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{{Short description|South African racing driver (born 1934)}} {{EngvarB|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{stack begin}} {{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 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1958]]β[[1965 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1965]] | GP Last season = | GP Teams = [[Norton (motorcycle)|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 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1958]] 350cc [[1958 Isle of Man TT|Isle of Man TT]] | GP Last race = [[1965 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1965]] 500cc [[Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|Finnish Grand Prix]] }} {{Infobox F1 driver | birth_date = | Years = {{F1|1963}}, {{F1|1974}} | Team(s) = [[Team Lotus|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]] }} {{stack end}} '''Ernest Gould "Paddy" Driver''' (born 13 May 1934) is a [[Demographics of South Africa|South African]] former professional [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] motorcycle [[road racing|road racer]] and a [[racing driver]]. ==Motorsports career== Driver competed on the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]] circuit from [[1959 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1959]] to [[1965 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1965]]. His best result was in [[1965 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1965]] when he rode a [[Matchless]] to a third-place finish in the 500cc world championship behind [[Mike Hailwood]] and [[Giacomo Agostini]].<ref>[http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Paddy+Driver Paddy Driver career statistics at MotoGP.com]</ref> 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 Cars|Lola]] for [[Doug Serrurier]]. From 1971 he entered his own [[McLaren]] under the guise of Team Personality, finishing third in the series final classification.<ref>[http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/paddy-driver/ Paddy Driver career statistics at Driver Database]</ref> 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 == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- | '''Position''' | width=20| 1 | width=20| 2 | width=20| 3 | width=20| 4 | width=20| 5 | width=20| 6 |- | '''Points''' | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |} ([[Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Class ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! Points ! Rank ! Wins |- !rowspan=2| [[1958 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1958]] ! 350cc ! [[Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton]] |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1958 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|11}} | [[Dutch TT|NED]] | [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] | [[Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] | [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] | [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] | | | | | 0 ! β | 0 |- ! 500cc ! [[Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1958 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|NC}} | [[Dutch TT|NED]] | [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] | [[Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] | [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] | [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] | | | | | 0 ! β | 0 |- !rowspan=2| [[1959 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1959]] ! 350cc ! [[Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|5}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1959 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|NC}} | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] | [[Dutch TT|NED]] | [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] | [[Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] | [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]<br />{{small|5}} | | | | 4 ! 12th | 0 |- ! 500cc ! [[Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1959 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|6}} | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] | [[Dutch TT|NED]] | [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] | [[Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] | [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]<br />{{small|6}} | | | | 3 ! 13th | 0 |- !rowspan=2| [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]] ! 350cc ! [[Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1960 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|5}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1960 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|14}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1960 Dutch TT|NED]]<br />{{small|5}} | [[1960 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1960 Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]]<br />{{small|6}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1960 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]<br />{{small|8}} | | | | | 5 ! 9th | 0 |- ! 500cc ! [[Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1960 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|4}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1960 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1960 Dutch TT|NED]]<br />{{small|4}} | [[1960 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1960 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|7}} | [[1960 Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1960 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]<br />{{small|4}} | | | | | 9 ! 7th | 0 |- !rowspan=3|[[1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1961]] ! 250cc ! [[Suzuki]] | [[Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|ESP]] | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] | [[French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1961 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|NC}} | [[Dutch TT|NED]] | [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|DDR]] | [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] | [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] | [[Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] | [[Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix|ARG]] | 0 ! β | 0 |- ! 350cc ! [[Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton]] | | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1961 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|10}} | [[Dutch TT|NED]] | | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|DDR]] | [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] | [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] | [[Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] | | 0 ! β | 0 |- ! 500cc ! [[Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton]] | | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] | [[French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1961 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|NC}} | [[Dutch TT|NED]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|6}} | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|DDR]] | [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]<br />{{small|3}} | [[Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] | [[Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix|ARG]] | 5 ! 10th | 0 |- !rowspan=2| [[1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1962]] ! 125cc ! [[EMC Motorcycles|EMC]] | [[1962 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|ESP]] | [[1962 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRA]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1962 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|NC}} | [[Dutch TT|NED]] |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|3}} | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]]<br />{{small|6}} | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|DDR]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]<br />{{small|6}} | [[Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] | [[Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix|ARG]] | 6 ! 10th | 0 |- ! 500cc ! [[Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton]] | | | [[1962 Isle of Man TT|IOM]] | [[Dutch TT|NED]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|4}} | | [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|DDR]]<br />{{small|5}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]]<br />{{small|5}} | [[Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] | [[Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix|ARG]] | 7 ! 9th | 0 |- !rowspan=2|[[1963 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1963]] ! 350cc ! [[AJS]] | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1963 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|9}} | [[Dutch TT|NED]] | [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] | [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|DDR]] | [[Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] | [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] | | [[Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix|JPN]] | | 0 ! β | 0 |- ! 500cc ! [[Matchless]] | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1963 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|7}} | [[Dutch TT|NED]] | [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] | [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|DDR]] | [[Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] | [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] | [[Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix|ARG]] | | | 0 ! β | 0 |- !rowspan=2| [[1964 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1964]] ! 350cc ! [[AJS]] | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1964 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Dutch TT|NED]]<br />{{small|4}} | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|5}} | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|DDR]] | [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] | [[Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] | [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] | [[Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix|JPN]] | | 5 ! 7th | 0 |- ! 500cc ! [[Matchless]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[United States motorcycle Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|5}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1964 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|26}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Dutch TT|NED]]<br />{{small|3}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|3}} | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|DDR]]<br />{{small|3}} | [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]]<br />{{small|5}} | [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] | [[Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix|JPN]] | | 16 ! 5th | 0 |- !rowspan=2| [[1965 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1965]] ! 350cc ! [[AJS]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|6}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1965 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|NC}} | [[Dutch TT|NED]] | | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|DDR]] | [[Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix|CZE]] | [[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]] | [[Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] | [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] | [[Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix|JPN]] | | 1 ! 24th | 0 |- ! 500cc ! [[Matchless]] | [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1965 Isle of Man TT|IOM]]<br />{{small|NC}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Dutch TT|NED]]<br />{{small|3}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|4}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|DDR]]<br />{{small|3}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix|CZE]]<br />{{small|4}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ''[[Ulster Grand Prix|ULS]]''<br />{{small|2}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]]<br />{{small|2}} | [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] | [[Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix|JPN]] | | 26 ! 3rd | 0 |- |} == Complete Formula One World Championship results == ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! WDC ! Points |- | [[1963 Formula One season|1963]] ! Selby Auto Spares ! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 24|24]] ! [[BRM]] [[V8 engine|V8]] | [[1963 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] | [[1963 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] | [[1963 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] | [[1963 French Grand Prix|FRA]] | [[1963 British Grand Prix|GBR]] | [[1963 German Grand Prix|GER]] | [[1963 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] | [[1963 United States Grand Prix|USA]] | [[1963 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]] |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| [[1963 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|DNS}} | | | | | ! NC ! 0 |- | [[1974 Formula One season|1974]] ! [[Team Gunston]] ! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 72|72E]] ! [[Cosworth]] [[V8 engine|V8]] | [[1974 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]] | [[1974 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1974 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} | [[1974 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]] | [[1974 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] | [[1974 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] | [[1974 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]] | [[1974 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] | [[1974 French Grand Prix|FRA]] | [[1974 British Grand Prix|GBR]] | [[1974 German Grand Prix|GER]] | [[1974 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] | [[1974 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] | [[1974 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] | [[1974 United States Grand Prix|USA]] ! NC ! 0 |} == References == {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Driver, Paddy}} [[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]]
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