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
bad beat parents remained school tease urged
My school achievements remained bad and my parents said : Each person has their abilities. You only have to tease them out. They urged me to find an area, where I could beat the others.
Everything was magnificent so far, even if I knew my part of dramas.
became branch entertainment races simply
Besides, the races simply became a branch of the entertainment industry. I wasn't comfortable with that any more. I didn't want to become an old fool.
beginning either grand porsche program reduced seat
At the beginning of the year, my program with Porsche was reduced to the minimum. I did not have either a seat in Grand Prix. In brief, I had time.
recovers state
To be here recovers from a state of soul, from a state of mind. I have the memory of the heart. I know what I received. I must have the will to give back to others.
bad everybody seduced
What will have seduced me, it was to have the possibility of winning, while at the school, everybody said to me that I was bad everywhere.
attend automobile club image opened promotion public word
Happy to see that the Automobile Club of Monaco, opened its doors to the public to attend a considerable event. The promotion of this event will be made by the image and by the text, but still by word of mouth.
brings chances due
But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension.
contact fascinated
What fascinated me, it was not the glory, but the contact with the public.
affection drivers passion witnesses
Without the affection and the passion of the witnesses who revolve around this sport, this one would not exist, the drivers either!
critical faculty impressed pull
Nevertheless during these two seasons, Chapman impressed me a lot because he had the faculty to pull himself out of the most critical situations.
attraction encouraged felt soon spite
That is why, as soon as I felt a real attraction for my first passion which was the motorcycle, and in spite of the danger it could represent, they encouraged me.
The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship.
becomes collective discipline grand historic nostalgia
Historic Grand Prix is a collective nostalgia in the discipline which becomes more and more hermetic to those who are not a part of it.