I have a public life and a private life. The private one belongs to me exclusively. I am very jealous of my private life and just like Jim Clark I intentionally drew up a barrier between my two lifes.
Welcome on the website dedicated to the best Belgian racing driver of all the times.
Very often called Mister Le Mans, for his six victories at the famous race of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Jacky Ickx is one of the racing drivers that left their mark on the Twentieth Century as well for his gentleman attitude than his eloquent results list in so many racing disciplines. This website is dedicated to him but also to let the visitors know or remind about this racing gentleman driver.
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Auto Modélisme présents the cars of Jacky Ickx
In its number 134, the French magazine Auto Modélisme presents Jacky Ickx's cars which are, in fact, the cars from the collection of the webmaster of this site. Six pages are dedicated to the main models of my collection and the story of these cars.
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Our friend Paul Frère left us this February 24th, 2008 at the age of 91 years old. It is a very great champion of the Belgian motorsportsport which leaves us. We address all our sympathy to his family and to his close relations.
Jacky Ickx pays homage to the Restaurant of Hunaudières
On 26th October 2006 a friendly meeting was held in the office of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest in the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit. This event was Jacky Ickx'idea who, for many, keeps being "Monsieur Le Mans" - Bruno Vandestick, the ACO speaker, mentioned that Tom Kristensen still considered the Belgian pilot as such - as well as the ACO and its President, Jean-Claude Plassart, who also attended this meeting. (read more...)
Le Mans, June 14th 1969. The start of the 37th endurance race of the 24 hours of Le Mans will exceptionally be given at 14:00 because of presidential elections. The drivers are in front of their cars, they hate this start procedure, dating from another time. Indeed the reason why this Le Mans type start was decided in 1925 doesn’t convince today. (read more...)
The other day, while Jacky Ickx and I had lunch in a very nice little Italian restaurant, Jacky says to me: "I have just received a splendid book whose foreword, very touching, is written by Jean-Claude Andruet. You must absolutely tell this history on our website! ". (read more...)
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