Jacky Ickx

Ickx at the 1971 Dutch Grand Prix

Driver Information

Born

1 January 1945 (age 80)
Brussels, Belgium

Nationality

BEL

Formula One World Championship
Career Statistics

Status

Retired

Seasons Active

1966–1979

Teams

Matra (1966–1967)
Cooper (1967)
Ferrari (1968, 1970–1973)
Brabham (1969)
McLaren (1973)
Iso-Marlboro (1973)
Lotus (1974–1975)
Wolf-Williams (1976)
Ensign (1976–1978)
Ligier (1979)

Races

123 (114 starts)

Jacques Bernard "Jacky" Ickx (ICKS or IX; born January 1, 1945 in Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium) is a Belgian former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1967 to 1979, finishing as runner-up on two occasions (1969 and 1970), winning eight Grands Prix and finishing on the podium 25 times.

He drove for Matra (as a Tyrrell Racing entrant), Cooper, Ferrari, Brabham, McLaren (one race), Williams (one race), Lotus, Wolf-Williams, Ensign and Ligier.

Outside of F1, he achieved great success in sports car racing, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans six times, a record that stood until 2005.

Formula One Career[]

Formula One Statistical Overview[]

Formula One Record[]

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Pts.	WDC Pos.	Report
1966	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Matra-Ford Cosworth	—		Report
1967	Matra Sports	Matra-Ford Cosworth	1	21st	Report
	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Matra-Ford Cosworth
	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Maserati
1968	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	27	4th	Report
1969	Motor Racing Developments Ltd.	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	37	2nd	Report
1970	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	40	2nd	Report
1971	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	19	4th	Report
1972	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	27	4th	Report
1973	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	12	9th	Report
	Yardley Team McLaren	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth
1974	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	12	10th	Report
1975	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	3	16th	Report
1976	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Wolf-Williams-Ford Cosworth	0	NC	Report
	Walter Wolf Racing	Wolf-Williams-Ford Cosworth
	Team Ensign	Ensign-Ford Cosworth
1977	Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	0	NC	Report
1978	Team Tissot Ensign	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	0	NC	Report
1979	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	3	16th	Report

Note: Ickx raced in the 1966 and 1967 German Grand Prix as a Formula Two driver.

Career Statistics[]

Entries	123
Starts	114
Pole Positions	13
Front Row Starts	25
Race Wins	8
Podiums	25
Fastest Laps	14
Points	181
Laps Raced	5652
Distance Raced	27,367 km (17,005 mi)
Races Led	19
Laps Led	529
Distance Led	3,122 km (1,940 mi)
Doubles	4
Hat-Tricks	4
Grand Chelems	1

Race Wins[]

Win Number	Grand Prix
1	1968 French Grand Prix
2	1969 German Grand Prix
3	1969 Canadian Grand Prix
4	1970 Austrian Grand Prix
5	1970 Canadian Grand Prix
6	1970 Mexican Grand Prix
7	1971 Dutch Grand Prix
8	1972 German Grand Prix

Career Results[]

World Championship[]

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pts	Pos
1966																		0	NC
1966						Ret^[1]												0	NC
1967																		1	20th
1967							Ret^[1]		6th	Ret								1	20th
1968																		27	4th
1968	Ret	Ret		3rd	4th	1st	3rd	4th^P	3rd	DNS	INJ	Ret						27	4th
1969																		37	2nd
1969	Ret	6th	Ret	5th	3rd	2nd	1st^P	10th	1st^P	Ret	2nd							37	2nd
1970																		40	2nd
1970	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	3rd	Ret^P	Ret	2nd^P	1st	Ret^P	1st	4th^P	1st					40	2nd
1971																		19	4th
1971	8th	2nd^P	3rd	1st^P	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret							19	4th
1972																		27	4th
1972	3rd	8th	2nd^P	2nd	Ret	11th	Ret^P	1st^P	Ret	Ret^P	12th	5th						27	4th
1973																		12	9th
1973	4th	5th	Ret	12th	Ret	Ret	6th	5th	8th		3rd		8th		7th			12	9th
1974																		12	10th
1974	Ret	3rd	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11th	5th	3rd	5th	Ret	Ret	13th	Ret			12	10th
1975																		3	16th
1975	8th	9th	12th	2nd ^[2]	8th	Ret	15th	Ret	Ret			^[3]						3	16th
1976																		0	NC
1976	8th	16th	DNQ	7th	DNQ	DNQ		10th	DNQ			Ret	10th	13th	Ret	INJ		0	NC
1977																		0	NC
1977						10th												0	NC
1978																		0	NC
1978					Ret	12th	Ret	DNQ										0	NC
1979																		3	16th
1979								C	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret		3	16th

Key
Symbol	Meaning	Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner	Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish	DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Podium finish	DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish	DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish	TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap	DNS	Did not start
18th^†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)	NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4th^P	Qualified for pole position	[+] More Symbols

Non-Championship[]

Complete Non-Championship Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts	Pos
1967									—	—
1967	Ret				Ret	6th			—	—
1968									—	—
1968	8th	4th	Ret						—	—
1969									—	—
1969	Ret	4th		1st					—	—
1971									—	—
1971			11th				1st^P		—	—
1974									—	—
1974		1st							—	—
1975									—	—
1975	4th								—	—
1976									—	—
1976	3rd	Ret							—	—
1978									—	—
1978	Ret								—	—

Key
Symbol	Meaning	Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner	Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish	DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Podium finish	DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish	DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish	TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap	DNS	Did not start
18th^†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)	NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4th^P	Qualified for pole position	[+] More Symbols

Notes[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Formula Two driver.
↑ Race stopped after 29/75 Laps. Half points awarded
↑ Race stopped after 29/54 Laps. Half points awarded

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[F2-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Formula Two driver.

[2] Race stopped after 29/75 Laps. Half points awarded

[3] Race stopped after 29/54 Laps. Half points awarded

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