Chris Amon

New Zealander · 1963–1976
VS

Innes Ireland

British · 1959–1966
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
2
0
Qualifyingahead
1
0
Chris Amon · Innes Ireland
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
8 7
15 shared
Qualifying H2H
3 9
12 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P5
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 1
1964 P14
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1963
1
0
1965
Career totals
Chris Amon Innes Ireland
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
5
0
Podiums
11
4
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
83
47
Starts
102
55
Rate-adjusted · per start
Chris Amon Innes Ireland
Win rate
0%
1.8%
Podium rate
10.8%
7.3%
Pole rate
4.9%
0%
Points / start
0.8
0.9
Avg grid
P9.0
P10.2
Avg finish
P11.6
P12.1
Finish rate
55.9%
56.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Chris Amon Innes Ireland
Mechanical retirements
36
17
Crash retirements
7
6
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 2 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1963
Debut season
1959
First win
1961 · aged 31
1968
First pole
First title
P2
Best finish
P1
-2.3
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974
Chris Amon Innes Ireland
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Chris Amon Innes Ireland
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 1 · P1
Chris Amon 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 1 · P1 Innes Ireland
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Chris Amon 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2 Innes Ireland
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P10
Chris Amon 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P10 Innes Ireland
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Chris Amon 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3 Innes Ireland
Charade Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Chris Amon 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · — Innes Ireland
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P9
Chris Amon 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P9 Innes Ireland
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Chris Amon 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — Innes Ireland
Brands Hatch 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P10
Chris Amon 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P10 Innes Ireland
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P4
Chris Amon 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P4 Innes Ireland
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P12
Chris Amon 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P12 Innes Ireland
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P4
Chris Amon 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P4 Innes Ireland
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · —
Chris Amon 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · — Innes Ireland
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Chris Amon 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6 Innes Ireland
Zeltweg 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Chris Amon 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 Innes Ireland
Team history
Chris Amon
FER
Lola 1963Lotus-BRM 1963Lotus-Climax 1964Lotus-BRM 1964–1965Cooper-Maserati 1966Ferrari 1967–1969March 1970Matra 1971–1972Tyrrell 1973Tecno 1973BRM 1974Amon 1974Ensign 1975–1976Wolf 1976
Innes Ireland
Team Lotus 1959–1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963BRP 1963Lotus-BRM 1964BRP 1964Lotus-BRM 1965BRM 1966
19591976
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).