As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Innes Ireland · Stirling Moss
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
10
—
9
19 shared
Qualifying H2H
1
—
17
18 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
4
0
Top-3 finishes
7
P4
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 3
1959
P3
1960
P3
1961
P3
Teammate battle by season
3
2
1960
3
4
1961
Career totals
Innes Ireland
Stirling Moss
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
15
Poles
0
17
Podiums
4
21
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
47
176.64
Starts
55
67
Rate-adjusted · per start
Innes Ireland
Stirling Moss
Win rate
1.8%
22.4%
Podium rate
7.3%
31.3%
Pole rate
0%
25.4%
Points / start
0.9
2.6
Avg grid
P10.2
P4.7
Avg finish
P12.1
P9.4
Finish rate
56.4%
53.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Innes Ireland
Stirling Moss
Mechanical retirements
17
30
Crash retirements
6
1
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
1951
1961 · aged 31
First win
1955 · aged 25
—
First pole
1952
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-4.7
Season points trajectory
Innes Ireland
Stirling Moss
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Innes Ireland | Stirling Moss |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Aintree | 0 · 0 · P10 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuito da Boavista | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Monsanto Park Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| AVUS | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Sebring International Raceway | 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
Stirling Moss
HWM 1951ERA 1952HWM 1952Connaught 1952Cooper 1953Connaught 1953Maserati 1954Mercedes 1955Maserati 1956–1957Vanwall 1957Cooper 1958Vanwall 1958BRM 1959Cooper-Climax 1959Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1960Lotus-Climax 1961
19511966
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).