Chris Irwin is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for BRM. Irwin has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 10 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,854 ranks Irwin 346th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1967-10-22 | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | DNF | −41 |
| 1967-10-01 | Watkins Glen International | DNF | −37 |
| 1967-09-10 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | DNF | −97 |
| 1967-08-27 | Mosport | DNF | −126 |
| 1967-08-06 | Nürburgring | P9 | +53 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +94 | LE MANS 1967 | Formula 1 | P5 |
| +82 | Brands Hatch 1966 | Formula 1 | P7 |
| +76 | Silverstone 1967 | Formula 1 | P7 |
| +63 | Zandvoort 1967 | Formula 1 | P7 |
| +53 | Nürburgring 1967 | Formula 1 | P9 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | P11 | −128 | 5,854 |
| 1966 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +4,632 | 5,982 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart | 6,669 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% |
| 🇬🇧 Jim Clark | 6,518 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% |
| 🇳🇿 Denny Hulme | 6,318 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | 6,163 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 6,130 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% |
| 🇬🇧 Mike Spence | 6,047 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Gurney | 5,945 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% |
| 🇦🇹 Jochen Rindt | 6,167 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% |
| 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren | 6,143 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% |
| 🇨🇭 Jo Siffert | 6,136 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% |
| 🇲🇽 Pedro RodríguezHigher-rated | 6,222 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 336 | 🇬🇧 Alan Brown | Formula 1 | 5,870 |
| 337 | 🇦🇺 Alan Jones | Formula 1 | 5,869 |
| 338 | 🇮🇹 Vincenzo Sospiri | IndyCar | 5,869 |
| 339 | 🇦🇷 Carlos Menditeguy | Formula 1 | 5,868 |
| 340 | 🇦🇷 Onofre Marimón | Formula 1 | 5,866 |
| 341 | 🇺🇸 Carroll Shelby | Formula 1 | 5,861 |
| 342 | 🇫🇷 Olivier Panis | FIA GT Championship | 5,859 |
| 343 | 🇯🇵 Bertrand Baguette | Super GT | 5,857 |
| 344 | 🇫🇷 Philippe Streiff | Formula 1 | 5,857 |
| 345 | 🇦🇷 Ricardo Zunino | Formula 1 | 5,855 |
| 346 | 🇬🇧 Chris Irwin | Formula 1 | 5,854 |
| 347 | 🇮🇹 Bruno Giacomelli | Formula 1 | 5,852 |
| 350 | 🇫🇷 Érik Comas | Formula 1 | 5,852 |
| 348 | 🇯🇵 Kazuki Hiramine | Super GT | 5,852 |
| 349 | 🇳🇱 Larry ten Voorde | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,852 |
| 351 | 🇬🇧 Gary Paffett | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,850 |
| 352 | 🇺🇸 Austin Dillon | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,847 |
| 353 | 🇪🇪 Juri Vips | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,845 |
| 354 | 🇬🇧 Emil Bernstorff | GP2 Series | 5,844 |
| 355 | 🇦🇺 Will Brown | Supercars Championship | 5,844 |
| 356 | 🇮🇹 Stefano Modena | Formula 1 | 5,842 |
Chris Irwin was a British Formula 1 driver who raced for BRM across two seasons in the mid-1960s. He competed in ten World Championship Grands Prix between 1966 and 1967, racing solo against a field that ranged from semi-professional entrants to elite professionals including multiple world champions.[1]
His Formula 1 career yielded two championship points, finishing eleventh in the 1967 season standings. Across his ten starts, Irwin regularly encountered Jim Clark, a two-time world champion with whom he was outpaced, and Jackie Stewart, a future three-time champion with whom he was closely matched. He finished ahead of established professionals including Pedro Rodríguez twice and Jo Siffert once, the kind of results that placed him at the middle tier of a grid dominated by the sport's strongest drivers.[2]