Hayden Paddon

Hayden Paddon

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Professional Rally Driver - New Zealand
- WRC winner - ERC Champion - 7x NZ Champion

22/06/2026

Great to be back in Belgium for Rally Ypres week! Today we got some miles behind the wheel of the Hyundai i20N Rally2 car, and for Kris and I to work together for the first time. This is Kris D’alleine 20th time doing this rally, so has alot of experience, now we both just need to learn a bit of Flemish and Kiwi language together 😂

21/06/2026

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18/06/2026

It’s amazing what you find in sheds in the middle of no where!

Be a WRC Rally driver for a week - Rally Japan UNCUT 11/06/2026

Go behind the scenes with us at Rally Japan with this uncut version of how our rally week played out. Enjoy!

Be a WRC Rally driver for a week - Rally Japan UNCUT Follow Hayden Paddon, John Kennard and Hyundai Motorsport as they t...

Photos from Paddon Racing Group's post 09/06/2026
Freightliner Cascadia 6x4 2021 | Trade Me Motors 07/06/2026

Freightliner Cascadia 6x4 2021 | Trade Me Motors Very tidy Freightliner Cascadia. Now with 1,100,000k, has done light work throughout its life. We purchased for 90k 18 months ago, and have done 20k with it. Se...

Photos from Hayden Paddon's post 02/06/2026

Come across my rally heaven today in a shed in Japan. A genuine Possum, Colin and Carlos car all in place 😍

Photos from Hayden Paddon's post 02/06/2026

Looking forward to getting back to NZ to start our NZ program with Wyndham Rally next month with the Hyundai NZ Rally2.

A big part of our NZ program is our partnership with Caltex. What started with Z Energy in 2012, is our longest standing partnership, and now along with the Caltex distributors, humbled to be working with such a great group of people, and high quality products. Now we are also using Caltex Havoline lubricants in all our cars, trucks and support vehicles to not only aid performance, but also reliability.

Caltex NZ

Photos from Hayden Paddon's post 01/06/2026
Photos from Hayden Paddon's post 31/05/2026

Job done and P7 here in Japan.

Last 2 days have been positive and have enjoyed driving the Hyundai Rally1 on tarmac for the last time in the Rally1 era. For what were new stages for us and still learning every time we drive the car, we’re happy with our pace compared to Thierry and Adrian.

It’s been 3 tough and enjoyable WRC events this year which I’m very thankful to the team for. Very much appreciate the opportunity and making us feel so welcome. Big thanks also to John and our gravel crew Teemu and Jack for their efforts.

Hyundai Motorsport WRC

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