As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Willy Mairesse · Innes Ireland
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
6
—
5
11 shared
Qualifying H2H
3
—
8
11 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P14
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 1
1960
P4
1962
P14
Teammate battle by season
0
2
1961
Career totals
Willy Mairesse
Innes Ireland
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
4
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
7
47
Starts
12
55
Rate-adjusted · per start
Willy Mairesse
Innes Ireland
Win rate
0%
1.8%
Podium rate
8.3%
7.3%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.6
0.9
Avg grid
P9.7
P10.2
Avg finish
P13.1
P12.1
Finish rate
25%
56.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Willy Mairesse
Innes Ireland
Mechanical retirements
6
17
Crash retirements
3
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
1960
Debut season
1959
—
First win
1961 · aged 31
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P3
Best finish
P1
-3.4
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
Willy Mairesse
Innes Ireland
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Willy Mairesse | Innes Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Willy Mairesse 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4 Innes Ireland | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Willy Mairesse 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10 Innes Ireland | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Willy Mairesse 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P9 Innes Ireland | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Willy Mairesse 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Innes Ireland | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Willy Mairesse 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Innes Ireland | ||
Team history
Willy Mairesse
Innes Ireland
Team Lotus 1959–1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963BRP 1963Lotus-BRM 1964BRP 1964Lotus-BRM 1965BRM 1966
19591966
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).