Hap Sharp
American · 1961–1964
VS

Innes Ireland
British · 1959–1966
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
2
0
Qualifyingahead
0
0
Hap Sharp · Innes Ireland
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3 — 3
6 shared
Qualifying H2H
1 — 3
4 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
—
Best championship
P4
Teammate battle by season
2
0
1963
Career totals
Hap Sharp Innes Ireland
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
4
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
47
Starts
6
55
Rate-adjusted · per start
Hap Sharp Innes Ireland
Win rate
0%
1.8%
Podium rate
0%
7.3%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.0
0.9
Avg grid
P17.2
P10.2
Avg finish
P11.7
P12.1
Finish rate
66.7%
56.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Hap Sharp Innes Ireland
Mechanical retirements
0
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: 2 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1961
Debut season
1959
—
First win
1961 · aged 31
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P7
Best finish
P1
+5.5
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
Hap Sharp Innes Ireland
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Hap Sharp Innes Ireland
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 1 · P1
Hap Sharp 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 1 · P1 Innes Ireland
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P12
Hap Sharp 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P12 Innes Ireland
Team history
Hap Sharp
COO
LOT
BRA
Cooper-Climax 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963Brabham-BRM 1964
Innes Ireland
TEA
LOT
LOT
BRP
LOT
BRP
LOT
BRM
Team Lotus 1959–1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963BRP 1963Lotus-BRM 1964BRP 1964Lotus-BRM 1965BRM 1966
19591966
Hap Sharp → Innes Ireland → Compare others
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).