21 Aug 2019

What drives Hayden Paddon?

From Nine To Noon, 10:14 am on 21 August 2019

Hayden Paddon is the country's most successful rally driver.

As a young boy growing up in Geraldine, he set his sights on driving in the World Rally Championship.

Through 20 years of hard work and skill, he made it there in 2016 - winning the Rally Argentina for Hyundai.

But along with the highs, there have been some lows, including an accident which killed a spectator while driving the rally of Monte Carlo.

Last year, he was dropped from the Hyundai Motorsport team, and the chance of a one-off drive for M-Sport Ford in Rally Finland in July this year ended in heartbreak after a high speed crash during practice.

Hayden Paddon's just published a book called Driven and shares his story with Kathryn Ryan.