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Plato's plans for 2009 had been affected by SEAT's shock announcement to pull their factory team out of the BTCC at the end of the 2008 season.

It was speculated that Plato was planning to take a sabbatical from racing in order to focus on his TV work.

However, after holding talks over the off-season with West Surrey Racing and Tempus Sport, Plato decided to return to the BTCC in a privately-entered RML Group Chevrolet Lacetti.

After the first meeting, the team secured sponsorship from Silverline power tools and Auto Windscreens for the rest of the season, they raced under the Racing Silverline banner.

At the final round of the season at Brands Hatch, he became only the second driver after Dan Eaves at Thruxton in 2005 to win all three races, the first of which he won by a then closest-ever BTCC winning margin of 0. 015 seconds, ahead of Tom Chilton.

He finished 2nd in the 2009 championship, 5 points behind champion Colin Turkington.