As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Innes Ireland · Wolfgang Seidel
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
6
—
1
7 shared
Qualifying H2H
5
—
0
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P4
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
4
1
1961
Career totals
Innes Ireland
Wolfgang Seidel
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
4
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
47
0
Starts
55
12
Rate-adjusted · per start
Innes Ireland
Wolfgang Seidel
Win rate
1.8%
0%
Podium rate
7.3%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.9
0.0
Avg grid
P10.2
P21.0
Avg finish
P12.1
P19.4
Finish rate
56.4%
41.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Innes Ireland
Wolfgang Seidel
Mechanical retirements
17
4
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 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1959
Debut season
1953
1961 · aged 31
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P9
-1.1
Avg places gained
+2.7
Season points trajectory
Innes Ireland
Wolfgang Seidel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Innes Ireland | Wolfgang Seidel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Innes Ireland 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · — Wolfgang Seidel | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Innes Ireland 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · — Wolfgang Seidel | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Innes Ireland 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P9 Wolfgang Seidel | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Innes Ireland 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · — Wolfgang Seidel | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| Innes Ireland 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P16 Wolfgang Seidel | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| Innes Ireland 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P17 Wolfgang Seidel | ||
Team history
Innes Ireland
Team Lotus 1959–1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963BRP 1963Lotus-BRM 1964BRP 1964Lotus-BRM 1965BRM 1966
Wolfgang Seidel
19531966
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).