As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Innes Ireland · Roger Penske
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
2
—
0
2 shared
Qualifying H2H
1
—
1
2 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P4
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1962
Career totals
Innes Ireland
Roger Penske
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
4
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
47
0
Starts
55
2
Rate-adjusted · per start
Innes Ireland
Roger Penske
Win rate
1.8%
0%
Podium rate
7.3%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.9
0.0
Avg grid
P10.2
P14.5
Avg finish
P12.1
P8.5
Finish rate
56.4%
100%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Innes Ireland
Roger Penske
Mechanical retirements
17
0
Crash retirements
6
0
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
1961
1961 · aged 31
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P8
-1.1
Avg places gained
+6.0
Season points trajectory
Innes Ireland
Roger Penske
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Innes Ireland | Roger Penske |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Watkins Glen | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Innes Ireland 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P8 Roger Penske | ||
Team history
Innes Ireland
Team Lotus 1959–1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963BRP 1963Lotus-BRM 1964BRP 1964Lotus-BRM 1965BRM 1966
Roger Penske
Cooper-Climax 1961Lotus-Climax 1962
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).