Jason Plato remains with BMR for 2018 season

BMR Racing has announced that Jason Plato will remain with the team for a fourth successive season as he bids to fight for a third British Touring Car Championship title.

The 50-year-old joined BMR back in 2015 and played a key part in Warren Scott’s outfit bringing Subaru into the series twelve months later.

Plato becomes the second driver confirmed by BMR for the BTCC’s 60th anniversary season after defending champion Ash Sutton, with his focus being to return to form and challenge for the title after a difficult 2017 campaign where he failed to finish inside the top eight in the standings for the first time in his career.

“I’m really looking forward to 2018,” he said. “We have some exciting new developments in progress which should see the Adrian Flux BMR Subaru Levorgs fighting at the sharp end of the grid yet again. April can’t come soon enough.”

Both team boss Warren Scott and Subaru UK managing director Paul Tunnicliffe welcomed the news.

“We’re delighted to keep Jason in the Subaru Levorg for the 2018 season,” Tunnicliffe said. “His experience is invaluable to the team and we’re certain that he can continue to build on his previous successes in the British Touring Car Championship with both Subaru UK and the BMR Team.”