Tribute to Jacky Ickx
The dream comes true at Château Lastour
We are on August 27, 2005, it is 6 o’clock in the morning. I start early for a big day of work because I am late in my deadlines for submitting documents. Around 9 o’clock, I turn on the computer and, as usual, first reflex, I take a look at the site of Jacky Ickx because Julien always has something to tell.
The dream in the dunes
Try to imagine yourself on the mythical circuit of Zandvoort, in a paddock with the image of the prancing horse, alongside a mythical pilot such as Jacky Ickx with whom you will stay for more than nine hours to discuss…
The master of the game
Le Mans, 14 June 1969. The start of the 37th Grand Prix d’Endurance des 24 Heures du Mans is exceptionally advanced to 2pm due to presidential elections. Facing their cars, the drivers curse this starting procedure, a vestige of another era.
Souvenirs from the Merckx/Ickx exhibition
May 2015 – Toulouse Airport. After leaving the Pyrenees early in the morning, I am waiting for my flight. Serene, but inhabited by a sweet excitement. Because this journey will be that of my reunion with Belgium, with Julien Garnier and a certain… jacky ickx.
The Jacky's Porsche 930 turbo 1983
What a surprise, as I had entrusted my car to the Formula Sports garage (Mark Tashjian) for maintenance, when he told me that the maintenance documents proved that it was the car that Porsche had offered to Jacky.
Jacky Ickx: two rallies in 20 years
Jacky Ickx was indeed at the start of the 25th Boucles de Spa 1982 organized by his friend Alphonse Delettre. The car: the Porsche (of course) 924 GTS with which Walter Röhrl made rain and sunshine in the context of the 1981 German championship.
Jacky Ickx: a freeze on images 32 years later
The advantageous sixties, and the elegance always well tied, Jacky Ickx, also race director of the 4th Grand Prix Monaco Historique, crosses life today in a very zen philosophy.
The other sphinx
He puts as much heart into organizing the Rally of Egypt that he put talent to drive his cars. The former champion is fascinated by the deserts of Africa and shares his passion.
Host at the Norisring
1977. Two weeks after winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans and five days before his victory at the 6 hours of Watkins Glen in the USA, Jacky Ickx, and the Porsche 935, is our host in Nuremberg
Surfing the desert dunes
In the sands of the Dubai desert, two legendary rally cars once again demonstrate their exceptional all-terrain capabilities reincarnated in the Cayenne.
The treasure found
On 16 August 1970, at the Zeltweg circuit, Jacky Ickx won the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix in front of his teammate Clay Regazzoni at an average speed of 208.04 km/h
Memories
I wasn’t born into a family that was enthusiastic about motorsport. None of my friends or classmates, knew anything about racing cars but I had fallen in love with this sport.