As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
John Surtees · Innes Ireland
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
25
—
18
43 shared
Qualifying H2H
27
—
12
39 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings:
3 · 2
1960
P4
1961
P6
1962
P4
1963
P4
1964
P1
Teammate battle by season
1
3
1960
Career totals
John Surtees
Innes Ireland
Championships
1
0
Wins
6
1
Poles
8
0
Podiums
24
4
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
47
Starts
112
55
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees
Innes Ireland
Win rate
5.4%
1.8%
Podium rate
21.4%
7.3%
Pole rate
7.1%
0%
Points / start
1.6
0.9
Avg grid
P7.7
P10.2
Avg finish
P10.3
P12.1
Finish rate
50%
56.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees
Innes Ireland
Mechanical retirements
50
17
Crash retirements
5
6
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1960
Debut season
1959
1963 · aged 29
First win
1961 · aged 31
1960
First pole
—
1964 · aged 30
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.7
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
John Surtees
Innes Ireland
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | John Surtees | Innes Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · — Innes Ireland | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| John Surtees 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4 Innes Ireland | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 4 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| John Surtees 0 · 4 · P2 1 · 1 · P1 Innes Ireland | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| John Surtees 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P12 Innes Ireland | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| John Surtees 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P10 Innes Ireland | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| John Surtees 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 1 · P3 Innes Ireland | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| John Surtees 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P2 Innes Ireland | ||
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · — Innes Ireland | ||
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10 Innes Ireland | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P10 Innes Ireland | ||
| Prince George Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P5 Innes Ireland | ||
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2 Innes Ireland | ||
| Charade Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| John Surtees 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — Innes Ireland | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P9 Innes Ireland | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Innes Ireland | ||
| Circuito da Boavista | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6 Innes Ireland | ||
| Zeltweg | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| John Surtees 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 Innes Ireland | ||
Team history
John Surtees
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Innes Ireland
Team Lotus 1959–1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963BRP 1963Lotus-BRM 1964BRP 1964Lotus-BRM 1965BRM 1966
19591972
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).