Jacky Ickx

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Jacky Ickx

Ickx in 2018
Born	Jacques Bernard Edmon Martin Henri Ickx (1945-01-01) 1 January 1945 (age 79) Brussels, Belgium
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Belgian
Active years	1966–1979
Teams	Cooper · Ferrari · Brabham · McLaren · Williams · Lotus · Wolf–Williams · Ensign · Ligier
Entries	122 (116 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	8
Podiums	25
Career points	181
Pole positions	13
Fastest laps	14
First entry	1966 German Grand Prix
First win	1968 French Grand Prix
Last win	1972 German Grand Prix
Last entry	1979 United States Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 1966–1967, 1969–1970, 1973, 1975–1983, 1985 Teams Essex Wire Corporation John Wyer Automotive Scuderia Ferrari Gulf Research Racing Martini Racing Porsche System Essex Motorsport Porsche Equipe Liqui Moly – Martini Racing Porsche System Rothmans Porsche Best finish 1st (1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982) Class wins 6 (1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982)

Jacques Bernard Edmon Martin Henri "Jacky" Ickx^[1] (French pronunciation: [ʒaki iks]; born 1 January 1945) is a Belgian former racing driver who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans six times (second-highest of all time) and achieved eight wins and 25 podium finishes in Formula One. He greatly contributed to several World Championships for Makes and World Sports Car championships: Ford (1968), Ferrari (1972), Porsche (1976–1977) and (1982–1985) by his 37 major World Sports Car wins. He also won the Can-Am Championship in 1979 and the 1983 Paris–Dakar Rally.

Ickx twice finished as championship runner-up in Formula One, in the consecutive years of 1969 and 1970. He won the majority of his races for Scuderia Ferrari, for which he was the team's leading driver for several seasons in the late 1960s and early 1970s.