Jacky Ickx didn\u2019t grow up wanting to be a racing driver, so how did he become Belgium\u2019s most successful Formula 1 driver and one of the most versatile racers in the history of motorsport?<\/p>\n
Competing in all types of cars and competitions, not only did Ickx win eight F1 races and finish runner-up in the Drivers\u2019 Standings twice, but he was also a serial winner in Le Mans, the World Endurance Championship and even the Paris-Dakar rally.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Beyond The Grid host Tom Clarkson, Ickx tells the remarkable story of how he made his F1 debut in a Formula 2 car at the 1966 German Grand Prix. At that time, F2 cars were allowed to race alongside F1 machinery because of how long the iconic N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife track was.<\/p>\n
Ickx reveals how his impressive performances in the F2 car led to him joining Ferrari in 1968, why he left the team after just one season, only to return a year later, and what his relationship with Enzo Ferrari was like.<\/p>\n
Ickx also remembers how he felt finishing runner-up in 1970 to Jochen Rindt, the only driver to be crowned World Champion posthumously, and you\u2019ll hear the story of his inspirational one-man protest on track that changed the safety of Le Mans forever.<\/p>\n
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