Hayden Paddon driving at Laajavuori special stage, Rally Finland 2010. |
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Born | April 20, 1987 |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2007 – present |
| Teams | Team Green, Team Jordan, Pirelli Star Driver |
| Rallies | 18 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Stage wins | 0 |
| Total points | 10 |
| First rally | 2007 Rally New Zealand |
Hayden Paddon (born 20 April 1987) is a New Zealand rally driver.
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Paddon was introduced into motorsport at an early age, his father Chris being a rally driver. Haydon began his career competing in karting. He competed in his first rally in 2002, at the age of 15. In 2006 he began competing in the New Zealand Rally Championship in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII, winning both the Junior and Rookie titles. In 2007 he made his World Rally Championship debut competing in the Production World Rally Championship category at his home event in New Zealand as a wildcard entry, and then in the Team Jordan entry for Rally GB. In the New Zealand championship he retained his Junior title and came within a point of winning the championship outright. In 2008 he competed in a new Mitsubishi Evo IX, winning the New Zealand title. He also finished 13th overall and fourth in PWRC on his home round of the WRC. In 2009 he retained his New Zealand title, and also qualified for the Pirelli Star Driver Asia-Pacific final at the 2009 Rally Australia. Paddon was the fastest of the drivers on the opening day's stages, meaning he won the Pirelli Star Driver scholarship, giving him a fully funded programme for six events of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. Paddon's event got even better when he finished ninth overall, ahead of all of the PWRC regulars. Paddon also won a $50,000 International Rising Stars Scholarship run by Rally of New Zealand, giving him the additional funding needed to complete a full 2010 PWRC campaign in addition to the PSD events.[1]
In 2010, Paddon won the PWRC category of Rally New Zealand in his own Evo IX, finishing 14th overall. He then finished third and second in PWRC on Rally Finland and Rallye Deutschland in the Pirelli Star Driver Evo X.[2]
In 2011, Paddon will contest a full PWRC Season, consisting of 6 Rounds; Portugal, Argentina, Finland, Australia, Spain and GB. He will compete under his newly formed team New Zealand World Rally Team and in a surprising move, Paddon has switched to a Subaru for the 2011 Season, as he has usually run in a Mitsubishi. Paddon will drive a latest spec STR11 Subaru Impreza N4. It will be run by Belgian Team Symtech Racing.[3] He won the P-WRC in Rally Australia, thus becoming the 2011 P-WRC Champion.
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
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| 2007 | Paddon Direct Green Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII | MON | SWE | NOR | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | FIN | GER | NZL 49 |
NC | 0 | |||||
| Team Jordan | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | ESP | FRA | JPN | IRE | GBR Ret |
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| 2008 | Paddon Direct Green Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | JOR | ITA | GRE | TUR | FIN | GER | NZL 12 |
ESP | FRA | JPN | GBR | NC | 0 | |
| 2009 | Hayden Paddon | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | IRE | NOR | CYP | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | POL | FIN | AUS 9 |
ESP | GBR | NC | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | Pirelli Star Driver | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | SWE | MEX | JOR | TUR 26 |
POR 20 |
BUL | FIN 21 |
DEU 19 |
FRA 35 |
ESP | GBR 19 |
NC | 0 | |||||
| Hayden Paddon | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | NZL 14 |
JPN 12 |
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| 2011 | New Zealand World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | SWE | MEX | POR 11 |
JOR | ITA | ARG 9 |
GRE | FIN 19 |
DEU | AUS 6 |
FRA | ESP 34 |
18th | 10 | ||||
| Hayden Paddon | Subaru Impreza STi R4 | GBR 13 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | PWRC | Points |
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| 2007 | Paddon Direct Team Green | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | MON | SWE | ARG | GRE | NZL 17 |
JPN | IRE | NC | 0 | ||
| Team Jordan | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | GBR Ret |
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| 2008 | Paddon Direct Team Green | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE | ARG | GRE | TUR | FIN | NZL 4 |
JPN | GBR | 21st | 5 | |
| 2010 | Pirelli Star Driver | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE | MEX | JOR | NZL 1 |
JPN 2 |
3rd | 97 | ||||
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | FIN 3 |
DEU 2 |
FRA 7 |
GBR 3 |
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| 2011 | Hayden Paddon | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | SWE | POR 1 |
ARG 1 |
FIN 1 |
AUS 1 |
ESP 8 |
GBR | 1st | 104 |