Jacky Ickx quotes

Jacky Ickx is a Belgian racing driver renowned for his successes in both Formula One and endurance racing. Considered one of the most versatile drivers, he achieved multiple victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and enjoyed a celebrated F1 career. He is especially admired for his skill in challenging conditions and his sportsmanship on and off the track. Here are 11 of his quotes:

The existence is a tremendous curiosity, with in the course of the years, the discovery of yourself in your inmost evolutions. With the age you feel better than you are, what you represent. Which means a little at the planet's scale.

Jacky Ickx

I am infinitely grateful to the life which privileged me.

Jacky Ickx

My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike.

Jacky Ickx

And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.

Jacky Ickx

The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship.

Jacky Ickx

In the past, two colleagues died each season. It was generally accepted this could happen.

Jacky Ickx

In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.

Jacky Ickx

I believe to have been one of the rare drivers to have returned to Ferrari.

Jacky Ickx

I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.

Jacky Ickx