Innes Ireland 602101 225613979 2008-07-14T15:45:22Z 93.80.235.22 {{Former F1 driver| Name = Innes Ireland | Nationality = {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom|British]] | Years = {{F1|1959}} - {{F1|1966}} | Team(s) = [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[British Racing Partnership|BRP]], [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] | Races = 53 (50 starts) | Championships = 0 | Wins = 1 | Podiums = 4 | Poles = 0 | Fastest laps = 1 | Points = 47 | First race = [[1959 Dutch Grand Prix]] | First win = [[1961 United States Grand Prix]] | Last win = [[1961 United States Grand Prix]] | Last race = [[1966 Mexican Grand Prix]] | }} {{Le Mans drivers | Years = {{24hLM|1958}}-{{24hLM|1959}}, {{24hLM|1962}}-{{24hLM|1966}} | Team(s) = [[Team Lotus]]<br>[[Ecurie Ecosse]]<br>[[British Racing Partnership|UDT-Laystall Racing Team]]<br>[[Aston Martin]]<br>[[Maranello Concessionaires]]<br>[[Alan Mann Racing]]<br>Comstock Racing | Best Finish = 6th <small>({{24hLM|1964}})</small> | Class Wins = 0 }} '''Robert McGregor Innes Ireland''' (b. [[12 June]] [[1930]] – d. [[22 October]] [[1993]]), was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Commissioned officer|military officer]], [[Engineering|engineer]], and [[motor racing]] driver. He was a larger-than-life character who, according to a rival team boss, ''"lived without sense, without an analyst and provoked astonishment and affection from everyone."''{{Fact|date=April 2007}} Ireland was born [[June 12]], [[1930]] in [[Mytholmroyd]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]], the son of a Scottish [[veterinary surgeon]]. His family returned to [[Kirkcudbright]], [[Dumfries and Galloway]], in [[Scotland]] during his youth, and he trained as an engineer with [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]], first in [[Glasgow]] and later in [[London]]. Commissioned as a [[lieutenant]] in the [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]], he served with the [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] in the [[Suez Canal]] Zone during 1953 and 1954. Ireland's first serious year of auto racing was 1957, 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 [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|World Drivers Championship]]. Badly injured in the 1961 [[Monaco Grand Prix]], Ireland recovered to win the [[Solituderennen|Solitude]] and [[Austrian Grand Prix]] races, then finished the season with a victory in the [[United States Grand Prix]] at [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]]. Ireland upset [[Lotus Cars]] boss [[Colin Chapman]] and the team sponsors by giving up his car to [[Stirling Moss]] of the rival [[Cooper Car Company|Rob Walker team]] at the 1961 [[Italian Grand Prix]]. This led to him being arbitrarily sacked at the end of the '61 season. Despite occasional successes, Ireland never again had a car to match his talent, and his last serious race was the [[Daytona 500]] in 1967. A talented writer, Ireland produced a classic [[autobiography]], ''[[All Arms and Elbows]]'' (ISBN 0-85184-050-7), and worked as a [[journalist]] for the [[United States|American]] [[Road & Track]] magazine, as well as [[Skipper (boating)|skipper]]ing [[ fishing trawler]]s in the [[North Atlantic]]. Towards the end of his life, he was elected president of the prestigious [[British Racing Drivers' Club]], which post he still held at the time of his death from [[cancer]] on [[October 22]], [[1993]], at [[Reading, Berkshire]], [[England]]. {{-}} ==Complete Formula One World Championship results== ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! WDC ! Pts. |- | {{F1|1959}} ! [[Team Lotus]] ! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 16|16]] ! [[Coventry Climax|Climax]] [[straight-4|L4]] | [[1959 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small></small> | [[1959 Indianapolis 500|500]]<br><small></small> |bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1959 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>4</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1959 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>Ret</small> | [[1959 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1959 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1959 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1959 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1959 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br><small>5</small> | ! 14th ! 5 |- | {{F1|1960}} ! [[Team Lotus]] ! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 18|18]] ! [[Coventry Climax|Climax]] [[straight-4|L4]] |bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1960 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br><small>6</small> |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1960 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>9</small> | [[1960 Indianapolis 500|500]]<br><small></small> |bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| [[1960 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>2</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| ''[[1960 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]''<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1960 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>7</small> |bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1960 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>3</small> |bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1960 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br><small>6</small> | [[1960 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small></small> |bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| [[1960 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br><small>2</small> ! 4th ! 18 |- |rowspan="2"| {{F1|1961}} !rowspan="2"| [[Team Lotus]] ! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 21|21]] ! [[Coventry Climax|Climax]] [[straight-4|L4]] |bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| [[1961 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>DNS</small> | [[1961 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small></small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1961 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1961 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>4</small> |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1961 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>10</small> |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1961 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>NC</small> | |bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| [[1961 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br><small>1</small> | | !rowspan="2"| 6th !rowspan="2"| 12 |- ! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 18|18/21]] ! [[Coventry Climax|Climax]] [[straight-4|L4]] | | | | | | |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1961 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>Ret</small> | | | |- | {{F1|1962}} ! [[British Racing Partnership|UDT-Laystall Racing Team]] ! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 24|24]] ! [[Coventry Climax|Climax]] [[V8 engine|V8]] |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1962 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1962 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1962 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1962 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1962 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>16</small> | [[1962 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small></small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1962 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1962 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br><small>8</small> |bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1962 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br><small>5</small> | ! 16th ! 2 |- |rowspan="2"| {{F1|1963}} !rowspan="2"| [[British Racing Partnership]] ! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 24|24]] ! [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] [[V8 engine|V8]] |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1963 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>Ret</small> | | | | |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1963 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>Ret</small> | | | | !rowspan="2"| 9th !rowspan="2"| 6 |- ! [[British Racing Partnership|BRP]] ! [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] [[V8 engine|V8]] | |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1963 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1963 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>4</small> |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1963 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>9</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1963 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>Ret</small> | |bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1963 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>4</small> | [[1963 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br><small></small> | [[1963 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br><small></small> | [[1963 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br><small></small> |- |rowspan="2"| {{F1|1964}} !rowspan="2"| [[British Racing Partnership]] ! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 24|24]] ! [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] [[V8 engine|V8]] |bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| [[1964 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>DNS</small> | [[1964 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small></small> | | | | | | | | !rowspan="2"| 14th !rowspan="2"| 4 |- ! [[British Racing Partnership|BRP]] ! [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] [[V8 engine|V8]] | | |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1964 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>10</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1964 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1964 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>10</small> | [[1964 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small></small> |bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1964 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br><small>5</small> |bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1964 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>5</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1964 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#CFCFFF "| [[1964 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br /><small>12</small> |- |rowspan="2"| {{F1|1965}} !rowspan="2"| [[Reg Parnell Racing]] ! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 25|25]] ! [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] [[V8 engine|V8]] | [[1965 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br><small></small> | [[1965 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small></small> |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1965 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>13</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1965 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1965 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1965 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>10</small> | [[1965 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small></small> | | | !rowspan="2"| - !rowspan="2"| 0 |- ! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 33|33]] ! [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] [[V8 engine|V8]] | | | | | | | |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1965 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>9</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1965 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| [[1965 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br /><small>DNS</small> |- | {{F1|1966}} ! Bernard White Racing ! [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] [[BRM P261|P261]] ! [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] [[V8 engine|V8]] | [[1966 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small></small> | [[1966 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small></small> | [[1966 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small></small> | [[1966 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small> | [[1966 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small></small> | [[1966 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small></small> | [[1966 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small></small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1966 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>Ret</small> |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1966 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br><small>Ret</small> | ! - ! 0 |} ==External links== *[http://www.geocities.com/tredelyn An Innes Ireland fan site] {{start box}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box|title=[[BRDC International Trophy|BRDC International Trophy winner]] |before=[[Jack Brabham]]|after=[[Stirling Moss]]|years=1960}} {{succession box|title=[[British Racing Drivers' Club|BRDC President]] |before= [[Gerald Lascelles]]||after=[[Alexander Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh|The Lord Hesketh]]|years=1992 - 1993}} {{end box}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ireland, Innes}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:1993 deaths]] [[Category:King's Own Scottish Borderers officers]] [[Category:British Parachute Regiment officers]] [[Category:Scottish engineers]] [[Category:Scottish Formula One drivers]] [[Category:Scottish racecar drivers]] [[Category:Scottish businesspeople]] [[Category:Scottish non-fiction writers]] [[Category:Scottish journalists]] [[Category:People from Dumfries and Galloway]] [[de:Innes Ireland]] [[es:Innes Ireland]] [[it:Innes Ireland]] [[hu:Innes Ireland]] [[sl:Innes Ireland]] [[fi:Innes Ireland]] [[sv:Innes Ireland]] [[ru:Айрленд, Иннес]]