As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
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
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
Team Lotus 1959–1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963BRP 1963Lotus-BRM 1964BRP 1964Lotus-BRM 1965BRM 1966
Jim Clark
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).