Paddy Driver
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| First start: | 1974 South African Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1974 South African Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1974 Team Gunston | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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Ernest Gould "Paddy" Driver (born May 13, 1934 in Johannesburg ) is a former South African motorcycle and car racer .
Career
Paddy Driver began motorcycle racing in 1953 and competed in the motorcycle world championship between 1958 and 1965 . First he started on Norton in the classes up to 350 and up to 500 cm³, later he also used Suzuki and EMC machines and from 1963 to 1965 he competed in the 350s on the AJS 7R and in the 500s on the Matchless G50 . His most successful season was Driver in 1965, when he was in the half-liter class second places at the Ulster Grand Prix and in Finland import and overall in the premier class behind the MV Agusta - works driver Mike Hailwood and Giacomo Agostini third overall was. He achieved a total of nine podium places in the world championship; however, Driver was never granted a win.
As early as 1963, Paddy Driver started on four wheels parallel to his two-wheeler activities. With a Lotus 24 he finished seventh at the Rand Grand Prix in Kyalami and tried to qualify for the South African Grand Prix for the first time . The company ended with a total write-off in the last training run and Driver could not take part in the race due to a lack of replacement cars. From 1969 he returned to car racing and competed in the South African Formula 1 Championship in a Lola T140 - Ford . In 1970, Driver switched to the South African Formula 5000 Championship , where he competed in a McLaren M10B - Chevrolet and won the championship title in 1971 and 1973. At the 1974 South African Grand Prix , his only race in the automobile world championship, today's Formula 1 , Paddy Driver drove a Lotus 72 and retired after just six laps with a damaged clutch. He competed in touring car races with Mazda vehicles until the 1980s .
successes
- 1962 - South African 500cc champion
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .
Web links
- Paddy Driver on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).
- Paddy Driver on the Isle of Man TT official website.
- Paddy Driver at www.motorsportmagazine.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPIONS. (PDF) cdn.entelectonline.co.za, accessed on December 15, 2013 (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Driver, paddy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Driver, Ernest Gould (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannesburg |