Paddy Driver

Paddy Driver (born in Johannesburg, 13 May 1934) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and a racing driver from South Africa.

He 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.

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. In 1974 he was hired by Team Gunston, racing a Formula One Lotus 72, and repeating his third place.

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 11	NED -	BEL -	GER -	SWE -	ULS -	NAT -					0	–	0
	500cc	Norton	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	GER -	SWE -	ULS -	NAT -					0	–	0
1959	350cc	Norton	FRA 5	IOM NC	GER -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	ULS -	NAT 5				4	12th	0
	500cc	Norton	FRA 6	IOM 6	GER -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	ULS -	NAT 6				3	13th	0
1960	350cc	Norton	FRA 5	IOM 14	NED 5	BEL -		ULS 6	NAT 8					5	9th	0
	500cc	Norton	FRA 4	IOM 9	NED 4	BEL -	GER 7	ULS -	NAT 4					9	7th	0
1961	250cc	Suzuki	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	ULS -	NAT -	SWE -	ARG -	0	–	0
	350cc	Norton		GER -		IOM 10	NED -		DDR -	ULS -	NAT -	SWE -		0	–	0
	500cc	Norton		GER -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL 6	DDR -	ULS -	NAT 3	SWE -	ARG -	5	10th	0
1962	125cc	EMC	ESP -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL 3	GER -	ULS 6	DDR -	NAT 6	FIN -	ARG -	6	10th	0
	500cc	Norton			IOM -	NED -	BEL 4		ULS -	DDR 5	NAT 5	FIN -	ARG -	7	9th	0
1963	350cc	AJS	GER -	IOM 9	NED -	BEL -	ULS -	DDR -	FIN -	NAT -		JPN -		0	–	0
	500cc	Matchless		IOM 7	NED -	BEL -	ULS -	DDR -	FIN -	NAT -	ARG -			0	–	0
1964	350cc	AJS		IOM 9	NED 4		GER 5	DDR -	ULS -	FIN -	NAT -	JPN -		5	7th	0
	500cc	Matchless	USA 5	IOM 26	NED 3	BEL 3	GER -	DDR 3	ULS -	FIN 5	NAT -	JPN -		16	5th	0
1965	350cc	AJS	GER 6	IOM NC	NED -		DDR -	CZE -	ULS -	FIN -	NAT -	JPN -		1	24th	0
	500cc	Matchless	GER -	IOM NC	NED 3	BEL 4	DDR 3	CZE 4	ULS 2	FIN 2	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 DNS						NC	0
1974	Team Gunston	Lotus 72E	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA Ret	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	NC	0