A bad driver gained recognition (7)
I believe the answer is:
arrived
'gained recognition' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'a bad driver' is the wordplay.
'bad' indicates anagramming the letters.
'driver' with letters rearranged gives 'rrived'.
'a'+'rrived'='ARRIVED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arrived that I've seen before include "completed the journey" , "Came" , "A driver (anag.)" , "Reached a destination" .)