{"id":27975,"date":"2020-12-05T17:28:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T17:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jacky-ickx\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T01:19:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T01:19:18","slug":"jacky-ickx","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jacky-ickx\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacky Ickx"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"ickx_jacky\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/ickx_jacky-200x200.jpg\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                        <p class=\"hero__text\">Jacky Ickx entered F1 as a world champion in waiting but instead founded his legendary reputation racing at Le Mans  <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"27975\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-biography\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p class=\"p1\">Jacques Ickx was an influential journalist who wrote <i>Free Men are Free to Risk Their Lives<\/i> in defence of motor sport when the Pope and others were calling for it to be banned. But the Ickx name is now better known for his son \u2013 six-time Le Mans winner Jacky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Early racing career<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Apparently bored by a first visit to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1960-belgian-grand-prix\/\">Belgian GP<\/a>, the young Ickx started racing motorcycles in 1960 with some promise. Having served his national service in the Belgian Army, he switched to saloon cars with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/lotus\/\">Lotus<\/a> Cortina. He then drove Alan Mann\u2019s Ford Mustang to win the over-1600cc class of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1965-european-touring-car-championship\/\">1965 European Touring Car Championship<\/a>. A switch to a works <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/bmw\/\">BMW<\/a> 2000Ti for the following year\u2019s Spa 24 Hours delivered victory in his national race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He also drove Ken Tyrrell\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/matra\">Matra<\/a> in Formula 3 and F2 during 1966. Second at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/circuits\/zandvoort\/\">Zandvoort<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/circuits\/zolder\/\">Zolder<\/a> in F3, he impressed in qualifying for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1966-german-grand-prix\/\">German Grand Prix<\/a> when 8.4 seconds quicker than any other Formula 2 car. He remained in F2 with Tyrrell and Matra in 1967 and won the inaugural European Championship after winning twice.<\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full bio<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"c-content-article content-article content-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"content-article__grid\">\n            <div class=\"content-article__article\">\n                <h2 class=\"title sanomat\">Related article<\/h2>\n                                    <div\n                        data-behaviour=\"tag-automation\"\n                        data-automation-type=\"related-article\"\n                        data-tags=\"[&quot;Jacky Ickx&quot;]\"\n                        data-current-post=\"27975\"><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"content-article__content user-content\">\n                <p class=\"p1\">Better still, he was quicker in practice for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1967-german-grand-prix\/\">German GP<\/a> than all bar two Formula 1 stars and his F2 Matra MS7-Cosworth was running fourth when the suspension failed. Victory in that year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1967-spa-1000kms\/\">Spa 1000Kms<\/a> with John Wyer\u2019s Gulf Mirage Mk1-Ford was a glimpse of his future and he would also finish sixth in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1967-italian-grand-prix\/\">Italian GP<\/a> with a works Cooper T81B-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/maserati\/\">Maserati<\/a> in what was his first outing in an F1 car.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135631 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-660x371.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-658x370.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-1968-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Formula 1 with Ferrari and Brabham delivers victory<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The 22 year old was the man of the moment and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/ferrari\/\">Ferrari<\/a> was quick to sign him. Ickx responded with a fine breakthrough victory in the wet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1968-french-grand-prix\/\">1968 French GP<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/circuits\/paris-rouen\/\">Rouen<\/a> in one of six consecutive top-four finishes. On pole for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1968-german-grand-prix\/\">German GP<\/a>, he also won three sports car races in Wyer\u2019s Gulf Ford GT40 before a broken leg while practising in Canada ended his slim world championship hopes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1968-f1-world-championship\/\">Ickx eventually finished fourth in the F1 standings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A conflict between oil sponsors in F1 and sports cars forced a 1969 move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/brabham\/\">Brabham<\/a> in F1 and he won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1969-german-grand-prix\/\">German<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1969-canadian-grand-prix\/\">Canadian GPs<\/a>. Ickx raced eventual champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jackie-stewart\/\">Jackie Stewart<\/a> wheel-to-wheel on both occasions and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1969-f1-world-championship\/\">finished runner-up in the world championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Le Mans winner for the first time<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Le Mans 24 Hours would become integral to the Ickx story and he won for the first time in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1969-le-mans-24-hours\/\">epic 1969 event<\/a>. The GT40 he shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jackie-oliver\/\">Jackie Oliver<\/a> was outpaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/porsche\/\">Porsche<\/a>\u2019s new 917 but Ickx was on top form and defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/hans-herrmann\/\">Hans Herrmann<\/a>\u2019s last remaining works Porsche by 100 yards after two frantic final hours. However, driving home after the race, Ickx crashed his Porsche Targa into a telegraph pole when he swerved to avoid an oncoming car that had strayed onto his side of the road. He escaped with bruising and shock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Challenging for the world title with Ferrari<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ickx returned to Ferrari for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1970-f1-world-championship\/\">1970<\/a> but suffered a fiery accident on the opening lap at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1970-spanish-grand-prix\/\">J\u00e1rama<\/a>. Jackie Oliver crashed into him and their wrecked cars were engulfed in a fireball with Ickx suffering burns. Ickx did not miss a race and eventually emerged as the closest challenger for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jochen-rindt\/\">Jochen Rindt<\/a> and the new Lotus 72. They fought a classic duel at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1970-german-grand-prix\/\">Hockenheim<\/a> but it was Rindt who prevailed. However, the Austrian was killed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1970-italian-grand-prix\/\">Monza<\/a> and was finally declared as the posthumous world champion with Ickx runner-up once more.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135632 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-660x371.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-658x370.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Ickx-Ferrari-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">That was as close as Ickx would come to winning the F1 crown and he was fourth for the next two seasons. He left Ferrari during a disappointing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1973-f1-world-championship\/\">1973 campaign<\/a> but victory in the non-championship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1974-race-of-champions\/\">Race of Champions<\/a> a year later was the highlight of two frustrating seasons with Lotus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ickx won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1975-le-mans-24-hours\/\">1975 Le Mans 24<\/a> Hours with a Gulf Mirage GR8-Ford and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/derek-bell\/\">Derek Bell<\/a>. He continued as an occasional F1 driver until 1979 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/williams\/\">Williams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/wolf-racing\">Wolf<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/ensign-racing\/\">Ensign<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/ligier\/\">Ligier<\/a> and won that year\u2019s Can-Am title driving Carl Haas\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/lola\/\">Lola<\/a> T333CS-Chevrolet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Le Mans legend with Porsche<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It was while leading Porsche\u2019s sports car team that he secured his legendary status. He joined the Stuttgart marque in 1976 and won four of his first five races prior to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1976-le-mans-24-hours\/\">Le Mans 24 Hours<\/a>. He then shared the winning Porsche 936 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/gijs-van-lennep\/\">Gijs van Lennep<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/circuits\/le-mans-circuit-de-la-sarthe\/\">Circuit de la Sarthe<\/a> and repeated that success <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1977-le-mans-24-hours\/\">a year later<\/a>, now with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/hurley-haywood\/\">Hurley Haywood<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jurgen-barth\/\">J\u00fcrgen Barth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Second in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1978-le-mans-24-hours\/\">1978<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1980-le-mans-24-hours\/\">1980<\/a>, he won the race for a fifth time when reunited with Bell in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1981-le-mans-24-hours\/\">1981<\/a>. The Porsche 956 was introduced in 1982 and another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1982-le-mans-24-hours\/\">Ickx\/Bell Le Mans victory<\/a> was its first success in the WSC in a 1-2-3 for the team. Ickx and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jochen-mass\/\">Jochen Mass<\/a> won at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/circuits\/spa-francorchamps\/\">Spa-Francorchamps<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/circuits\/fuji\/\">Fuji<\/a> and the drivers\u2019 championship came to a climax at a very wet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/circuits\/brands-hatch\/\">Brands Hatch<\/a> with Ickx winning to snatch the title from Lancia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/riccardo-patrese\/\">Riccardo Patrese<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135633 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-660x371.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-658x370.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Jacky-Ickx-at-Le-Mans-1982-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He retained the title in 1983 but was beaten into third a year later by precocious new team-mate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/stefan-bellof\/\">Stefan Bellof<\/a>. However, his young German rival was in a private Porsche when he attempted to go side-by-side with Ickx into Eau Rouge during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1985-spa-1000kms\/\">1985 Spa 1000Kms<\/a>. Contact was inevitable and proved fatal for Bellof.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ickx, who had won the 1983 Paris-Dakar Rally Raid with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/mercedes-benz\/\">Mercedes-Benz<\/a>, retired from racing after the 1985 season. He later served as chief steward at Monaco and has guided the sports car career of his daughter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/vanina-ickx\/\">Vanina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Superb in the wet and with a reputation as a master of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/circuits\/nurburgring\/\">N\u00fcrburgring<\/a>, Ickx\u2019s tally of eight GP victories was a disappointing return for someone who originally seemed destined to be F1 world champion. But he more than made up for that in sports cars.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"championship-seasons\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-seasons-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"non-championship-races\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Non Championship Races\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" 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