Jacky Ickx
Jacky Ickx
Jacques Bernard "Jacky" Ickxis a Belgian former racing driver who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans six times, achieved eight wins and 25 podium finishes in Formula One, won the Can-Am Championship in 1979 and is a former winner of the Dakar Rally...
NationalityBelgian
ProfessionDriver
Date of Birth1 January 1945
CountryBelgium
accident against broken fence finally leg paid price smashing time
Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
agree believe cling drive finally good happened less tend
In this kind of situation, we tend to cling to his convictions, we believe that, by magic, we are going to recover. Then we agree to drive less good cars and we are fatally more exposed. It is what finally happened to me with Ensign.
apart few luck seconds tragedy
In this sport luck and tragedy are only a few hundredths of seconds apart from each other.
appreciate driver full measure people rely surrounded
For that a driver can give the full measure of his talent, he must be surrounded by people who appreciate him and who rely on him.
africa aware die died lately love months people public three
In Africa every three months just as many people die as lately died during the Tsunami. The public should be aware of this. I love Africa.
drama margins
The margin between success and drama is fractional.
grateful privileged-life privileged
I am infinitely grateful to the life which privileged me.
mean feel-better discovery
The existence is a tremendous curiosity, with in the course of the years, the discovery of yourself in your inmost evolutions. With the age you feel better than you are, what you represent. Which means a little at the planet's scale.
distance years long
I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.
father fans motocross
My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike.
past two accepted
In the past, two colleagues died each season. It was generally accepted this could happen.
believe ferrari drivers
I believe to have been one of the rare drivers to have returned to Ferrari.
reality car ends
In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.
alive facts lap
The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship.