Paddy Driver

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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.<ref>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 for Doug Serrurier. From 1971 he entered his own McLaren under the guise of Team Personality, finishing third in the series final classification.<ref>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

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