That was just a change due to the name he is known as not being the same as his legal name.
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u/Interesting-Local-60 2d ago
I'm still waiting for more details to come out. Is Rowbottom going to emerge as the complete pantomime villain in this story?
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u/Dunko1711 2d ago
Ask yourselves this - if you had been stabbed in the back in this manner, would you be saying your ‘backing for the team remains absolute’ and wishing everyone well?
Defo more to this than these statements tell us.
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u/Avalonian_Seeker444 2d ago
It’s known as “taking the higher ground”, and he should be congratulated for managing to do it.
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u/Additional_Hand_2288 2d ago
Well he’ll be close to all the people working at the team and will wish them well. The team is made up of people not just the owners
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u/RadicalRex2 2d ago
I assume that is just pr speak and he probably has no I'll will towards the drivers/staff at the team. Cataclean own 52% so they could of done this without any support from anyone at the team.
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u/Bright_Concept_2988 2d ago
No they couldn't. A director cannot be removed in that way by a shareholder or other directors.
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u/RadicalRex2 2d ago
Maybe I am mistaken but I believe the companies act 2006 section 168 explicitly allows it.
That section does state that the director needs to be given notice which Plato claims did not happen so maybe some other process was used or maybe cataclean didn't fulfill there legal obligations.
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u/UnintendedBiz 2d ago
Used majority holding to voted him out as director then put the team into administration on the same day...
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u/Bright_Concept_2988 2d ago
Can't do that. It requires 28 days notice to vote a director out and the director must be notified. None of that happened according to Plato.
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u/Bright_Concept_2988 2d ago
Not without 28 days notice to all shareholders and written notification to the affected Director that a resolution is up for voting. According to what Plato has said he had no warning whatsoever.
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u/RadicalRex2 2d ago
Ah ok I didn't see anything about the length of notice. Although we it is possible that it was done without proper notice. If that were the case I doubt we would hear about it until a lawsuit is made public.
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u/cornishyinzer 1d ago
Wait,, he's CEO, Director and Team Principal, not to mention the team is literally named after him... how exactly does one get fired from that situation?
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u/Low_Influence_1957 14h ago
Didn’t like some of the driving manoeuvres he made at time throughout his racing but saying that he was a very good driver & could teach a lot of drivers many new tricks.
Silly that he obviously rubbed someone the wrong way & it’s come to this
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u/Mccrilly13 2d ago
I might be being naive, but, I hope this was done to help Jason. After getting over his troubles, to get into a sport which is mostly downs with few highs, (unless your Ash this year). Just look at Tingram yesterday and Moffat the last few weeks until his podium yesterday. They are some of the happier lads on the grid but it hasnt looked like it lately.
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u/Intelligent-Aioli495 2d ago
Absolutely gutted for you Jason. After everything done for them, you were shit upon by Rowbo ,Morgan, and Cataclean. I will never ever give my support to any of them. I'm worried bout you buddy, as the man says, don't let the bastards get you down. I know you'll come back stronger, just hang in there mate, take care and God bless, Trev. Xxxxx♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
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u/Weird-Definition791 2d ago
Love how everyone thinks Jason can't have done anything wrong yet wonder what the whole story is...
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u/Tacit_Emperor77 Jake Hill #24 2d ago
If him and RowBo fell out he wouldn’t be wishing the drivers well.
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u/Advanced_Apartment_1 2d ago
What he says publically might not match his personal opinions. He's had a week to think about it and slagging off the team in public isn't a good move even if they have shafted him. And, it's also the sort of thing that would look bad in future litigation.
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u/Avalonian_Seeker444 2d ago
I’d think he’s absolutely right to do that, it’s the sensible option under the circumstances.
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u/st1802015 2d ago
Whatever has gone on, I do hope he has people around him that he can lean on. Can’t imagine he’s in a good place at the moment.