Jacky Ickx

Jacky Ickx
Ickx in 2018
Born	Jacques Bernard Edmon Martin Henri Ickx (1945-01-01) 1 January 1945 Brussels, Belgium
Spouses	Catherine Blaton ​ ​ (m. 1970; div. 1980)​ Maroussia Janssens Khadja Nin ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	5, including Vanina
Relatives	Pascal Ickx (brother)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Belgian
Active years	1966–1979
Teams	Tyrrell, Cooper, Ferrari, Brabham, McLaren, Frank Williams, Lotus, Wolf–Williams, Ensign, Ligier
Entries	122 (116 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	8
Podiums	25
Career points	181
Pole positions	13
Fastest laps	14
First entry	1966 German Grand Prix
First win	1968 French Grand Prix
Last win	1972 German Grand Prix
Last entry	1979 United States Grand Prix
World Sportscar Championship career
Years active	1966–1976, 1978–1979, 1982–1985
Teams	Ford, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Ligier, BMW, Kauhsen, Gulf, Martini, Porsche
Starts	101
Championships	2 (1982, 1983)
Wins	37
Podiums	66
Poles	25
Fastest laps	17
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1966–1967, 1969–1970, 1973, 1975–1983, 1985
Teams	Ford, Ferrari, Gulf, Porsche, Martini
Best finish	1st (1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982)
Class wins	6 (1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982)

Jacques Bernard Edmon Martin Henri "Jacky" Ickx (French pronunciation: [ʒaki iks]; born 1 January 1945) is a Belgian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1966 to 1979. Ickx twice finished runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1969 and 1970, and won eight Grands Prix across 14 seasons. In endurance racing, Ickx won two World Endurance Championships with Porsche and is a six-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as a two-time winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring. In rallying, Ickx won the Paris–Dakar Rally in 1983 with Mercedes.

Born and raised in Brussels, Ickx started his career in motorcycle road racing and trials, winning several national and continental titles in the latter discipline. Progressing to touring car racing in the mid-1960s, Ickx won several titles before winning the 24 Hours of Spa in 1966. Attracting the attention of Ken Tyrrell, he entered the 1966 German Grand Prix in a Matra Formula Two car, retiring after a first-lap collision with John Taylor, who later died of his injuries. Ickx returned to the race the following year, qualifying third in his Formula Two machinery and earning a Formula One drive with Cooper from the Italian Grand Prix onwards, where he finished sixth. Ickx was signed by Ferrari in 1968, taking his maiden victory in France, amongst several podiums, as he finished fourth in the standings. Moving to Brabham in 1969, he took multiple wins as he finished runner-up to Jackie Stewart. He returned to Ferrari the next year, again finishing runner-up to Jochen Rindt as he took wins in Austria, Canada and Mexico. Ickx took further wins for Ferrari at the Dutch Grand Prix in 1971 and the German Grand Prix in 1972, but left the team halfway through the 1973 season over the performance of the Ferrari 312B3. After one-off appearances for McLaren and Williams, Ickx joined Lotus in 1974, but left after less than two seasons with the team. He returned to the sport with Wolf–Williams in 1976, swapping seats with Chris Amon at Ensign from the Dutch Grand Prix onwards. After intermittent appearances for Ensign over the next three seasons, Ickx joined Ligier in 1979, replacing an injured Patrick Depailler at the final eight Grands Prix of the season. Struggling to adapt to the ground effect era, Ickx retired from Formula One at the conclusion of the 1979 season with eight race wins, 13 pole positions, 14 fastest laps and 25 podiums.

Outside of Formula One, Ickx won the 24 Hours of Le Mans six times, a record which stood until 2005. He also won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1969 and 1972, and the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1972 alongside Mario Andretti, making him the fourth driver to complete the Triple Crown of endurance racing. Ickx won two World Endurance Championships in 1982 and 1983 with Porsche. He retired from endurance racing in 1985, following his involvement in the death of Stefan Bellof. Between 1981 and 2000, Ickx entered 14 editions of the Dakar Rally, winning in 1983. Ickx was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2002.

Early life and career

Jacques Bernard Edmon Martin Henri Ickx was born on 1 January 1945 in Brussels, Ickx was introduced to motorsports when he was taken by his father, motoring journalist Jacques Ickx, to races which he covered. Despite this family background, Ickx had limited interest in the sport until his father bought him a 50 cc Zündapp motorcycle.

He began to compete in road racing and motorcycle trials. He won the 50 cc class at the 1962 Mettet Grand Prix road race, then demonstrated impressive talent when he defeated future motocross world champion Roger De Coster in the 1963 Belgian 50 cc trials national championship. Soon afterwards, Ickx won 8 of 13 races at the first season and the European 50 cc trials title.

He took another two titles before he moved to racing a Lotus Cortina in touring car racing, taking his national saloon car championship in 1965, as well as winning the Spa 24 Hours race in 1966 driving a BMW 2000TI. He also competed in sports car races where he had already significant experience from taking part in the 1000 km races at the Nürburgring.

Formula One career

Debut and early career (1966–1967)

Ickx entered his first Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in 1966, driving a Matra MS5-Cosworth one-litre Formula Two (F2) car, entered by Ken Tyrrell. However, a first lap collision with John Taylor at Flugplatz caused both cars to retire and Taylor later died as a result of burns received in the accident, after his car caught fire. In 1967, Ickx again drove at the Nurburgring, with an F2 Matra MS7-Cosworth 1.6-litre, also entered by Tyrrell. Despite the greater power of the Formula One cars, only two drivers qualified with a faster time than Ickx: Denny Hulme and Jim Clark. As Ickx was racing in the separate F2 class, he started the race behind all of the Formula One cars, but within four laps of the 28 km circuit he was up to fifth place, having overtaken 12 Formula One cars. He was forced to retire after 12 laps with a broken front suspension, but set the fastest lap of the F2 runners.

At Monza in 1967, he made his Formula One debut in a Cooper T81B-Maserati, finishing sixth, despite suffering a puncture on the last lap. He also drove for Cooper in the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen but retired on lap 45 with overheating.

Ferrari (1968)

Ickx at the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix.

In 1968 Ickx drove in Formula 1 for Ferrari. He retired from his first two races, but at his home race at Spa-Francorchamps he started from the front row and finished third. At the French Grand Prix at Rouen he took his first win, in heavy rain. Ickx also finished third at Brands Hatch and fourth at the Nürburgring after driving almost the entire race in heavy rain without his helmet visor. At Monza he finished the race in third position. In Canada he crashed and broke his left leg during practice, thus did not start and also missed the subsequent United States Grand Prix. He returned in time for the final race of the season in Mexico. Ickx scored 27 points in the 1968 Formula One season finishing in fourth place behind Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart and Hulme.

Brabham (1969)

In 1969, Ickx moved to Brabham, partly at the instigation of the John Wyer team for whom he'd had considerable success in sports cars. Wyer's main sponsor, Gulf Oil were keen to ensure that they retained his services rather than possibly lose him to Ferrari's sports car team. His first results at Brabham were poor, but after Jack Brabham broke his foot in a testing accident, Ickx's results improved: Alan Henry suggests that Ickx performed better with the whole team focussed on him. Ickx finished third in France, second in Great Britain and won in Canada and in Germany at the Nürburgring, where he also took pole position and fastest lap, in the last Formula One race there before 'The Ring' was made less bumpy and dangerous. In the 1969 Mexican Grand Prix Ickx finished second and ended the year as runner-up in the drivers' world championship, behind Stewart. He returned to the Ferrari team for the 1970 season, a move he had been considering since the Italian Grand Prix.

Return to Ferrari (1970–1973)

As in 1969, Ickx had a disappointing start to the 1970 season. On the first lap of the Spanish Grand Prix he collided with the BRM of Jackie Oliver and his car caught fire. It took at least 20 seconds for him to leave the burning car and he was hospitalized with severe burns. After 17 days he was back in his car at the Monaco Grand Prix, where he ran fifth before retiring with a driveshaft failure. The car started to improve and at the German Grand Prix (held at Hockenheim as his favourite Nürburgring was boycotted for safety reasons) he fought with Jochen Rindt for the win, but finished a close second. At the Austrian Grand Prix it was Ickx that took the win. At Monza, Rindt died in an accident during qualifying. Ickx was the only driver with a chance to take the championship from Rindt who had already won five of nine races in that season, with four more to go. Monza saw a win by Ferrari teammate Clay Regazzoni while Ickx's car broke down. The Belgian took the win at Canada and if he could win at the remaining two events, he would overtake Rindt and win the championship. However, in the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen he only finished fourth, with Rindt's replacement Emerson Fittipaldi scoring his first career win, and thus was mathematically eliminated from the championship chase. Despite winning the last race in Mexico, Ickx could not beat Rindt's points total. Ickx later stated in a 2011 article in the British magazine Motor Sport, that he was glad he did not win the 1970 World Championship. He did not want to win against a man who could not defend his chances, referring to the deceased Rindt.

Jacky Ickx's Ferrari 312B2 (1971/72)

In 1971, Ickx and Ferrari started as favourites, but the championship went to Jackie Stewart with the new Tyrrell. Ferrari traditionally started the season with its full attention on the sports car championship rather than Formula One, a fact that had already caused John Surtees to leave in the middle of the 1966 season. Ickx won at Zandvoort in the rain with Firestone wet tyres, while Stewart had no chance with his Goodyear rubber. After that, he had a lot of retirements, while Stewart took one win after the other, despite Ickx giving him a good challenge at the Nürburgring once again, where both drivers shared victories from 1968 to 1973. That long and very challenging track was the favourite of Ickx, while Stewart had called it the 'Green Hell' as well as being a driving force behind the driver boycott of 1970 that urged the Germans to rework the layout of the track, which had been built in 1927. Stewart said the only thing that had changed since then were the trees growing bigger. As requested, those near the track were cut and replaced with a small run-off area, and armco. So, the Scot and the Belgian not only fought on the track, but also off the track. Stewart was constantly fighting for more safety in Formula One, while Ickx thought by doing that the challenge was taken out of the sport.

Ickx in his Ferrari at the 1971 Dutch Grand Prix

In 1972, Ickx stayed at Ferrari and finished second in Spain and Monaco. After that the Ferrari only got noticed for its retirements. Yet, once again it was the Nürburgring where Ickx was eager to show it was his track, giving his great rival Stewart no chance at all. As for Stewart one year later, and other champions such as Juan Manuel Fangio in 1957, it turned out that the last Formula One win for Ickx came at Nürburgring, where superior driving skill could beat superior machinery.

In 1973, the Ferrari 312B3 was no longer competitive, and Ickx only managed one fourth place at the opening Grand Prix of the season. While being successful with their sports cars, which were driven to several wins by Ickx himself, the Formula One programme of the Italians was outclassed, and they even had to skip some races, notably at the Nürburgring. This was not acceptable to Ickx, who left the team halfway through the season (after the 1973 British Grand Prix, where he finished eighth). Instead, he competed in the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in a McLaren, and scored a sterling third place behind the all-conquering Tyrrells of Stewart and François Cevert. Ickx returned to Ferrari for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza again finishing eighth but drove for Williams in the 1973 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen finishing seventh.

Lotus (1974–1975)

Ickx at the 1974 Race of Champions

When Ickx signed with Team Lotus in 1974, a difficult period awaited. Lotus had problems replacing the successful but ageing Lotus 72 (which debuted in 1970) with the troublesome Lotus 76 and, during the opening races of the championship, Ickx only managed a solitary third place in Brazil. Ickx demonstrated that he was still the Rain Master when he won the non-championship Race of Champions at Brands Hatch after having passed Niki Lauda on the outside at Paddock Bend. After the Brazilian Grand Prix his season deteriorated, the Lotus-Ford retiring in five consecutive races until an eleventh-place finish at Zandvoort. However, in mid season Ickx recovered some form, rising through the field in the British Grand Prix to finish a strong third. Even better was his drive in the German Grand Prix. For most of the race Ickx dueled for fourth place with his teammate Ronnie Peterson who was using a Lotus 76, which had been grafted to the back end of a Lotus 72, Mike Hailwood in a McLaren M23 and Jochen Mass in a Surtees running on his home circuit on Firestone tyres well suited to the circuit. It was a classic duel on the daunting circuit, which still lacked armco around half the track in 1974. Two laps from the end Hailwood crashed badly ending his World Championship career. On the last two laps Ickx was getting close to third place Carlos Reutemann, but on the final lap, Ronnie Peterson slipstreamed past to claim 4th. In Austria, Ickx, this time in the Lotus 76, moved up the field but went off while attempting to take Depailler for second. In the last races of the year, tyre issues with Goodyears unsuitable for the Lotus 72 and 76 meant Lotus were not competitive.

1975 was even more disastrous for Lotus and Ickx left the team halfway through the season, even though he managed a second place in the chaotic Spanish Grand Prix which was overshadowed by accidents and stopped before half distance. Ickx was generally qualifying about 0.8 seconds slower than teammate Peterson. Ickx was stood down after the 1975 French GP with the promise that Chapman might re-employ him when a competitive new Lotus was ready to race. Ickx did not compete in Formula One for the remainder of 1975.

Later career (1976–1979)

It seemed that the end of Ickx's career was near. After Fittipaldi left McLaren, Ickx was thought likely to get the drive, but tobacco company promoter John Hogan preferred James Hunt. In 1976 Ickx began the season with Wolf–Williams Racing (then entering as "Frank Williams Racing Cars"), but after three races signed with the new team of Walter Wolf Racing, which had substantial financial backing from Wolf. The Wolf team were also running the Wolf–Williams FW05 which was essentially a rebadged Hesketh 308C from 1975 and was uncompetitive. However, at the Race of Champions, Ickx was challenging Hunt and Alan Jones for the lead, when Ickx's visor ripped off. In the world championship races he failed to qualify on four occasions, (a first in his career) achieving a degree of respectability only with a 7th in Spain and a good drive to 10th out of 19 finishers in the French GP in a car which, in the estimate of James Hunt and Chris Amon, was worse than useless. Nevertheless, for a large payment from Wolf, Amon agreed to swap drives with Ickx and Ickx raced the rest of the season in the fast and fragile Lotus styled Ensign N176, in which design Amon had suffered horrific breakages at Zolder and in the Swedish GP. For most of the Dutch GP, Ickx moved through the field, running the third fastest lap and on most laps was the fastest car in the race. With a newer Cosworth engine, Ickx probably would have won, but the under-maintained engine expired ten laps from the end. In the Italian race, Ickx drove at competitive pace in a Grand Prix for the last time, when he finished tenth, only 30 seconds behind winner Ronnie Peterson, hard on the tail of Carlos Reutemann in a works Ferrari 312T2 in ninth. After a bad crash at the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen which he was lucky to have survived with only ankle injuries, Ickx only competed sporadically. In 1977 Ickx competed in only one Grand Prix at Monaco for Ensign finishing tenth. In 1978 he entered four Grands Prix, again for Ensign but only achieved a twelfth place at Zolder. In the Swedish Grand Prix at Anderstorp Ickx failed to qualify.

In 1979, he ended his career as a Grand Prix driver at Ligier, standing in for the injured Patrick Depailler, gaining a fifth and sixth, but finding the ground effect cars dangerous and disconcerting, ill-suited to his precise style. Outside of Formula One, Ickx continued to win races in various sports car series, which he had decided to concentrate on exclusively.

Endurance racing career

Ickx's Ford GT40, winner of the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans

In 1966, Ickx teamed up with Hubert Hahne in a BMW 2000TI to win the Spa 24 Hours endurance race in his native Belgium. In 1967, Ickx won the 1000km of Spa with Dick Thompson in the Gulf-liveried JW Automotive Mirage M1. In 1968, Ickx won the Brands Hatch six-hour endurance race partnered with Brian Redman in a John Wyer entered Ford GT40 Mk1. Ickx would go on to win the Brands race on a further three occasions, in 1972 for Ferrari alongside Mario Andretti and 1977 and 1982 driving Porsches with Jochen Mass and Derek Bell respectively.

Ferrari 512S: Ickx drove this model during the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Ickx won the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans, his first victory in that race. This race also saw the first appearance of the Porsche 917 at Le Mans, which was regarded by far as the favourite. The Ford GT40 that Ickx drove with Jackie Oliver appeared at that time to be an obsolete car, outperformed by the new Porsche 917 but also by the older Porsche 908 and the new generation of 3-litre prototypes from Ferrari, Matra and Alfa Romeo.

As Ickx was opposed to the traditional Le Mans start which he considered to be dangerous, he slowly walked across the track to his machine, instead of running. He locked the safety belt carefully and thus was the last to start the race, chasing the field. On lap one, private driver John Woolfe, who had not taken time to belt himself in, had a fatal accident in his new and powerful 917.

Ickx in 1975 at Spa

During the race the Porsche 917 cars proved unreliable, and none finished. The last four hours of the race turned into a duel between the Porsche 908 of Hans Herrmann/Gérard Larrousse and the Ford GT-40 of Ickx/Oliver. In the last hour, Ickx and Herrmann continually leapfrogged each other, the Porsche being faster on the straights owing to having less aerodynamic drag, while being passed again under braking as the brake pads were worn and the team reckoned there was not enough time left to change them. Ickx won the race by the smallest of competitive margins ever, with less than 120 yards (110 m) between the two cars, despite having lost a bigger distance intentionally at the start. He also won his case for safety: from 1970, all drivers could start the race sitting in their cars with the belts tightened properly.

In later years, Ickx won a record six times at the 24h race at Le Mans, becoming known as "Monsieur Le Mans". Three of the wins were with Derek Bell: this would become one of the most legendary partnerships. In 2005, Tom Kristensen surpassed Ickx's record and when Kristensen announced his proposed retirement at the end of the 2014 season had nine victories.

Ickx driving a Ferrari 312PB at the Nürburgring in 1973

From 1976 on, he was a factory driver for Porsche and their new turbocharged race cars, the 935 and especially the 936 sports car, which he drove to wins in Le Mans three times. These drives, as well as the losing effort in 1978, often in the rain and at night, were some of the finest ever. Ickx considers the 1977 24 Hours of Le Mans race to be his favourite win of all time. Retiring earlier on in another Porsche 936, which he shared with Henri Pescarolo, the team transferred him to the car of Jürgen Barth and Hurley Haywood which was in 42nd place. Ickx made up for lost laps to lead the race by early morning, but suffered a mechanical problem which forced the car to pit. The mechanics resolved the issue by switching off one cylinder, and Ickx went on to win the race. The win in 1982 came with the new and superior Porsche 956 model, though, which carried him to two titles as world champion of endurance racing, in 1982 and 1983.

In 1983, Ickx was the team leader at Porsche, but a new teammate was faster than he was: young German Stefan Bellof set new lap records at the Nürburgring in the last ever sports car race held on the original configuration of Ickx's favourite track. As it turned out, Ickx and Bellof would become involved in controversial events later on.

In 1984, Ickx acted as Formula One race director in Monaco. He stopped the race before half distance due to heavy rain, just as leader Alain Prost was being caught by a young Ayrton Senna and Bellof. Prost thus won the race but was awarded only half the points for a win (4.5); the Frenchman subsequently lost the 1984 World Championship to McLaren team-mate Niki Lauda by half a point.

Ickx's Rothmans Porsche 956

In 1985, Ickx was involved with Bellof again, but with fatal consequences. Bellof raced a privateer Porsche while waiting to join the Ferrari in 1986, which had promised him a seat after his performance in Monaco, similar to what they had done for Lauda after he outclassed Ickx there in 1973. At Spa, Ickx's home track, the young German in the private Porsche 956 of Walter Brun tried to pass the experienced Belgian in the factory Porsche 962 for first place after being behind Ickx for three laps. At Eau Rouge corner, Bellof attempted to pass from the left, but Ickx turned left from the right side at the entry of the Eau Rouge and they collided and crashed, Bellof dying an hour later after he crashed the barrier in the "Raidillon" part of the track head-on, while Ickx was shaken but unharmed. He retired from professional circuit racing at the end of the season.

Further racing career

Ford XC Falcon Hardtop Group C race car - Moffat/Ickx 1977 Hardie Ferodo 1000 race winning car

Ickx also co-drove to victory with Allan Moffat at the 1977 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 in Australia, becoming the last debutant to win the race until 2011, when Nick Percat matched this feat partnering two-time winner Garth Tander. The victory at the Bathurst 1000 was in a Ford XC Falcon Group C Touring Car manufactured in Australia with limited modifications for racing. After only days practice in a car he had never driven before he was doing lap times the same or quicker than drivers who drove nothing else and who were familiar with the circuit.

In 1979, in the newly-reborn Can-Am series for rebodied covered wheel Formula 5000 cars, Ickx won against strong opposition from Keke Rosberg, Elliot Forbes-Robinson and Bobby Rahal. Formula One fledgling Rosberg drove his Can Am car with ferocity, but often went off the road trying to match the pace of Ickx, who won the series decisively at the season finale at Riverside. The previous weekend, on the dangerous and undulating Laguna Seca circuit near Monterey, Ickx elected to race conservatively rather than going after leaders Forbes-Robinson and Rosberg, but film of the race indicates the brutal nature of this late generation of Can Am racing. Ickx did not return to defend his title the following season.

One of his other Le Mans victories in a non-driving capacity was when he consulted for the Oreca team who were running a Mazda 787B for Mazdaspeed in 1991. Ickx was also selected to participate in the 1978 and 1984 editions of the International Race of Champions.

Although he had never driven a stock car before, Ickx was entered to race in the 1969 Daytona 500, in a car owned by Junior Johnson. A few days before the race, Ickx crashed the car during practice, and although he was not injured, the car was damaged beyond repair. The team's only backup car was needed by eventual race winner LeeRoy Yarbrough, so Ickx did not have the opportunity to race.

After he retired from his professional racing career, he continued to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally, even competing with daughter Vanina in recent years. He won the event in 1983 driving a Mercedes-Benz G-Class. Nowadays, he appears in historic events as a driver, such as the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Monterey Historics, usually on behalf of Porsche and Ferrari. He still acts as the Clerk of the Course for the Monaco Grand Prix and is still a resident of Brussels.

Awards and honours

Awards

Ickx on a 1971 Stamp of Ajman

• RACB Belgian driver's champion: 1967->1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982 (record)
• Belgian National Sports Merit Award: 1968
• Belgian Sportsman of the Year: 1982
• ACO Spirit of Le Mans trophy: 2004
• Paris International Automobile Festival Palme d'Or: 2012
• Autosprint - Helmet Legend: 2014
• World Sports - Legends Award: 2017
• Autosport Awards - Gregor Grant Award: 2018

Honours

• Named as an 'Honorary Citizen of Le Mans' prior to the 2000 race, the first sports person to be so.
• Inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2002.
• RTBF Best Belgian Sportsman Ever (3rd place, after Eddy Merckx, in between Jean-Michel Saive and Stefan Everts): 2014.
• In honour of his 75th birthday in 2019, Porsche made a special edition of its 911 (992) model called the Carrera 4S Belgian Legend Edition. The car is painted in X-Blue with white trim around the side windows, referring to Ickx's iconic helmet design.
• Inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2020.
• Bronze Zinneke

Decorations

• Officer in the Belgian Order of the Crown: 2000
• Officer in the Monegasque Order of Saint-Charles: 2000
• Grand Officer in the Belgian Order of Leopold II: 2007

Personal life

Ickx in 2007

Jacky Ickx is married to singer Khadja Nin. The couple were guests at the wedding of Prince Albert of Monaco and Charlene Wittstock in July 2011. Ickx became a resident of Monaco in the early 1980s.

Ickx's father Jacques Ickx (1910–1978) and older brother Pascal Ickx (born 1937) were racing drivers. His daughter, Vanina Ickx (from his first marriage with Catherine Ickx) followed in her father's footsteps to become a racing driver as well.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1966	Formula One	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Essex Wire Corporation	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	British Saloon Car Championship	Team Lotus	4	0	0	0	1	20	12th
	British Saloon Car Championship - Class C		4	1	0	1	3	20	3rd
1967	European Formula Two	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	8	1	2	3	4	45	1st
	World Sportscar Championship	J.W. Automotive	3	1	0	0	1	10	NC
	Formula One	Cooper Car Company	2	0	0	0	0	1	21st
		Tyrrell Racing Organisation	1	0	0	0	0
	24 Hours of Le Mans	J.W. Automotive	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	British Saloon Car Championship	Team Lotus	3	0	0	0	2	16	15th
	British Saloon Car Championship - Class C		3	2	0	1	2	16	4th
1968	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari	9	1	1	0	4	27	4th
	World Sportscar Championship	J.W. Automotive	4	3	0	1	4	28	NC
	European Formula Two	Scuderia Ferrari	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
1969	Formula One	Motor Racing Developments Ltd	11	2	2	3	5	37	2nd
	World Sportscar Championship	J.W. Automotive	2	2	0	0	2	16	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	European Formula Two	Alejandro de Tomaso	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1970	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari	13	3	4	5	5	40	2nd
	European Formula Two Championship	Bayerische Motoren Werke	5	1	1	1	2	0	NC‡
	World Sportscar Championship	Scuderia Ferrari	4	0	1	0	2	12	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1971	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari	11	1	2	2	3	19	4th
	World Sportscar Championship		7	0	2	1	1	6	NC
1972	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari	12	1	4	3	4	27	4th
	World Sportscar Championship		9	6	3	4	7	136	NC
1973	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari	10	0	0	0	0	12	9th
		Yardley Team McLaren	1	0	0	0	1
		Frank Williams Racing Cars	1	0	0	0	0
	World Sportscar Championship	Scuderia Ferrari	9	2	1	0	6	94	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1974	Formula One	John Player Team Lotus	15	0	0	0	2	12	10th
	World Sportscar Championship	Autodelta	3	0	0	1	1	55	NC
		Equipe Gitanes	1	1	0	1	1
		J.W. Automotive	1	0	0	0	1
		BMW Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0
1975	Formula One	John Player Team Lotus	9	0	0	0	1	3	16th
	World Sportscar Championship	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	2	0	1	1	2	30	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Gulf Research Racing Co.	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	1st
1976	World Championship for Makes	Martini Racing Porsche System	6	3	5	4	4	73	NC
	World Sportscar Championship		4	3	1	0	4	80	NC
	Formula One	Team Ensign	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Frank Williams Racing Cars	2	0	0	0	0
		Walter Wolf Racing	2	0	0	0	0
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Martini Racing Porsche System	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	1st
1977	World Championship for Makes	Martini Racing Porsche System	7	3	6	2	3	60	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	1	0	1	1	N/A	1st
	Formula One	Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1978	World Sportscar Championship	Martini Racing Porsche System	3	1	2	1	1	35	NC
		Max Moritz	1	0	0	0	1
	Formula One	Team Tissot Ensign	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Martini Racing Porsche System	1	0	1	0	1	N/A	2nd
1979	Formula One	Ligier Gitanes	8	0	0	0	0	3	16th
	Can-Am	Carl A. Haas Racing Team	5	5	0	2	5	0	1st
	World Sportscar Championship	Georg Loos	3	0	0	0	2	30	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Essex Motorsport Porsche	1	0	0	1	0	N/A	DNF
1980	24 Hours of Le Mans	Equipe Liqui Moly – Martini Racing	1	0	0	1	1	N/A	2nd
1981	24 Hours of Le Mans	Porsche System	1	1	1	0	1	N/A	1st
1982	World Sportscar Championship	Rothmans Porsche System	5	4	3	1	5	95	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Porsche System	1	1	1	0	1	N/A	1st
1983	World Sportscar Championship	Rothmans Porsche	7	2	2	1	6	97	1st
1984	World Sportscar Championship	Rothmans Porsche	8	2	0	0	6	104	3rd
1985	World Sportscar Championship	Rothmans Porsche	10	3	2	0	5	101	3rd

^‡ Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Pts	Class
1966	Team Lotus	Ford Cortina Lotus	C	SNE	GOO	SIL 4	CRY 3†	BRH 5	BRH	OUL	BRH Ret			12th	20	3rd
1967	Team Lotus	Ford Cortina Lotus	C	BRH	SNE	SIL	SIL	MAL 3†	SIL	SIL	BRH 2	OUL Ret†	BRH	15th	16	4th
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† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Pts
1966	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Matra MS5 (F2)	Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER Ret	ITA	USA	MEX									NC	0
1967	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Matra MS5 (F2)	Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	RSA	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	CAN										21st	1
	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T81B	Maserati 10/F1 3.0 V12									ITA 6
		Cooper T86											USA Ret	MEX
1968	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312/67	Ferrari 242 3.0 V12	RSA Ret																	4th	27
		Ferrari 312/68	Ferrari 242C 3.0 V12		ESP Ret	MON		NED 4	FRA 1	GBR 3	GER 4	ITA 3	CAN DNS	USA
		Ferrari 312/67/68	Ferrari 242 3.0 V12				BEL 3								MEX Ret
1969	Motor Racing Developments Ltd	Brabham BT26A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA Ret	ESP 6	MON Ret	NED 5	FRA 3	GBR 2	GER 1	ITA 10	CAN 1	USA Ret	MEX 2							2nd	37
1970	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12	RSA Ret	ESP Ret	MON Ret	BEL 8	NED 3	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 2	AUT 1	ITA Ret	CAN 1	USA 4	MEX 1					2nd	40
1971	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12	RSA 8	ESP 2							ITA Ret		USA Ret							4th	19
		Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12			MON 3	NED 1	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT Ret		CAN 8
1972	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	ARG 3	RSA 8	ESP 2	MON 2	BEL Ret	FRA 11	GBR Ret	GER 1	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	CAN 12	USA 5						4th	27
1973	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312B2	Ferrari 001/1 3.0 F12	ARG 4	BRA 5	RSA Ret															9th	12
		Ferrari 312B3	Ferrari 001/11 3.0 F12				ESP 12	BEL Ret	MON Ret	SWE 6	FRA 5	GBR 8	NED			ITA 8	CAN
	Yardley Team McLaren	McLaren M23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8											GER 3	AUT
	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Iso–Marlboro IR	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8															USA 7
1974	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 72E	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Ret	BRA 3				MON Ret	SWE Ret	NED 11	FRA 5	GBR 3	GER 5			CAN 13	USA Ret			10th	12
		Lotus 76				RSA Ret	ESP Ret	BEL Ret							AUT Ret	ITA Ret
1975	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 72E	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG 8	BRA 9	RSA 12	ESP 2	MON 8	BEL Ret	SWE 15	NED Ret	FRA Ret	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA				16th	3
1976	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Wolf–Williams FW05	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	BRA 8	RSA 16	USW DNQ															NC	0
	Walter Wolf Racing						ESP 7	BEL DNQ	MON DNQ	SWE	FRA 10	GBR DNQ	GER	AUT
	Team Tissot Ensign	Ensign N176													NED Ret	ITA 10	CAN 13	USA Ret	JPN
1977	Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol	Ensign N177	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON 10	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	NC	0
1978	Team Tissot Ensign	Ensign N177	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	MON Ret	BEL 12	ESP Ret	SWE DNQ	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN		NC	0
1979	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS11	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA Ret	GBR 6	GER Ret	AUT Ret	NED 5	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	USA Ret			16th	3
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Complete Formula One non-championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1967	Matra Sports	Matra MS5 (F2)	Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	ROC Ret	SPC	INT	SYR
	Tyrrell Racing Organisation							OUL Ret	ESP 6
1968	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312/67	Ferrari 242 3.0 V12	ROC 8
		Ferrari 312/68	Ferrari 242C 3.0 V12		INT 4	OUL Ret
1969	Motor Racing Developments Ltd	Brabham BT26A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC Ret	INT 4	MAD	OUL 1
1971	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12	ARG	ROC	QUE 11	SPR	INT	RIN 1	OUL	VIC
1974	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 72E	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	PRE	ROC 1	INT
1975	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 72E	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC 4	INT	SUI
1976	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Wolf–Williams FW05	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC 3	INT Ret
1978	Team Tissot Ensign	Ensign N177	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	INT Ret
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Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Pts
1967	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Matra MS5	Ford	SNE DNQ	SIL 7	NÜR 3	HOC 10			ZAN 1	PER 3	BRH 5		1st	45
		Matra MS7						TUL 5	JAR				VAL 1
1968	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 166	Ferrari	HOC	THR	JAR	PAL Ret	TUL	ZAN	PER 6	HOC	VAL		NC	0‡
1969	Alejandro de Tomaso	De Tomaso 103	Ford	THR	HOC	NÜR	JAR	TUL	PER Ret	VAL				NC	0
1970	Bayerische Motoren Werke	BMW 270	BMW	THR 6	HOC	BAR	ROU 4	PER 3	TUL 1	IMO Ret	HOC			NC	0‡
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^‡ Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1966	Essex Wire Corporation	Jochen Neerpasch	Ford GT40 Mk.I	S 5.0	154	DNF	DNF
1967	John Wyer Automotive Engineering	Brian Muir	Mirage M1-Ford	P +5.0	29	DNF	DNF
1969	John Wyer Automotive Engineering	Jackie Oliver	Ford GT40 Mk.I	S 5.0	372	1st	1st
1970	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Peter Schetty	Ferrari 512S	S 5.0	142	DNF	DNF
1973	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Brian Redman	Ferrari 312PB	S 3.0	332	DNF	DNF
1975	Gulf Research Racing Co.	Derek Bell	Mirage GR8-Ford Cosworth	S 3.0	336	1st	1st
1976	Martini Racing Porsche System	Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 936	S 3.0	349	1st	1st
1977	Martini Racing Porsche System	Jürgen Barth Hurley Haywood	Porsche 936/77	S +2.0	342	1st	1st
1978	Martini Racing Porsche System	Bob Wollek Jürgen Barth	Porsche 936/78	S +2.0	364	2nd	2nd
1979	Essex Motorsport Porsche	Brian Redman Jürgen Barth	Porsche 936	S +2.0	200	DNF	DNF
1980	Equipe Liqui Moly – Martini Racing	Reinhold Joest	Porsche 908/80	S +2.0	336	2nd	2nd
1981	Porsche System	Derek Bell	Porsche 936	S +2.0	354	1st	1st
1982	Rothmans Porsche System	Derek Bell	Porsche 956	C	359	1st	1st
1983	Rothmans Porsche	Derek Bell	Porsche 956	C	370	2nd	2nd
1985	Rothmans Porsche	Jochen Mass	Porsche 962C	C1	348	10th	10th
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Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1964		Teddy Pilette	Ford Cortina Lotus	5	231	14th	5th
1965	BMW Motorsport	Dieter Glemser	BMW 1800 TI/SA	2		DNF	DNF
1966	BMW Motorsport	Hubert Hahne	BMW 2000ti	3	287	1st	1st
1967	Alan Mann Racing	Hubert Hahne	Ford Mustang	3	56	DNF	DNF
1978	Belgian VW Club	Brian Redman	VW Scirocco GTI	1		DNF	DNF
1998	Renault Sport Belgium	Vanina Ickx	Renault Mégane	SP		DNF	DNF

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1977	Moffat Ford Dealers	Allan Moffat	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop	3001cc – 6000cc	163	1st	1st
1978	Moffat Ford Dealers	Allan Moffat	Ford XC Falcon Cobra	A	81	DNF	DNF

Dakar Rally results

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
1981	Cars	Citroen	DNF	1
1982		Mercedes	5th	7
1983			1st	5
1984		Porsche	6th	9
1985			DNF	1
1986			2nd	1
1987		Lada	DNF	0
1988			38th	0
1989		Peugeot	2nd	3
1990		Lada	7th	1
1991		Citroen	DNF	1
1992			6th	0
1993	did not enter
1994
1995	Cars	Toyota	18th	0
1996	did not enter
1997
1998
1999
2000	Cars	Mitsubishi	18th	0

Complete Canadian-American Challenge Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos	Points
1979	Carl A. Haas Racing Team	Lola T333CS	Chevrolet V8	ATL 2	CLT 1	MOS 1	MDO	WGL 8	ROA 1	BRA 1	CTR 13	LAG 8	RIV 1	1st	51
Source:

Films and books

Films

• Grand Prix: The Killer Years by Richard Heap: 2011
• Frankly ... Jacky Ickx by Philip Selkirk: 2011
• 1: Life on the Limit by Paul Crowder: 2013

Books

• Henry, Alan (1985). Brabham, the Grand Prix Cars. Osprey. ISBN 0-905138-36-8.
• Van Vliet, Pierre (2014). Jacky Ickx. Kannibaal. ISBN 9789491376139.
• Heuvink, Ed (2014). Jacky Ickx: Viel mehr als Mister Le Mans / Mister Le Mans, and much more. McKlein Media GmbH & Co. ISBN 978-3927458741.
• Graton, Philippe (2015). Vaillant & Ickx l'intégrale 3. Le Soir-Dupuis. ISBN 9782800164953.
• Dugomier (2016). Jacky Ickx - Tome 01: Le Rainmaster. Glenat. ISBN 978-2344011812.
• Dugomier (2020). Jacky Ickx - Tome 02: Monsieur Le Mans. Glenat. ISBN 978-2344019238.
• Saltinstall, John (2023). Jacky Ickx - His authorised competition History. Evro Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781910505809.

In popular culture

• Ickx often appears in the famous French Comics Michel Vaillant, as one of the main characters
• The Chopard Company developed three limited edition Chopard Mille Miglia Jacky Ickx Men's watches dedicated to him, with a fourth Chopard watch designed with his cooperation.

See also

• Formula One drivers from Belgium
• List of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners

References

• "DRIVER: Ickx, Jacky". Autocourse Grand prix Archive. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
• "Europe's Mr Versatility". 8W. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
• "Tribute to Jacky Ickx". Jacky-Ickx-Fan.net. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
• "Drivers: Jacky Ickx". GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
• "Jacky Ickx". Grand Prix Racing. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
• "Chopard Company to Honor Jacky Ickx". Watches Channel Infoniac. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2007.

External links

• Tribute to Jacky Ickx
• Jacky Ickx at 24 Hours of Le Mans (in French)
• LeMans.org (in French)
• Jacky Ickx miniature book, hosted by the University of North Texas Libraries Digital Collections