Innes Ireland

British · 1959–1966
VS

Jim Clark

British · 1960–1968
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
9
12
Qualifyingahead
8
12
Innes Ireland · Jim Clark
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
14 33
47 shared
Qualifying H2H
9 33
42 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
2
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
5
P4
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 3
1960 P4 1961 P6 1962 P2 1963 P1 1964 P3
Teammate battle by season
3
3
1960
3
4
1961
3
5
1962
Career totals
Innes Ireland Jim Clark
Championships
0
2
Wins
1
25
Poles
0
33
Podiums
4
32
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
47
274
Starts
55
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Innes Ireland Jim Clark
Win rate
1.8%
34.7%
Podium rate
7.3%
44.4%
Pole rate
0%
45.8%
Points / start
0.9
3.8
Avg grid
P10.2
P3.6
Avg finish
P12.1
P7.1
Finish rate
56.4%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Innes Ireland Jim Clark
Mechanical retirements
17
21
Crash retirements
6
2
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: 1 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1959
Debut season
1960
1961 · aged 31
First win
1962 · aged 26
First pole
1962
First title
1963 · aged 27
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-3.5
Season points trajectory
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967
Innes Ireland Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Innes Ireland Jim Clark
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P2 4 · 6 · P1
Watkins Glen 1 · 1 · P1 3 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P10 4 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 3 · 3 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P12 2 · 2 · P1
Prince George Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 2 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 2 · P1
Aintree 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 1 · P1
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 1 · P1
Charade Circuit 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Circuito da Boavista 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3
Riverside International Raceway 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P16
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P4
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Zeltweg 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Innes Ireland
TEA
LOT
Team Lotus 1959–1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963BRP 1963Lotus-BRM 1964BRP 1964Lotus-BRM 1965BRM 1966
Jim Clark
LOT
LOT
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19591968
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).