As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Olivier Gendebien · Innes Ireland
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
5
—
6
11 shared
Qualifying H2H
4
—
5
9 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P6
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 3
1959
P14
1960
P4
1961
P6
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1961
Career totals
Olivier Gendebien
Innes Ireland
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
2
4
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
18
47
Starts
16
55
Rate-adjusted · per start
Olivier Gendebien
Innes Ireland
Win rate
0%
1.8%
Podium rate
12.5%
7.3%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.1
0.9
Avg grid
P8.6
P10.2
Avg finish
P11.3
P12.1
Finish rate
81.2%
56.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Olivier Gendebien
Innes Ireland
Mechanical retirements
2
17
Crash retirements
1
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1956
Debut season
1959
—
First win
1961 · aged 31
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
Olivier Gendebien
Innes Ireland
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Olivier Gendebien | Innes Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Olivier Gendebien 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 1 · P1 Innes Ireland | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Olivier Gendebien 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10 Innes Ireland | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Olivier Gendebien 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4 Innes Ireland | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Olivier Gendebien 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P3 Innes Ireland | ||
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Olivier Gendebien 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P2 Innes Ireland | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Olivier Gendebien 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P4 Innes Ireland | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Olivier Gendebien 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10 Innes Ireland | ||
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Olivier Gendebien 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P6 Innes Ireland | ||
| Circuito da Boavista | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Olivier Gendebien 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P6 Innes Ireland | ||
Team history
Olivier Gendebien
Innes Ireland
Team Lotus 1959–1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963BRP 1963Lotus-BRM 1964BRP 1964Lotus-BRM 1965BRM 1966
19561966
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).