I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.
From Jacky Ickx
To be here recovers from a state of soul, from a state of mind. I have the memory of the heart. I know what I received. I must have the will to give back to others.
What fascinated me, it was not the glory, but the contact with the public.
I believe to have been one of the rare drivers to have returned to Ferrari.
In this kind of situation, we tend to cling to his convictions, we believe that, by magic, we are going to recover. Then we agree to drive less good cars and we are fatally more exposed. It is what finally happened to me with Ensign.
In the past, two colleagues died each season. It was generally accepted this could happen.
But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension.
Everything was magnificent so far, even if I knew my part of dramas.
Before the season begins, I had even damaged some frames, but Ken did not hold it against me and kept all his confidence. He was the one who incontestably changed my life, because without his help, I do not know what I will have become.
Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
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