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Paddy Driver

{{Short description|South African racing driver (born 1934)}}

{{EngvarB|date=May 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}

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{{Infobox motorcycle rider

| name = Paddy Driver

| image =

| caption =

| nationality = {{flag|South Africa|1928}}n

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1934|5|13}}

| birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa

| death_date =

| death_place =

| GP Active years = 1958–1965

| GP Last season =

| GP Teams = Norton

| GP Championships = 0

| GP Race Starts = 33

| GP Race Wins = 0

| GP Podiums = 9

| GP Total Points =

| GP Poles = N/A

| GP Fastest laps = 1

| GP First win =

| GP Last win =

| GP First race = 1958 350cc Isle of Man TT

| GP Last race = 1965 500cc Finnish Grand Prix

}}

{{Infobox F1 driver

| birth_date =

| Years = {{F1|1963}}, {{F1|1974}}

| Team(s) = Lotus private

| Races = 2 (1 start)

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 0

| Podiums = 0

| Points = 0

| Poles = 0

| Fastest laps = 0

| First race = 1963 South African Grand Prix

| First win =

| Last win =

| Last race = 1974 South African Grand Prix

}}

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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.[http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Paddy+Driver Paddy Driver career statistics at MotoGP.com]

He 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.[http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/paddy-driver/ 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

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Position

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Points

| 8

| 6

| 4

| 3

| 2

| 1

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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! Year

! Class

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! Points

! Rank

! Wins

rowspan=2| 1958

! 350cc

! Norton

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|11}}

| NED

| BEL

| GER

| SWE

| ULS

| NAT

|

|

|

|

| 0

! –

| 0

500cc

! Norton

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|NC}}

| NED

| BEL

| GER

| SWE

| ULS

| NAT

|

|

|

|

| 0

! –

| 0

rowspan=2| 1959

! 350cc

! Norton

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|NC}}

| GER

| NED

| BEL

| SWE

| ULS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT
{{small|5}}

|

|

|

| 4

! 12th

| 0

500cc

! Norton

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IOM
{{small|6}}

| GER

| NED

| BEL

| SWE

| ULS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT
{{small|6}}

|

|

|

| 3

! 13th

| 0

rowspan=2| 1960

! 350cc

! Norton

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
{{small|5}}

| BEL

|

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ULS
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NAT
{{small|8}}

|

|

|

|

| 5

! 9th

| 0

500cc

! Norton

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
{{small|4}}

| BEL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
{{small|7}}

| ULS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT
{{small|4}}

|

|

|

|

| 9

! 7th

| 0

rowspan=3|1961

! 250cc

! Suzuki

| ESP

| GER

| FRA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|NC}}

| NED

| BEL

| DDR

| ULS

| NAT

| SWE

| ARG

| 0

! –

| 0

350cc

! Norton

|

| GER

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|10}}

| NED

|

| DDR

| ULS

| NAT

| SWE

|

| 0

! –

| 0

500cc

! Norton

|

| GER

| FRA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|NC}}

| NED

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
{{small|6}}

| DDR

| ULS

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NAT
{{small|3}}

| SWE

| ARG

| 5

! 10th

| 0

rowspan=2| 1962

! 125cc

! EMC

| ESP

| FRA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|NC}}

| NED

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BEL
{{small|3}}

| GER

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ULS
{{small|6}}

| DDR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT
{{small|6}}

| FIN

| ARG

| 6

! 10th

| 0

500cc

! Norton

|

|

| IOM

| NED

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
{{small|4}}

|

| ULS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DDR
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT
{{small|5}}

| FIN

| ARG

| 7

! 9th

| 0

rowspan=2|1963

! 350cc

! AJS

| GER

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|9}}

| NED

| BEL

| ULS

| DDR

| FIN

| NAT

|

| JPN

|

| 0

! –

| 0

500cc

! Matchless

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|7}}

| NED

| BEL

| ULS

| DDR

| FIN

| NAT

| ARG

|

|

| 0

! –

| 0

rowspan=2| 1964

! 350cc

! AJS

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
{{small|4}}

|

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
{{small|5}}

| DDR

| ULS

| FIN

| NAT

| JPN

|

| 5

! 7th

| 0

500cc

! Matchless

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|26}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NED
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BEL
{{small|3}}

| GER

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DDR
{{small|3}}

| ULS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FIN
{{small|5}}

| NAT

| JPN

|

| 16

! 5th

| 0

rowspan=2| 1965

! 350cc

! AJS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|NC}}

| NED

|

| DDR

| CZE

| ULS

| FIN

| NAT

| JPN

|

| 1

! 24th

| 0

500cc

! Matchless

| GER

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IOM
{{small|NC}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NED
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DDR
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ULS
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FIN
{{small|2}}

| NAT

| JPN

|

| 26

! 3rd

| 0

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

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! 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

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| RSA
{{small|DNS}}

|

|

|

|

|

! NC

! 0

1974

! Team Gunston

! Lotus 72E

! Cosworth V8

| ARG

| BRA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA
{{small|Ret}}

| ESP

| BEL

| MON

| SWE

| NED

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| AUT

| ITA

| CAN

| USA

! NC

! 0

References

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Category:1934 births

Category:Living people

Category:Racing drivers from Johannesburg

Category:South African motorcycle racers

Category:South African Formula One drivers

Category:Team Gunston Formula One drivers

Category:South African racing drivers

Category:500cc World Championship riders

Category:350cc World Championship riders

Category:125cc World Championship riders

Category:Isle of Man TT riders