Biography
Paddy Driver, whose full name is Ernest Gould Driver, was born in Johannesburg on 13 May 1934. The South African raced in the Grand Prix motorcycle world championship from 1959 to 1965. In 1965 he finished third in the 500cc class on a Matchless, behind Mike Hailwood and Giacomo Agostini.
On four wheels, he began competing in the South African Formula One championship with the 1963 Rand Grand Prix. From 1969 he raced there full-time, first in a Formula 5000 Lola for Doug Serrurier. From 1971 he ran his own McLaren under the name Team Personality and finished third in the series. In 1974 he drove a Lotus 72 for Team Gunston and again took third place.
In the Formula One World Championship he was entered by Lotus in 1963 but did not start. In 1974 he took part in one race with Lotus and scored no points. Driver is among the small group of drivers who have raced in both the motorcycle world championship and Formula One, along with John Surtees, Mike Hailwood and Johnny Cecotto.
Source: Wikipedia, “Paddy Driver”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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