As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
David Piper · Innes Ireland
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
0
—
2
2 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
2
2 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
—
Best championship
P4
Teammate battle by season
0
2
1960
Career totals
David Piper
Innes Ireland
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
4
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
47
Starts
3
55
Rate-adjusted · per start
David Piper
Innes Ireland
Win rate
0%
1.8%
Podium rate
0%
7.3%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.0
0.9
Avg grid
P22.3
P10.2
Avg finish
P18.3
P12.1
Finish rate
66.7%
56.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
David Piper
Innes Ireland
Mechanical retirements
1
17
Crash retirements
0
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1959
Debut season
1959
—
First win
1961 · aged 31
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P12
Best finish
P1
+4.0
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
David Piper
Innes Ireland
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | David Piper | Innes Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| David Piper 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3 Innes Ireland | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| David Piper 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Innes Ireland | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| David Piper 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10 Innes Ireland | ||
Team history
David Piper
Team Lotus 1959–1960
Innes Ireland
Team Lotus 1959–1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963BRP 1963Lotus-BRM 1964BRP 1964Lotus-BRM 1965BRM 1966
19591966
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).