Innes Ireland vs Jack Brabham, 1962

Teammates at Lotus-Climax — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 1962 season, Innes Ireland and Jack Brabham were teammates at Lotus-Climax, competing in 7 races together. Brabham outqualified Ireland 5 times and finished ahead of him in 3 out of 3 classified races. Ireland scored 2 championship points, while Brabham earned 9 points, with neither driver achieving a race win or podium finish.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
25Qualifyingof 7 compared
03Race finishesof 3 compared

Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.

1962 season
7
Races together
7
2
Points
9
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
0
P5
Best finish
P4
6.9
Average grid
8.8
9.7
Average finish
5.4
5
Did not finish
3
Other seasons together:1966196519641963196119601959