Ernest Gould "Paddy" Driver (born 13 May 1934) is a South African former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and a racing driver.
Motorsports career Driver competed on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing circuit from 1959 to 1965. His best result was in 1965 when he rode a Matchless to a third-place finish in the 500cc world championship behind Mike Hailwood and Giacomo Agostini.
Driver participated in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, scoring no championship points. Driver was a regular competitor in the South African Formula One championship for many years, starting with the 1963 Rand Grand Prix, but only graduated full-time in 1969, driving a Formula 5000 Lola for Doug Serrurier. From 1971, he entered his own McLaren under the guise of Team Personality, finishing third in the series final classification.Paddy Driver career statistics at Driver Database In 1974, he was hired by Team Gunston, racing a Formula One Lotus 72, and repeating his third place.
Driver is one of a small group of people who have raced in both the Grand Prix motorcycle World Championship and Formula One. The group also includes John Surtees, Mike Hailwood and Johnny Cecotto.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing results Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 8 6 4 3 2 1
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Points Rank Wins 1958 350cc Norton IOM NED BEL GER SWE ULS NAT 0 – 0 500cc Norton IOM NED BEL GER SWE ULS NAT 0 – 0 1959 350cc Norton FRA IOM GER NED BEL SWE ULS NAT 4 12th 0 500cc Norton FRA IOM GER NED BEL SWE ULS NAT 3 13th 0 1960 350cc Norton FRA IOM NED BEL ULS NAT 5 9th 0 500cc Norton FRA IOM NED BEL GER ULS NAT 9 7th 01961 250cc Suzuki ESP GER FRA IOM NED BEL DDR ULS NAT SWE ARG 0 – 0 350cc Norton GER IOM NED DDR ULS NAT SWE 0 – 0 500cc Norton GER FRA IOM NED BEL DDR ULS NAT SWE ARG 5 10th 0 1962 125cc EMC ESP FRA IOM NED BEL GER ULS DDR NAT FIN ARG 6 10th 0 500cc Norton IOM NED BEL ULS DDR NAT FIN ARG 7 9th 01963 350cc AJS GER IOM NED BEL ULS DDR FIN NAT JPN 0 – 0 500cc Matchless IOM NED BEL ULS DDR FIN NAT ARG 0 – 0 1964 350cc AJS IOM NED GER DDR ULS FIN NAT JPN 5 7th 0 500cc Matchless USA IOM NED BEL GER DDR ULS FIN NAT JPN 16 5th 0 1965 350cc AJS GER IOM NED DDR CZE ULS FIN NAT JPN 1 24th 0 500cc Matchless GER IOM NED BEL DDR CZE ULS FIN NAT JPN 26 3rd 0
Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WDC Points 1963 Selby Auto Spares Lotus 24 BRM V8 MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSA NC 0 1974 Team Gunston Lotus 72E Cosworth V8 ARG BRA RSA ESP BEL MON SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA NC 0
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