{"id":27703,"date":"2020-12-05T16:52:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T16:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/paddy-hopkirk\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T17:42:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:42:13","slug":"paddy-hopkirk","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/paddy-hopkirk\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Hopkirk"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"10745-9a-10_0\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/10745-9a-10_0-200x200.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                        <p class=\"hero__text\">Indelibly linked to the Monte Carlo Rally after his 1964 victory in a Mini Cooper, Paddy Hopkirk also won his class at Le Mans and was president of the British Racing Drivers&#8217; 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He enjoyed a lifelong career in the motor aftermarket and was named President of the British Racing Drivers\u2019 Club in 2017.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Education and early career<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Hopkirk was born in Belfast in 1933 and completed his education at Trinity College, Dublin. He began his competition career with an Austin Seven but had swapped to a Volkswagen Beetle by the time he won the Irish Rally Championship in 1955. That helped attract the attention of Standard Triumph competition boss Ken Richardson and Hopkirk drove a Standard 10 on the following year\u2019s RAC Rally.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Works driver with Standard and Rootes<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>He broke down in Yorkshire but had done well enough to be offered an extended programme in 1957 which included finishing third in the Tulip Rally. He won the 1958 Circuit of Ireland with a Triumph TR3 in his final season with the team.<\/p>\n<p>The next four years were spent driving a Rootes Rapier during which time he repeated his Circuit of Ireland success and finished third in the Monte Carlo Rally in both 1961 and 1962.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Monte Carlo Rally success with a BMC Mini<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>It was with a Mini Cooper S that Hopkirk is most associated. He joined the Stuart Turner-managed BMC team in 1963 and won that year\u2019s Tour de France Automobile on handicap and was second on the Tulip Rally. He also won his class in the Le Mans 24 Hours, a race he started six times, when sharing an MG B with Alan Hutcheson.<\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full bio<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"c-content-article content-article content-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"content-article__grid\">\n            <div class=\"content-article__article\">\n                <h2 class=\"title sanomat\">From the archive<\/h2>\n                                                                            \t\t\n\t\n\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/archive\/article\/march-2009\/74\/lunch-paddy-hopkirk\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped article-item__image--featured\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__issue\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hop9-495x660.jpg 495w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hop9-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, (max-width: 400px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"260\" width=\"195\" alt=\"Lunch with&#8230; Paddy Hopkirk\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hop9-195x260.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hop9-495x660.jpg 495w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hop9-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, (max-width: 400px) 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\" data-cf-ignore>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__recommended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Great Read\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/themes\/motor-sport-magazine\/public\/dist\/svgs\/great-read-icon.svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Great Read<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Archive<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLunch with&#8230; Paddy Hopkirk\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\" data-cf-ignore>\n\t\t\t\t<p>In the UK at least, the frenzy surrounding Lewis Hamilton\u2019s World Championship win last November spread far beyond Formula 1\u2019s normal audience, and for a few days his name was&hellip;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-item__date\">March 2009\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIssue<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSimon Taylor<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"content-article__content user-content\">\n                <p>There was further success in 1964 with victory in the Monte Carlo Rally spreading his fame to a wider audience. Class winner in the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps that year, he scored his fourth victory in the Circuit of Ireland in 1965. 1966 included disqualifications from the Monte Carlo and Acropolis Rallies, having won on the road in Greece.<\/p>\n<p>He enjoyed a superb 1967 despite the Mini Cooper S now showing its age. That included a fifth success in the Circuit of Ireland and victories in the Coupe des Alpes and Acropolis Rally, Hopkirk allowed to keep that Greek victory that year. He was second on the following year\u2019s London-Sydney marathon.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Life after rallying<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>He was named a Member of the British Empire in 2016 and succeeded Derek Warwick as President of the BRDC in October 2017, remaining in the role until handing over to David Coulthard in September 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Hopkirk died peacefully on July 21, 2022 at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"championship-seasons\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-seasons-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"non-championship-races\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header 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