As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Mike Spence · Chris Irwin
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
4
—
6
10 shared
Qualifying H2H
9
—
1
10 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P8
Best championship
P16
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 0
1967
P10
Teammate battle by season
4
4
1967
Career totals
Mike Spence
Chris Irwin
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
1
0
Podiums
1
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
27
2
Starts
36
10
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mike Spence
Chris Irwin
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
2.8%
0%
Pole rate
2.8%
0%
Points / start
0.8
0.2
Avg grid
P9.9
P13.3
Avg finish
P9.8
P11.1
Finish rate
55.6%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Mike Spence
Chris Irwin
Mechanical retirements
15
4
Crash retirements
1
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1963
Debut season
1966
—
First win
—
1964
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P3
Best finish
P5
+0.1
Avg places gained
+2.2
Season points trajectory
Mike Spence
Chris Irwin
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Mike Spence | Chris Irwin |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mike Spence 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — Chris Irwin | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · — Chris Irwin | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P9 Chris Irwin | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Chris Irwin | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · — Chris Irwin | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P7 Chris Irwin | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P7 Chris Irwin | ||
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P7 Chris Irwin | ||
| Le Mans | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 Chris Irwin | ||
| Mosport International Raceway | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mike Spence 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · — Chris Irwin | ||
Team history
Mike Spence
Chris Irwin
19631968
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).