Innes Ireland
Ecurie Ecosse UDT-Laystall Racing Team Aston Martin Maranello Concessionaires Alan Mann Racing Comstock Racing | |
Best finish | 6th (1964) |
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Class wins | 0 |
Lieutenant Robert McGregor Innes Ireland (12 June 1930 – 22 October 1993), was a British
Early life
Ireland was born 12 June 1930 in
Racing career
Ireland began racing a Riley 9 in 1954. His first year of nationally competitive events was 1957,[3] by which time he was running a small engineering firm in Surrey. Success in sports car racing saw him make his Formula One debut for Team Lotus in 1959. In 1960 he won three non-championship Formula One races and finished fourth in the World Drivers Championship. Badly injured in the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix, Ireland recovered to win the Solitude Grand Prix and Flugplatzrennen races, then finished the season with a victory in the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. He was sacked at the end of the season as team boss Colin Chapman considered Jim Clark a better bet.[4]
He was encouraged by
He worked as a
Writing
A talented writer, Ireland produced a classic
Personal life
On 30 October 1954 Ireland married Scarborough schoolteacher Norma Thomas. They had two daughters before divorcing in 1967. He then married Edna Humphries also in 1967. Ireland married his third wife Jean Mander (née Howarth), a former fashion model, on 11 June 1993 at Newbury register office. Jean had been engaged to Mike Hawthorn at the time of Hawthorn's death in 1959. Ireland also had a son who died in 1992.
Racing record
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | WDC | Pts. |
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1959 | Team Lotus | Lotus 16 | L4
|
MON | 500 | NED 4 |
FRA Ret |
GBR | GER Ret |
POR Ret |
ITA Ret |
USA 5 |
14th | 5 | |
1960 | Team Lotus | Lotus 18 | L4
|
ARG 6 |
MON 9 |
500 | NED 2 |
BEL Ret |
FRA 7 |
GBR 3 |
POR 6 |
ITA | USA 2 |
4th | 18 |
1961 | Team Lotus | Lotus 21 | L4
|
MON DNS |
NED | BEL Ret |
FRA 4 |
GBR 10 |
GER Ret |
USA 1 |
6th | 12 | |||
Lotus 18/21 | ITA Ret |
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1962 | UDT-Laystall Racing Team | Lotus 24 | Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 | NED Ret |
MON Ret |
BEL Ret |
FRA Ret |
GBR 16 |
GER | ITA Ret |
USA 8 |
RSA 5 |
16th | 2 | |
1963 | British Racing Partnership | Lotus 24 | BRM P56 1.5 V8 | MON Ret |
GER Ret |
9th | 6 | ||||||||
Mk1
|
BEL Ret |
NED 4 |
FRA 9 |
GBR Ret |
ITA 4 |
USA | MEX | RSA | |||||||
1964 | British Racing Partnership | Lotus 24 | BRM P56 1.5 V8 | MON DNS |
NED | 14th | 4 | ||||||||
Mk1
|
BEL 10 |
FRA Ret |
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Mk2
|
GBR 10 |
GER | AUT 5 |
ITA 5 |
USA Ret |
MEX 12 | |||||||||
1965 | Reg Parnell Racing | Lotus 25 | BRM P56 1.5 V8 | RSA | MON | BEL 13 |
FRA Ret |
GBR Ret |
NED 10 |
GER | NC | 0 | |||
Lotus 33 | ITA 9 |
USA Ret |
MEX DNS | ||||||||||||
1966 | Bernard White Racing | BRM P261 | BRM P60 1.9 V8 | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | USA Ret |
MEX Ret |
NC | 0 |
Non-championship Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
- ^1 The Parnell Lotus driven by Ireland in 1965 and 1966 was a written-off 25 rebuilt around a 33 monocoque.
Complete British Saloon Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Pts | Class |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1962 | Ford Motor Company | Ford Zodiac Mk 3
|
C | SNE
|
GOO | AIN | SIL ? |
CRY | AIN | BRH | OUL | 17th | 9 | 2nd |
1964 | McKechnie Racing | Ford Cortina Lotus
|
B | SNE
|
GOO | OUL | AIN | SIL 7 |
CRY | BRH | OUL | 27th | 2 | 11th |
Source:[5]
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24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | Team Lotus | John Whitmore | Lotus Elite Mk. 14 | S 2.0 | 0 | DNS | DNS |
1962 | UDT Laystall Racing Team | Masten Gregory | Ferrari 250 GTO | GT 3.0 | 165 | DNF | DNF |
1963 | David Brown Racing Dept. | Bruce McLaren | Aston Martin DP214 | GT +3.0 | 59 | DNF | DNF |
1964 | Maranello Concessionaires | Tony Maggs | Ferrari 250 GTO | GT 3.0 | 328 | 6th | 2nd |
1965 | Ford Advanced Vehicles | John Whitmore | Ford GT40 | GT 5.0 | 72 | DNF | DNF |
1966 | F.R. English Ltd. \ Comstock Racing | Jochen Rindt | Ford GT40 Mk I | S 5.0 | 8 | DNF | DNF |
NASCAR: Grand National
Daytona 500
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | Ray Fox | '66 Dodge Charger | 20 | 27 |
References
- ISBN 978-1-84584-748-7.
- ^ "Innes Ireland". Historic Racing. 22 October 2006.
- ^ "All Results of Innes Ireland". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Doug Nye (1978). Theme Lotus. Motor Racing Publications. p. 49.
- ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
External links
- An Innes Ireland fan site at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 October 2009)
- Information about Innes Ireland