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{{Short description|South African racing driver (born 1934)}}
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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 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1958]]–[[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]]
}}
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'''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>{{Cite web |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Paddy+Driver |title=Paddy Driver career statistics at MotoGP.com |access-date=6 September 2008 |archive-date=10 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410105011/https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Paddy+Driver |url-status=dead }}</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
! –
| 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
! –
| 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
! –
| 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
! –
| 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
! –
| 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
! –
| 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 ==
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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]]