Jacky Ickx

Jacques Bernard (Jacky) Ickx, (born January 1, 1945 in Brussels) is a Belgian racing driver known for his success in Formula One and his six wins in the 24 hours of Le Mans.

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Jacky Ickx is the father of Vanina Ickx who is also a racing driver.

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Jacky Ickx began his career by successfully riding trial motorcycles before driving touring cars and sportscars. He had already significant experience from taking part in the 1000km races at the N?rburgring before he entered his first Formula One career there in 1967, by driving a Matra F2 car, though. Despite the disadvantage of driving a less powerful F2 car, only two F1 drivers qualified in front of him: Denny Hulme and Jim Clark. He was forced by the regulations to start behind the entire F1 field; nevertheless after 4 laps he was already 5th, overtaking 12 full-blown F1 cars. Unfortunately his front suspension broke and he was forced to retire after 12 laps. Despite his retirement he made a strong impression on the F1 team managers.

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