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22 hours ago · Jacky Ickx Belgian racing icon Jacky Ickx is another formidable figure in the history of Le Mans, securing an impressive six victories. Ickx's triumphs spanned from 1969 to 1982, showcasing his remarkable longevity and enduring impact on endurance racing.
22 hours ago · The 1984 World Sportscar Championship season was the 32nd season of FIA "World Sportscar Championship" motor racing. It featured the 1984 FIA World Endurance Championship, which was open to FIA Group C1, Group C2 and Group B cars and to IMSA GTP, GTX, GTO and GTU cars. [1] The championship was contested over an eleven race series which ran from ...
1 day ago · Summary. The passion started young for many of today’s superstar car designers. When Genesis chief creative officer Luc Donckerwolke introduced Le Mans legend Jacky Ickx at the launch of the company's new performance trim dubbed Magma, a few quizzical eyebrows were raised. Ickx, who won Le Mans six times and also stood atop many a podium in ...
22 hours ago · The result was a car that was to defeat all before it, eventually securing four successive victories at the 24 Hour Le Mans. The last of these was in 1969, as GT40 chassis #1075, driven by Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver, survived mechanical mishap and impending pressure from Porsche to secure the Le Mans quadruple by just 120 metres.
4 days ago · But, like I say, Porsche didn't do half measures, so it hired 1983 winner (and grand prix and Le Mans winner) Jacky Ickx to lead the three-car Porsche team. They drove the 953-generation of the 911, powered by the 3.2-litre flat-six engine and equipped with all-wheel drive and a manually locking centre differential.
1 day ago · I move to the pit-lane and after having taken a look at the selection of cars that will celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the death of the legendary Ayrton Senna – an unforgettable champion who accomplished legendary feats right here in MonteCarlo – I begin to see some well-known faces: Jacky Ickx, Zak Brown, Adrian Newey (the latter ...
1 day ago · His greatest successes came in 1951, when he won the Frontières GP in a Simca-Gordini and the Liège-Rome-Liège rally alongside journalist Jacques Ickx (father of legendary racer Jacky Ickx), and in 1953, when Claes won that same rally “heroically without relief for 52 hours” after his co-driver fell so il
