Innes Ireland vs Wolfgang Seidel, 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 Wolfgang Seidel were teammates at Lotus-Climax, competing in 5 races together. Innes outqualified Wolfgang 3 times and finished ahead of him once, while Wolfgang did not finish ahead in any race. Innes scored 12 championship points, won 1 Grand Prix, and achieved 1 podium finish, while Wolfgang scored 0 points, did not win any races, and did not finish on the podium. They had 3 races where their starting grids were compared and 1 race where they were both classified.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
30Qualifyingof 3 compared
10Race finishesof 1 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.

1961 season
5
Races together
5
12
Points
0
1
Wins
0
1
Podiums
0
P1
Best finish
P17
9.7
Average grid
24.3
5.0
Average finish
17.0
4
Did not finish
4
Other seasons together:19621960