As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Innes Ireland · Willy Mairesse
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
5
—
6
11 shared
Qualifying H2H
8
—
3
11 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P4
Best championship
P14
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 1
1960
P4
1962
P14
Teammate battle by season
2
0
1961
Career totals
Innes Ireland
Willy Mairesse
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
4
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
47
7
Starts
55
12
Rate-adjusted · per start
Innes Ireland
Willy Mairesse
Win rate
1.8%
0%
Podium rate
7.3%
8.3%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.9
0.6
Avg grid
P10.2
P9.7
Avg finish
P12.1
P13.1
Finish rate
56.4%
25%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Innes Ireland
Willy Mairesse
Mechanical retirements
17
6
Crash retirements
6
3
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
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P3
-1.1
Avg places gained
-3.4
Season points trajectory
Innes Ireland
Willy Mairesse
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Innes Ireland | Willy Mairesse |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Innes Ireland 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3 Willy Mairesse | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Innes Ireland 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · — Willy Mairesse | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Innes Ireland 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P7 Willy Mairesse | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Innes Ireland 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · — Willy Mairesse | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Innes Ireland 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Willy Mairesse | ||
Team history
Innes Ireland
Team Lotus 1959–1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963BRP 1963Lotus-BRM 1964BRP 1964Lotus-BRM 1965BRM 1966
Willy Mairesse
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).