Innes Ireland vs Jim Clark, 1961
Teammates at Lotus-Climax — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1961 season, Innes Ireland and Jim Clark were teammates at Lotus-Climax, competing in 7 races together. They compared in 6 races, where Ireland outqualified Clark 2 times, while Clark outqualified Ireland 4 times. Both drivers finished ahead of each other once, with Ireland winning 1 Grand Prix and Clark achieving 2 podium finishes. Ireland scored 12 championship points compared to Clark's 11.
Written automatically from the figures below.
Qualifying2–4of 6 compared
Race finishes1–1of 2 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.