Paddon picks up Group N and Pirelli prize

Hayden Paddon (right, on car) celebrates winning the Pirelli Star Driver scholarship and the Group N section with his Geraldine-based Team Green. Photo by Allan Macdonald.

Chris Paddon received the best Father's Day present a dad could ask for yesterday when his son Hayden topped the Group N section of Rally Australia.

It was the jewel in the crown of a stellar weekend for the Geraldine-based Team Green, which saw its young driver earn the Pirelli Star Driver award, worth about $NZ1 million, on Friday.