Jacky Ickx: "I lived through an incredible era. I'm a survivor"

F1 Beyond The Grid

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4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2019

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

He may never have claimed the world championship his supreme talents probably deserved, but Jacky Ickx remains one of the most revered drivers of the 60s and 70s. An eight-time Grand Prix winner, and twice runner up for the title, the lightning quick Belgian also won the famed Le Mans 24 Hours six times in arguably its most brutal era - not bad for someone who never wanted to be a racing driver...

On this week's Beyond The Grid, Ickx reflects on a career in motorsport: Those who nurtured him, like Ken Tyrrell; those who he raced against, like Jackie Stewart and Jack Brabham; and those who shaped his career, like the great Enzo Ferrari. A legendary chat with a legend of the sport - you don't want to miss it!

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0:31.0	Hi, I'm Jackie Yix and you're listening to Beyond the Grid.
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0:51.0	My guest this week is one of my racing heroes.
0:55.0	He's a man who won races in many different categories, including the Lamar 24hours on six occasions.
1:01.0	But he had a fantastic Formula One career as well.
1:04.0	He was a Nurburgring specialist and he finished runner-up in the world championship twice.
1:09.0	I'm talking of course about Jackie Yix.
1:12.0	Unbelievably, Jackie didn't want to be a racing driver.
1:15.0	As a young man, he craved a quiet life as a gardener.
1:18.0	He had stumbled into a driving career helped hugely by Kent Hill.
1:22.0	And he went on to reach the sports highest heights.
1:25.0	Jackie raced in Formula One for 14 years, most famously for Ferrari,
1:30.0	with whom he finished second in the world championship in 1970.
1:33.0	He was supremely fast, brilliant in the wet, and he was as brave as a lion.
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