Innes Ireland vs Maurice Trintignant, 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 Maurice Trintignant were teammates at Lotus-Climax, competing in 7 races together. Ireland outqualified Trintignant 4 times and earned 2 championship points, while Trintignant finished with 0 points. Both drivers did not finish ahead of each other in any race, and their best finishes were 5th for Ireland and 7th for Trintignant, with an average grid position of 6.9 for Ireland compared to 14.2 for Trintignant.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.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.