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
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.
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.
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.
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.
art simple skills
And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.
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.