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Jacky Ickx

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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.


— Jacky Ickx


#could #danger #encouraged #felt #first

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.


— Jacky Ickx


#again #art #counts #days #driving

But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension.


— Jacky Ickx


#back #better #brings #chances #drivers

Everything was magnificent so far, even if I knew my part of dramas.


— Jacky Ickx


#even #everything #far #i #knew

I am infinitely grateful to the life which privileged me.


— Jacky Ickx


#grateful #i #i am #infinitely #life

I believe to have been one of the rare drivers to have returned to Ferrari.


— Jacky Ickx


#believe #drivers #ferrari #i #i believe

I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.


— Jacky Ickx


#drove #even #hours #i #like

In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.


— Jacky Ickx


#car #end #get #had #i

In the past, two colleagues died each season. It was generally accepted this could happen.


— Jacky Ickx


#colleagues #could #died #each #generally

In this sport luck and tragedy are only a few hundredths of seconds apart from each other.


— Jacky Ickx


#each #few #hundredths #luck #only






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Did you know about Jacky Ickx?

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 Grand Prix of Spain which was overshadowed by accidents and stopped before half distance. After that the Ferrari only got noticed for its retirements. In 1968 Ickx drove an F1 car for Ferrari.

Jacques Bernard "Jacky" Ickx (last name pronounced "Ix" or "Icks") (born 1 January 1945 in Brussels) is a Belgian former racing driver who achieved 25 podium finiJacky Ickxs in Formula One and six wins in the 24 hours of Le Mans.

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