Olivier Gendebien

Belgian · 1956–1961
VS

Innes Ireland

British · 1959–1966
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
0
1
Qualifyingahead
0
1
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
1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966
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
FER
Ferrari 1956Ferrari 1958–1959Cooper-Climax 1960Ferrari 1961Emeryson 1961Lotus-Climax 1961
Innes Ireland
TEA
LOT
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).