Paddy Driver is a racing driver from South Africa who last raced in Formula 1 for Team Lotus. Driver has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,778 ranks Driver 4631th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1974-03-30 | Kyalami | DNF | −107 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −107 | 3,778 |
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-BRM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +2,471 | 3,821 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇸🇪 Ronnie PetersonHigher-rated | 6,242 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇬🇧 Mike HailwoodHigher-rated | 6,069 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇿🇦 Neville LederleHigher-rated | 3,850 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,621 | 🇩🇰 Antoine Doquin | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,779 |
| 4,622 | 🇬🇧 Bill Aston | Formula 1 | 3,779 |
| 4,623 | 🇺🇸 Cody Erickson | NASCAR Truck | 3,779 |
| 4,624 | 🇺🇸 Dave Mader III | ARCA Menards Series | 3,779 |
| 4,625 | 🇷🇺 Denis Remenyako | 24H Series | 3,779 |
| 4,626 | 🇺🇸 Landon Huffman | ARCA Menards Series | 3,779 |
| 4,627 | 🇪🇸 Eliseo Martinez Merono | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,778 |
| 4,628 | 🇹🇷 Ibrahim Okyay | World Touring Car Championship | 3,778 |
| 4,629 | 🇺🇸 Matt Turner | FIA GT Championship | 3,778 |
| 4,630 | 🇳🇴 Niklas ABRAHAMSEN | Ferrari Challenge | 3,778 |
| 4,631 | 🇿🇦 Paddy Driver | Formula 1 | 3,778 |
| 4,632 | 🇩🇪 Alexander Hardt | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,777 |
| 4,633 | 🇬🇧 Dick Gibson | Formula 1 | 3,777 |
| 4,634 | 🇺🇸 Eddie Falk | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,777 |
| 4,635 | 🇺🇸 Joe Thurman | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,777 |
| 4,636 | 🇷🇺 Mikhail Kozlovskiy | World Touring Car Championship | 3,777 |
| 4,637 | 🇯🇵 Muneyuki Kurihara | Super GT | 3,777 |
| 4,638 | 🏳️ João Cardoso | Turismo Nacional | 3,776 |
| 4,639 | 🇦🇷 Otto Fritzler | Turismo Carretera | 3,776 |
| 4,640 | 🇧🇷 Pedro Boesel | Stock Light | 3,776 |
| 4,641 | 🇧🇪 Benjamin Bailly | ADAC Formula 4 | 3,775 |
Paddy Driver was an established professional racing driver competing in Formula 1 between 1963 and 1974 for Team Lotus. He recorded two starts across his indexed career, driving solo in a single-class championship that drew from amateur through graded professional ranks.[1]
Driver's Formula 1 career consisted of two starts over an eleven-year span. His most recent indexed activity came in 1974, when he finished 17th in the championship standings from a single round. He drove for Lotus-BRM, a team that fielded 29 drivers during its history; Jim Clark, an elite professional, was its strongest competitor across the index.[2]