125-478: Ickx is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Jacky Ickx (born 1945), Belgian racing driver Pascal Ickx (born 1937), Belgian racing driver and brother of Jacky Vanina Ickx (born 1975), Belgian racing driver and daughter of Jacky Johan Ickx (born 1962), archivist of Vatican City See also [ edit ] ICK (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
250-538: A Ferrari 296 GT3 run by Frikadelli Racing won the 24 Hours of Nürburgring . At the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans , Ferrari achieved its eleventh victory, recording consecutive victories at Le Mans for the first time since 1965 with the No. 50 499P driven by Antonio Fuoco , Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen . While the Ferrari No. 51 499P driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi , James Calado , and Antonio Giovinazzi , winner of
375-466: A 2011 article in the British magazine Motor Sport , that he was glad he did not win the 1970 World Championship. He did not want to win against a man who could not defend his chances, referring to the deceased Rindt. In 1971, Ickx and Ferrari started as favourites, but the championship went to Jackie Stewart with the new Tyrrell . Ferrari traditionally started the season with its full attention on
500-745: A BMW 2000TI to win the Spa 24 Hours endurance race in his native Belgium. In 1967, Ickx won the 1000km of Spa with Dick Thompson in the Gulf -liveried JW Automotive Mirage M1. In 1968, Ickx won the Brands Hatch six-hour endurance race partnered with Brian Redman in a John Wyer entered Ford GT40 Mk1 . Ickx would go on to win the Brands race on a further three occasions, in 1972 for Ferrari alongside Mario Andretti and 1977 and 1982 driving Porsches with Jochen Mass and Derek Bell respectively. Ickx won
625-459: A Grand Prix World Championship had been discussed before the war; it took several years afterwards for the series to become active. Meanwhile, Ferrari rebuilt his works in Maranello and constructed the 12-cylinder, 1.5 L Tipo 125 , which competed at several non-championship Grands Prix. The car made its debut at the 1948 Italian Grand Prix with Raymond Sommer and achieved its first win at
750-404: A bigger level of media coverage to the sport. Ferrari was able to prevail in the 1964 and 1965 seasons both in the championship and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans but had to concede Ford the victory in the 1966 championship and Le Mans race, when the 7-litre GT40 had a dominant season. In 1967, the last where Ford and Ferrari could battle on the tarmac, saw Ferrari taking the championship but losing at
875-503: A competitive new Lotus was ready to race. Ickx did not compete in Formula One for the remainder of 1975. It seemed that the end of Ickx's career was near. After Fittipaldi left McLaren , Ickx was thought likely to get the drive, but tobacco company promoter John Hogan preferred James Hunt . In 1976 Ickx began the season with Wolf–Williams Racing (then entering as "Frank Williams Racing Cars"), but after three races signed with
1000-554: A degree of respectability only with a 7th in Spain and a good drive to 10th out of 19 finishers in the French GP in a car which, in the estimate of James Hunt and Chris Amon , was worse than useless. Nevertheless, for a large payment from Wolf, Amon agreed to swap drives with Ickx and Ickx raced the rest of the season in the fast and fragile Lotus styled Ensign N176, in which design Amon had suffered horrific breakages at Zolder and in
1125-523: A difficult period awaited. Lotus had problems replacing the successful but ageing Lotus 72 (which debuted in 1970) with the troublesome Lotus 76 and, during the opening races of the championship, Ickx only managed a solitary third place in Brazil . Ickx demonstrated that he was still the Rain Master when he won the non-championship Race of Champions at Brands Hatch after having passed Niki Lauda on
1250-757: A driver, such as the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Monterey Historics , usually on behalf of Porsche and Ferrari . He still acts as the Clerk of the Course for the Monaco Grand Prix and is still a resident of Brussels . Jacky Ickx is married to singer Khadja Nin . The couple were guests at the wedding of Prince Albert of Monaco and Charlene Wittstock in July 2011. Ickx became
1375-595: A factory effort Ferrari Competizioni GT, in partnership with racing teams, such as AF Corse , Kessel Racing , and Risi Competizione , among others. With factory support, these teams achieved great success in major international GT2 and GTE Pro/GTLM competitions. Starting from this same year, AF Corse won the GT2 manufacturers' title along with the team's title each year it was contested in the FIA GT Championship . It also took two drivers' titles in 2006 and 2008 in
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#17327918134901500-579: A privateer Porsche while waiting to join the Ferrari in 1986, which had promised him a seat after his performance in Monaco, similar to what they had done for Lauda after he outclassed Ickx there in 1973. At Spa, Ickx's home track, the young German in the private Porsche 956 of Walter Brun tried to pass the experienced Belgian in the factory Porsche 962 for first place after being behind Ickx for three laps. At Eau Rouge corner , Bellof attempted to pass from
1625-429: A record six times at the 24h race at Le Mans, becoming known as "Monsieur Le Mans". Three of the wins were with Derek Bell : this would become one of the most legendary partnerships. In 2005, Tom Kristensen surpassed Ickx's record and when Kristensen announced his proposed retirement at the end of the 2014 season had nine victories. From 1976 on, he was a factory driver for Porsche and their new turbocharged race cars,
1750-497: A resident of Monaco in the early 1980s. Ickx's father Jacques Ickx (1910–1978) and older brother Pascal Ickx (born 1937) were racing drivers. His daughter, Vanina Ickx (from his first marriage with Catherine Ickx ) followed in her father's footsteps to become a racing driver as well. Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) † Events with 2 races staged for
1875-647: A team one and there was not a largely participated world manufacturer title for sportscars until the inception of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). Ferrari cars were raced in a range of classes, such as GT racing by other entrants, but not by the factory Scuderia Ferrari team. In the 1990s, Ferrari returned to sports prototypes as a constructor with the Ferrari 333 SP with success, although Scuderia Ferrari itself never raced this car. From 2006, Ferrari returned to GT car racing with
2000-470: A test track on the same site, the Fiorano Circuit built in 1972, which is used for testing road and race cars. The team is named after its founder Enzo Ferrari . Scuderia is Italian for a stable reserved for racing horses, and is also commonly applied to Italian motor racing teams. The prancing horse was the symbol used on Italian World War I ace Francesco Baracca 's fighter plane. It became
2125-730: A testing accident, Ickx's results improved: Alan Henry suggests that Ickx performed better with the whole team focussed on him. Ickx finished third in France , second in Great Britain and won in Canada and in Germany at the Nürburgring, where he also took pole position and fastest lap, in the last Formula One race there before 'The Ring' was made less bumpy and dangerous. In the 1969 Mexican Grand Prix Ickx finished second and ended
2250-757: A two-year sponsorship agreement with the United States–based Haas Automation tool company, which transferred into a powertrain deal in 2016 when the Haas F1 Team entered the sport. On 14 April 2018, AMD announced a multi-year sponsorship with Scuderia Ferrari on the occasion of the Chinese Grand Prix held on the Shanghai Circuit. The AMD logo was visible on the nose of the Ferrari SF71H . In December 2021,
2375-513: Is a six-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans , as well as a two-time winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring . In rallying , Ickx won the Paris–Dakar Rally in 1983 with Mercedes . Born and raised in Brussels , Ickx started his career in motorcycle road racing and trials , winning several national and continental titles in the latter discipline. Progressing to touring car racing in
2500-720: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Jacky Ickx Jacques Bernard Edmon Martin Henri " Jacky " Ickx ( French pronunciation: [ʒaki iks] ; born 1 January 1945) is a Belgian former racing driver , who competed in Formula One from 1966 to 1979 . Ickx twice finished runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1969 and 1970 , and won eight Grands Prix across 14 seasons. In endurance racing , Ickx won two World Endurance Championships with Porsche and
2625-421: Is the racing division of luxury Italian auto manufacturer Ferrari and the racing team that competes in Formula One racing. The team is also known by the nickname " The Prancing Horse " ( Italian : il Cavallino Rampante or simply il Cavallino ), in reference to their logo. It is the oldest surviving and most successful Formula One team , having competed in every world championship since 1950 . The team
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#17327918134902750-420: Is the team's most successful driver. Joining the team in 1996 and driving for them until his first retirement in 2006 , he won five consecutive drivers' titles and 72 Grands Prix for the team. His titles came consecutively between 2000 and 2004 , and the team won consecutive constructors' titles between 1999 and 2004, marking the era as the most successful period in the team's history. The team's drivers for
2875-571: The 1961 Belgian Grand Prix when Belgian driver Olivier Gendebien privately entered a Ferrari car painted in the Belgian racing yellow colour , scoring 4th behind three other Ferrari cars painted in red as they were entered by the Scuderia Ferrari works team itself, and driven by US drivers Phil Hill and Richie Ginther as well as German Wolfgang von Trips . Ferrari won the 1964 World championship with John Surtees by competing
3000-501: The 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans , his first victory in that race. This race also saw the first appearance of the Porsche 917 at Le Mans, which was regarded by far as the favourite. The Ford GT40 that Ickx drove with Jackie Oliver appeared at that time to be an obsolete car, outperformed by the new Porsche 917 but also by the older Porsche 908 and the new generation of 3-litre prototypes from Ferrari , Matra and Alfa Romeo . As Ickx
3125-404: The 1974 season) to become the title sponsor of Ferrari, resulting to the change of the official team's name to Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro from the beginning of the 1997 season until the 2011 European Grand Prix . Marlboro had already been Ferrari's minor sponsor since the 1984 season and increased to the team's major sponsorship in the 1993 season. Alongside Jordan Grand Prix , the team
3250-442: The 1998 Belgian Grand Prix , team orders in Formula One were officially banned ahead of the 2003 season. On lap 49 of the 2010 German Grand Prix , Fernando Alonso went past Felipe Massa for the race lead, after Ferrari had informed Massa that Alonso was "faster than him". This communication has widely been interpreted as a team order from Ferrari. Alonso won the race, with Massa finishing second and Sebastian Vettel taking
3375-557: The 2008 Italian Grand Prix , as well as one Ferrari privateer win at the 1961 French Grand Prix . Nine drivers have won the Drivers' Championship while driving for Ferrari, winning a total of fifteen Drivers' Championships. Between 1950 and 1966 , numerous privateer teams entered Ferrari cars in World Championship events. Between them, these teams achieved five podium finishes, including Giancarlo Baghetti 's win at
3500-471: The 2021 season, the Mission Winnow sponsorship was dropped to promote new technologies. On 10 September 2009, Ferrari announced that it would be sponsored by Santander from 2010 on a five-year contract. The contract was subsequently extended to end in late 2017. After a four-year break, Santander and Ferrari renewed their partnership on 21 December 2021 with a multi-year contract. As part of
3625-501: The 2024 season are Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. The latter will be replaced by the seven-time Formula One World Champion, Lewis Hamilton for the 2025 season and beyond. Scuderia Ferrari was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 to enter amateur drivers in various races. Ferrari himself had raced in Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali and Alfa Romeo cars before that date. The idea came about on
3750-492: The 24 Hours of Le Mans six times, a record which stood until 2005 . He also won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1969 and 1972, and the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1972 alongside Mario Andretti , making him the fourth driver to complete the Triple Crown of endurance racing . Ickx won two World Endurance Championships in 1982 and 1983 with Porsche . He retired from endurance racing in 1985 , following his involvement in
3875-462: The 935 and especially the 936 sports car, which he drove to wins in Le Mans three times. These drives, as well as the losing effort in 1978, often in the rain and at night, were some of the finest ever. Ickx considers the 1977 24 Hours of Le Mans race to be his favourite win of all time. Retiring earlier on in another Porsche 936, which he shared with Henri Pescarolo , the team transferred him to
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4000-562: The Alfa Romeo Bimotore , the first car to wear a Ferrari badge on the radiator cowl. Ferrari managed numerous established drivers (notably Tazio Nuvolari , Giuseppe Campari , Achille Varzi , and Louis Chiron ) and several talented rookies (Mario Tadini, Guy Moll , Carlo Maria Pintacuda , and Antonio Brivio ) from his headquarters in Viale Trento e Trieste, Modena, Italy , until 1938, at which point Alfa Romeo made him
4125-477: The Austrian Grand Prix it was Ickx that took the win. At Monza , Rindt died in an accident during qualifying. Ickx was the only driver with a chance to take the championship from Rindt who had already won five of nine races in that season, with four more to go. Monza saw a win by Ferrari teammate Clay Regazzoni while Ickx's car broke down. The Belgian took the win at Canada and if he could win at
4250-547: The Dutch Grand Prix in 1971 and the German Grand Prix in 1972 , but left the team halfway through the 1973 season over the performance of the Ferrari 312B3 . After one-off appearances for McLaren and Williams , Ickx joined Lotus in 1974 , but left after less than two seasons with the team. He returned to the sport with Wolf–Williams in 1976 , swapping seats with Chris Amon at Ensign from
4375-444: The Dutch Grand Prix onwards. After intermittent appearances for Ensign over the next three seasons, Ickx joined Ligier in 1979 , replacing an injured Patrick Depailler at the final eight Grands Prix of the season. Struggling to adapt to the ground effect era , Ickx retired from Formula One at the conclusion of the 1979 season with eight race wins, 13 pole positions, 14 fastest laps and 25 podiums. Outside of Formula One, Ickx won
4500-462: The Fiat group (which had been the owners of the Ferrari company since 1969 ). Until the 1980s, the only other companies whose logos appeared on Ferrari's Formula One cars were technical partners, such as Magneti Marelli , Brembo , and Agip . At the end of the 1996 season, Philip Morris International through its brand Marlboro withdrew its sponsorship agreement with McLaren after 22 years (since
4625-580: The Formula 2 series in several years, as follows: From the late 1940s to the early 1970s, Ferrari competed in sports car racing with great success, winning the overall World Sportscar Championship (WSC) twelve times. Ferrari cars (including non-works entries) won the Mille Miglia eight times, the Targa Florio seven times, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans nine times. In this span of time, Ferrari
4750-467: The German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in a McLaren , and scored a sterling third place behind the all-conquering Tyrrells of Stewart and François Cevert . Ickx returned to Ferrari for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza again finishing eighth but drove for Williams in the 1973 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen finishing seventh. When Ickx signed with Team Lotus in 1974,
4875-533: The Italian Grand Prix onwards, where he finished sixth. Ickx was signed by Ferrari in 1968 , taking his maiden victory in France , amongst several podiums, as he finished fourth in the standings. Moving to Brabham in 1969 , he took multiple wins as he finished runner-up to Jackie Stewart . He returned to Ferrari the next year , again finishing runner-up to Jochen Rindt as he took wins in Austria , Canada and Mexico . Ickx took further wins for Ferrari at
5000-609: The Nürburgring . Ickx entered his first Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in 1966, driving a Matra MS5 - Cosworth one-litre Formula Two (F2) car, entered by Ken Tyrrell . However, a first lap collision with John Taylor at Flugplatz caused both cars to retire and Taylor later died as a result of burns received in the accident, after his car caught fire. In 1967, Ickx again drove at the Nurburgring, with an F2 Matra MS7 -Cosworth 1.6-litre, also entered by Tyrrell. Despite
5125-532: The Oreca team who were running a Mazda 787B for Mazdaspeed in 1991 . Ickx was also selected to participate in the 1978 and 1984 editions of the International Race of Champions . Although he had never driven a stock car before, Ickx was entered to race in the 1969 Daytona 500 , in a car owned by Junior Johnson . A few days before the race, Ickx crashed the car during practice, and although he
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5250-544: The Sports Prototypes class, the team developed the Ferrari P series of cars. Up to the 1964 season, they faced little competition from major manufacturers, as only Porsche stayed in the series albeit with smaller engined cars that were able to be competitive only in selected races where engine power was less relevant and overall lightness was a premium, such as at the Targa Florio or at the Nurburgring. At
5375-615: The Swedish GP . For most of the Dutch GP, Ickx moved through the field, running the third fastest lap and on most laps was the fastest car in the race. With a newer Cosworth engine, Ickx probably would have won, but the under-maintained engine expired ten laps from the end. In the Italian race, Ickx drove at competitive pace in a Grand Prix for the last time, when he finished tenth, only 30 seconds behind winner Ronnie Peterson , hard on
5500-557: The Swedish Grand Prix at Anderstorp Ickx failed to qualify. In 1979, he ended his career as a Grand Prix driver at Ligier , standing in for the injured Patrick Depailler , gaining a fifth and sixth, but finding the ground effect cars dangerous and disconcerting, ill-suited to his precise style. Outside of Formula One, Ickx continued to win races in various sports car series, which he had decided to concentrate on exclusively. In 1966, Ickx teamed up with Hubert Hahne in
5625-470: The Targa Florio , the Mille Miglia , and the Carrera Panamericana . The team is also known for its passionate support base, known as the tifosi . The Italian Grand Prix at Monza is regarded as the team's home race. As a constructor in Formula One, Ferrari has a record 16 Constructors' Championships . Their most recent Constructors' Championship was won in 2008 . The team also holds
5750-405: The surname Ickx . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ickx&oldid=1193605176 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
5875-524: The 1932 Spa 24 Hours in Belgium on a two-car team of Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spiders, which finished first and second. In 1933, Alfa Romeo experienced economic difficulties and withdrew its team from racing. From then, the Scuderia Ferrari became the acting racing team of Alfa Romeo when the factory released to the Scuderia the up to date Monoposto Tipo B racers. In 1935, Enzo Ferrari and Luigi Bazzi built
6000-459: The 1968 season forced Ferrari out from the championship and in this way the Ferrari vs. Ford battle in endurance racing met its end. The 1970s was the last decade Ferrari entered as a works effort in sports car racing. After an uninspired performance in the 1973 season, Enzo Ferrari stopped all development of sports cars in prototype and grand touring (GT) racing at the end of the year to concentrate on Formula One. This choice paid off and Ferrari
6125-425: The 2021 season included Shell , Ray-Ban , United Parcel Service , Estrella Galicia , Weichai Group , Richard Mille , Mahle GmbH , Amazon Web Services , and Officine Meccaniche Rezzatesi. On 24 April 2024, the team announced a multi-year title partnership with HP Inc. , renaming the team (including E-sports and F1 Academy) as Scuderia Ferrari HP from the 2024 Miami Grand Prix onwards. Ferrari competed in
6250-437: The 24 Hours of Le Mans race. This last race was really controversial as the race timing completely disappeared for some hours during nighttime before reappearing with altered results. This and other controversial aspects of the race were recounted by the late Mauro Forghieri , famously quoting a dialogue with Mr Finance, then in charge of organising the Le Mans race. A change of rules denying the participation to prototype cars for
6375-453: The 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 24 Hours of Daytona , and the 12 Hours of Sebring . The 499P was managed by AF Corse and this caused a restructuring of the GT activities of the successful Italian team. At the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans , Ferrari achieved its first Le Mans victory since 1965 with the No. 51 499P driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi , James Calado , and Antonio Giovinazzi . In the same year,
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#17327918134906500-759: The American IndyCar series. This threat was used as a bargaining tool with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), and Enzo Ferrari offered to cancel the IndyCar Project and commit to Formula One on the condition that the technical regulations were not changed to exclude V12 engines. The FIA agreed to this, and the IndyCar project was shelved, although a car, the Ferrari 637 , had already been constructed. In 2009, it had emerged that Ferrari had an FIA-sanctioned veto on
6625-900: The Carrera Panamericana in Mexico, the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France, the Mille Miglia in Italy, the 24 Hours of Spa in Belgium, the Nürburgring 1000 km in Germany, and the Sicilian Targa Florio. Ferrari launched a large range of sports racers over the next three years. This included the traditional compact Colombo V12 -powered Ferrari 250 MM ; the larger V12 Lampredi -powered 340 MM , 375 MM , 375 Plus , and 410 S ; and Jano -powered 290 MM , 315 S , and 335 S ;
6750-539: The European Union, and other major teams had withdrawn from relationships with tobacco companies (e.g. McLaren had ended its eight-year relationship with West ). In reporting the deal, F1 Racing magazine judged it to be a black day for the sport, putting non-tobacco funded teams at a disadvantage and discouraging other brands from entering a sport still associated with tobacco. The magazine estimated that between 2005 and 2011, Ferrari received $ 1 billion from
6875-595: The GT drivers' title, which had been awarded since the 2013 season, with Ferrari/AF Corse winning five out of nine editions (2013, 2014, 2017, 2021, and 2022). To this tally, AF Corse added four out of six LMGTE PRO team trophies. Several other trophies were won also in the LMGTE PRO/AM class in the WEC. Other victories were also achieved in international and national championships both in GT2/LmGTE and GT3 classes all over
7000-457: The NART team and at the 1966 Italian Grand Prix by the British privateer team Reg Parnell kept wearing the red colour, the 1964 Mexican Grand Prix was the last time Ferrari cars wore other than the traditional red colour in Formula One. The Ferrari Formula One team was resistant to the commercial sponsorship for many years and it was not until 1977 that the cars began to feature the logo of
7125-515: The Porsche 917 cars proved unreliable, and none finished. The last four hours of the race turned into a duel between the Porsche 908 of Hans Herrmann / Gérard Larrousse and the Ford GT-40 of Ickx/Oliver. In the last hour, Ickx and Herrmann continually leapfrogged each other, the Porsche being faster on the straights owing to having less aerodynamic drag, while being passed again under braking as
7250-566: The Scot and the Belgian not only fought on the track, but also off the track. Stewart was constantly fighting for more safety in Formula One, while Ickx thought by doing that the challenge was taken out of the sport. In 1972, Ickx stayed at Ferrari and finished second in Spain and Monaco . After that the Ferrari only got noticed for its retirements. Yet, once again it was the Nürburgring where Ickx
7375-478: The agreement. The last time Ferrari ran explicit tobacco sponsorship on the car was at the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix , with barcodes and other subliminal markers used afterwards. On 8 July 2011, it was announced that the Marlboro section of its official team name had been removed from the 2011 British Grand Prix onwards, following complaints from sponsorship regulators. As a consequence, the official team's name
7500-443: The brake pads were worn and the team reckoned there was not enough time left to change them. Ickx won the race by the smallest of competitive margins ever, with less than 120 yards (110 m) between the two cars, despite having lost a bigger distance intentionally at the start. He also won his case for safety: from 1970, all drivers could start the race sitting in their cars with the belts tightened properly. In later years, Ickx won
7625-404: The burning car and he was hospitalized with severe burns. After 17 days he was back in his car at the Monaco Grand Prix , where he ran fifth before retiring with a driveshaft failure. The car started to improve and at the German Grand Prix (held at Hockenheim as his favourite Nürburgring was boycotted for safety reasons) he fought with Jochen Rindt for the win, but finished a close second. At
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#17327918134907750-475: The car of Jürgen Barth and Hurley Haywood which was in 42nd place. Ickx made up for lost laps to lead the race by early morning, but suffered a mechanical problem which forced the car to pit. The mechanics resolved the issue by switching off one cylinder, and Ickx went on to win the race. The win in 1982 came with the new and superior Porsche 956 model, though, which carried him to two titles as world champion of endurance racing, in 1982 and 1983. In 1983, Ickx
7875-429: The circuit. In 1979, in the newly-reborn Can-Am series for rebodied covered wheel Formula 5000 cars, Ickx won against strong opposition from Keke Rosberg , Elliot Forbes-Robinson and Bobby Rahal . Formula One fledgling Rosberg drove his Can Am car with ferocity, but often went off the road trying to match the pace of Ickx, who won the series decisively at the season finale at Riverside . The previous weekend, on
8000-406: The dangerous and undulating Laguna Seca circuit near Monterey , Ickx elected to race conservatively rather than going after leaders Forbes-Robinson and Rosberg, but film of the race indicates the brutal nature of this late generation of Can Am racing. Ickx did not return to defend his title the following season. One of his other Le Mans victories in a non-driving capacity was when he consulted for
8125-430: The deal with Acer , Acer was allowed to sell Ferrari-badged laptops. On the other hand, semiconductor chip maker AMD , announced in early 2009 that it had decided to drop its sponsorship of the team and was waiting for its contract to expire after its former vice-president/sales executive (who was an avid fan of motorsports) had left the company. AMD returned to sponsor the team in 2018. On 3 July 2014, Ferrari announced
8250-677: The death of Stefan Bellof . Between 1981 and 2000 , Ickx entered 14 editions of the Dakar Rally , winning in 1983 . Ickx was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2002. Jacques Bernard Edmon Martin Henri Ickx was born on 1 January 1945 in Brussels , Ickx was introduced to motorsports when he was taken by his father, motoring journalist Jacques Ickx, to races which he covered. Despite this family background, Ickx had limited interest in
8375-619: The different classes. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari ( Italian: [skudeˈriːa ferˈraːri] ), currently racing under Scuderia Ferrari HP ,
8500-416: The end of 1963, a conflict between Ferrari and Ford over the potential acquisition of the Italian manufacturer by the American giant carmaker gave way to the famous "Ford vs. Ferrari war", a sort of modern David vs. Goliath battle that changed international motorsport forever. Ford decided to enter endurance racing pouring unprecedented amounts of money in the development of a racing department in England with
8625-447: The fastest lap of the F2 runners. At Monza in 1967, he made his Formula One debut in a Cooper T81B - Maserati , finishing sixth, despite suffering a puncture on the last lap. He also drove for Cooper in the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen but retired on lap 45 with overheating. In 1968 Ickx drove in Formula 1 for Ferrari . He retired from his first two races, but at his home race at Spa-Francorchamps he started from
8750-446: The final place on the podium. Ferrari were fined the maximum penalty available to the stewards, $ 100,000, for breach of regulations and for "bringing the sport into disrepute" as per "Article 151c' of the International Sporting Code ". Ferrari said they would not contest the fine. The team were referred to the FIA World Motor Sport Council , where they upheld the stewards' view but did not take any further action. The ban on team orders
8875-420: The first 70 laps, Rubens Barrichello was instructed to let Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher pass him, a move that proved to be unpopular among many Formula One fans and the FIA , the sport's governing body. Following this incident and others in which team orders were used, such as McLaren 's use of them at the 1997 European Grand Prix and at the 1998 Australian Grand Prix , and Jordan Grand Prix 's at
9000-464: The first season and the European 50 cc trials title. He took another two titles before he moved to racing a Lotus Cortina in touring car racing , taking his national saloon car championship in 1965, as well as winning the Spa 24 Hours race in 1966 driving a BMW 2000TI . He also competed in sports car races where he had already significant experience from taking part in the 1000 km races at
9125-591: The first true Ferrari cars. After Alberto Ascari and the Marchese Lotario Rangoni Machiavelli di Modena drove them in the 1940 Mille Miglia , World War II put a temporary end to racing and the 815s saw no more competition. Ferrari continued to manufacture machine tools (specifically oleodynamic grinding machines). In 1943, he moved his headquarters to Maranello , where it was bombed in November 1944 and February 1945. Rules for
9250-407: The four-cylinder 500, 625, 750, and 860 Monzas ; and the six-cylinder 376 S and 735 LM . With this potent line-up, Ferrari was able to claim six of the first seven WSC titles (1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, and 1958). In the first half of the 1960s, Ferrari continued to enjoy considerable success, including six overall wins in a row at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (from 1960 to 1965). With the introduction of
9375-477: The front row and finished third. At the French Grand Prix at Rouen he took his first win, in heavy rain. Ickx also finished third at Brands Hatch and fourth at the Nürburgring after driving almost the entire race in heavy rain without his helmet visor. At Monza he finished the race in third position. In Canada he crashed and broke his left leg during practice, thus did not start and also missed
9500-420: The greater power of the Formula One cars, only two drivers qualified with a faster time than Ickx: Denny Hulme and Jim Clark . As Ickx was racing in the separate F2 class, he started the race behind all of the Formula One cars, but within four laps of the 28 km circuit he was up to fifth place, having overtaken 12 Formula One cars. He was forced to retire after 12 laps with a broken front suspension, but set
9625-418: The iconic Marlboro cigarette packet design. In 2019, Mission Winnow became the team's title sponsor, and the team originally entered the 2019 season as Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow. Mission Winnow was dropped from team name before the season opener, while the car's Mission Winnow logos were replaced by a special 90th anniversary logo, after Australian authorities had launched an investigation into whether
9750-663: The initiative introduced by Philip Morris contravened laws banning tobacco advertising. Mission Winnow was restored for the second race of the season, and was used until the Monaco Grand Prix. The Mission Winnow logos were again replaced by the 90th anniversary logos for the Canadian until the Russian Grand Prix. The Mission Winnow branding returned at the Japanese Grand Prix. At the end of
9875-552: The last debutant to win the race until 2011, when Nick Percat matched this feat partnering two-time winner Garth Tander . The victory at the Bathurst 1000 was in a Ford XC Falcon Group C Touring Car manufactured in Australia with limited modifications for racing. After only days practice in a car he had never driven before he was doing lap times the same or quicker than drivers who drove nothing else and who were familiar with
10000-458: The last two laps Ickx was getting close to third place Carlos Reutemann , but on the final lap, Ronnie Peterson slipstreamed past to claim 4th. In Austria, Ickx, this time in the Lotus 76, moved up the field but went off while attempting to take Depailler for second. In the last races of the year, tyre issues with Goodyears unsuitable for the Lotus 72 and 76 meant Lotus were not competitive. 1975
10125-824: The last two races (the United States Grand Prix and Mexican Grand Prix ) in Ferrari 158 cars painted white with blue lengthwise " Cunningham racing stripes " - the national colours of the teams licensed in the United States - as these were entered not by the Italian works team themselves but by the American NART team. This was done as a protest against the agreement between Ferrari and the Italian Racing Authorities regarding their planned mid-engined Ferrari race car. Since Ferrari cars entered in 1965 and 1969 seasons by
10250-418: The latter did not and instead passed Villeneuve. Villeneuve was angered by what he saw as a betrayal by his teammate and, at one point, had even refused to go onto the podium. This feud is often considered to have been a contributory factor to his fatal accident in qualifying at the next race, the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix . At the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix , after having started from pole position and leading
10375-486: The left, but Ickx turned left from the right side at the entry of the Eau Rouge and they collided and crashed, Bellof dying an hour later after he crashed the barrier in the " Raidillon " part of the track head-on, while Ickx was shaken but unharmed. He retired from professional circuit racing at the end of the season. Ickx also co-drove to victory with Allan Moffat at the 1977 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 in Australia, becoming
10500-458: The logo of Ferrari after the fallen ace's parents, close acquaintances of Enzo Ferrari, suggested that Ferrari use the symbol as the logo of the Scuderia , telling him it would "bring him good luck". Since its debut in 1950, Ferrari has become a byword for Formula One . For many, Ferrari and Formula One racing have become inseparable, being the only team to have competed in every season since
10625-482: The manager of the factory racing division, Alfa Corse . Alfa Romeo had bought the shares of the Scuderia Ferrari in 1937 and transferred, from 1 January 1938, the official racing activity to Alfa Corse whose new buildings were being erected next to the Alfa factory at Portello, Milan . The Viale Trento e Trieste facilities remained active to assist the racing customers. Enzo Ferrari disagreed with this policy change and
10750-422: The men of the Scuderia and its founder. Ferrari scored international successes in sports car racing while still at the startup phase, taking wins in 1948 at the Mille Miglia and at the Targa Florio with the Ferrari 166 S and in 1949 at the Mille Miglia, at the12 Hours of Paris, at the 24 Hours of Spa , at the Targa Florio, and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans all in the same season. This remarkable streak of victories
10875-434: The mid-1960s, Ickx won multiple titles before winning the 24 Hours of Spa in 1966. Attracting the attention of Ken Tyrrell , he entered the 1966 German Grand Prix in a Matra Formula Two car, retiring after a first-lap collision with John Taylor , who later died of his injuries. Ickx returned to the race the following year , qualifying third in his Formula Two machinery and earning a Formula One drive with Cooper from
11000-618: The minor Circuito di Garda with Giuseppe Farina . After the four-year condition expired, the road car company was called Ferrari S.p.A. , while the name SEFAC (Società Esercizio Fabbriche Automobili e Corse) was used for the racing department. The team was based in Modena from its pre-war founding until 1943, when Enzo Ferrari moved the team to a new factory in Maranello in 1943, and both Scuderia Ferrari and Ferrari's road car factory remain at Maranello to this day. The team owns and operates
11125-489: The new V6 turbo engines. Marussia, Cosworth's only team at the time, signed a multi-year deal with Ferrari, beginning in 2014. For the 2024 season , Ferrari supplies the Haas F1 Team and Sauber Motorsport . Ferrari did not enter the first-ever race of the championship, the 1950 British Grand Prix , due to a dispute with the organisers over "start money". In the 1960s, Ferrari withdrew from several races in strike actions. In 1987, Ferrari considered abandoning Formula One for
11250-567: The new team of Walter Wolf Racing , which had substantial financial backing from Wolf. The Wolf team were also running the Wolf–Williams FW05 which was essentially a rebadged Hesketh 308C from 1975 and was uncompetitive. However, at the Race of Champions , Ickx was challenging Hunt and Alan Jones for the lead, when Ickx's visor ripped off. In the world championship races he failed to qualify on four occasions, (a first in his career) achieving
11375-503: The night of 16 November at a dinner in Bologna , where Ferrari solicited financial help from textile heirs Augusto and Alfredo Caniato and wealthy amateur racer Mario Tadini. He then gathered a team which at its peak included over forty drivers, most of whom raced in various Alfa Romeo 8C cars; Ferrari himself continued racing, with moderate success, until the birth of his first son Dino in 1932. The prancing horse blazon first appeared at
11500-551: The objective to beat Ferrari in this category of races. The Ford GT40 was born and developed in the years following that initiative. After a few years, Ford entered also the Formula One championship. No European manufacturer was able to compete with this level of investment at the time, and Ford engines dominated Formula One racing for over a decade. Moreover, the advent of the American carmaker brought along munificent sponsorships from American tobacco and oil companies, in addition to
11625-483: The opening Grand Prix of the season. While being successful with their sports cars, which were driven to several wins by Ickx himself, the Formula One programme of the Italians was outclassed, and they even had to skip some races, notably at the Nürburgring. This was not acceptable to Ickx, who left the team halfway through the season (after the 1973 British Grand Prix , where he finished eighth). Instead, he competed in
11750-719: The outside at Paddock Bend. After the Brazilian Grand Prix his season deteriorated, the Lotus-Ford retiring in five consecutive races until an eleventh-place finish at Zandvoort . However, in mid season Ickx recovered some form, rising through the field in the British Grand Prix to finish a strong third. Even better was his drive in the German Grand Prix. For most of the race Ickx dueled for fourth place with his teammate Ronnie Peterson who
11875-426: The previous edition, came in third place. As a constructor, Ferrari has achieved the following statistics: Ferrari has achieved unparalleled success in Formula One and holds many significant records including (all numbers are based on World Championship events only). Ferrari is the most successful Formula One engine manufacturer with 249 wins, having achieved a single non-Ferrari victory with Scuderia Toro Rosso at
12000-524: The race before half distance due to heavy rain, just as leader Alain Prost was being caught by a young Ayrton Senna and Bellof. Prost thus won the race but was awarded only half the points for a win (4.5); the Frenchman subsequently lost the 1984 World Championship to McLaren team-mate Niki Lauda by half a point. In 1985, Ickx was involved with Bellof again, but with fatal consequences. Bellof raced
12125-413: The record for the most Drivers' Championships with 15, won by nine different drivers including Alberto Ascari , Juan Manuel Fangio , Mike Hawthorn , Phil Hill , John Surtees , Niki Lauda , Jody Scheckter , Michael Schumacher , and Kimi Räikkönen . Räikkönen's title in 2007 is the most recent for the team. The 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix marked Ferrari's 1000th Grand Prix in Formula One. Schumacher
12250-514: The remaining two events, he would overtake Rindt and win the championship. However, in the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen he only finished fourth, with Rindt's replacement Emerson Fittipaldi scoring his first career win, and thus was mathematically eliminated from the championship chase. Despite winning the last race in Mexico , Ickx could not beat Rindt's points total. Ickx later stated in
12375-417: The same car driven by Pier Guidi, Calado, and Côme Ledogar . A Ferrari 488 GT3 scored the overall win at the 2017 12 Hours of Bathurst and the 2021 24 Hours of Spa . In 2023, after a 50-year hiatus, Ferrari returned to the top class of endurance racing with its new Ferrari 499P , a Le Mans Hypercar prototype. Subsequently, they were able to compete for the world title and in prestigious events, such as
12500-535: The same series. Following the demise of the GT Championship and the creation of a new world championship series for endurance racing by the FIA, Ferrari/AF Corse continued to enjoy much success in GT racing. Of the ten GT manufacturers' championships contested from the introduction of the WEC championship in 2012, Ferrari won seven editions (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2021, and 2022). Almost the same happened with
12625-401: The sport until his father bought him a 50 cc Zündapp motorcycle. He began to compete in road racing and motorcycle trials . He won the 50 cc class at the 1962 Mettet Grand Prix road race, then demonstrated impressive talent when he defeated future motocross world champion Roger De Coster in the 1963 Belgian 50 cc trials national championship. Soon afterwards, Ickx won 8 of 13 races at
12750-513: The sports car championship rather than Formula One, a fact that had already caused John Surtees to leave in the middle of the 1966 season. Ickx won at Zandvoort in the rain with Firestone wet tyres, while Stewart had no chance with his Goodyear rubber. After that, he had a lot of retirements, while Stewart took one win after the other, despite Ickx giving him a good challenge at the Nürburgring once again, where both drivers shared victories from 1968 to 1973. That long and very challenging track
12875-669: The subsequent United States Grand Prix . He returned in time for the final race of the season in Mexico . Ickx scored 27 points in the 1968 Formula One season finishing in fourth place behind Graham Hill , Jackie Stewart and Hulme. In 1969 , Ickx moved to Brabham , partly at the instigation of the John Wyer team for whom he'd had considerable success in sports cars. Wyer's main sponsor, Gulf Oil were keen to ensure that they retained his services rather than possibly lose him to Ferrari 's sports car team. His first results at Brabham were poor, but after Jack Brabham broke his foot in
13000-498: The tail of Carlos Reutemann in a works Ferrari 312T2 in ninth. After a bad crash at the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen which he was lucky to have survived with only ankle injuries, Ickx only competed sporadically. In 1977 Ickx competed in only one Grand Prix at Monaco for Ensign finishing tenth. In 1978 he entered four Grands Prix, again for Ensign but only achieved a twelfth place at Zolder . In
13125-520: The team extended its 10-year partnership with Kaspersky Lab , which also became its esports team partner. This deal was terminated following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . The official suppliers of Ferrari for the 2021 season included Pirelli , Puma , Radiobook, Experis-Veritaaq, SKF , Magneti Marelli , NGK , Brembo , Riedel Communications , VistaJet , and Iveco . Other suppliers included Alfa Romeo , Palantir Technologies , Bell Sports , and Sabelt . The companies sponsoring Ferrari for
13250-502: The technical regulations. Team orders have proven controversial at several points in Ferrari's history. At the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix , the two Ferraris were leading with Gilles Villeneuve ahead of Didier Pironi . The team showed the slow sign to its drivers, and, as per a pre-race agreement, the driver leading at that point was expected to take the win of the Grand Prix. Villeneuve slowed and expected that Pironi would follow;
13375-607: The time, become soon a product of excellence and famous, rich people started to desire and buy them. The streak of prestigious victories continued the following seasons with wins at the Carrera Panamericana in 1951, at the 1950 and 1951 Mille Miglia, and almost at the same time Ferrari started to win in Formula One at several international events. In 1953, with the creation of the WSC, Ferrari, along with other manufacturers like Aston Martin , Maserati , Mercedes-Benz , and Jaguar began to enter multiple factory-backed cars in races, such as
13500-520: The world championship began. Ferrari produces engines for its own Formula One cars and has supplied engines to other teams. Ferrari has previously supplied engines to Minardi (1991), Scuderia Italia (1992–1993), Sauber (1997–2005 with engines badged as Petronas , and 2010–2025), Prost (2001, badged Acer ), Red Bull Racing (2006), Spyker (2007), Scuderia Toro Rosso (2007–2013, 2016), Force India (2008), and Marussia (2014–2015). When regulations changed in 2014, Cosworth decided not to make
13625-485: The world. Among the victories in prestigious racing events are the two GT2 class wins scored at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2008 and 2009 by Risi Competizione and the four GTE Pro class wins scored by AF Corse at the same event: in 2012 and 2014 with the Ferrari 458 GT2 driven by Gianmaria Bruni , Giancarlo Fisichella , and Toni Vilander ; in 2019 with the Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi , James Calado , and Daniel Serra ; and in 2021 with
13750-602: The year as runner-up in the drivers' world championship, behind Stewart. He returned to the Ferrari team for the 1970 season, a move he had been considering since the Italian Grand Prix. As in 1969, Ickx had a disappointing start to the 1970 season . On the first lap of the Spanish Grand Prix he collided with the BRM of Jackie Oliver and his car caught fire. It took at least 20 seconds for him to leave
13875-414: Was able to contend the Formula One title already from the 1974 season and then went on to win several titles in the following years. After Ferrari withdrawal from the WSC, the series soon saw a decline in the level of competition and reduced almost to a one-contender show until the 1987 season, when several manufacturers entered the championship again. Since the 1985 season, the championship was declassed to
14000-464: Was achieved with the 2-litre Ferrari 166 MM against larger engined sports cars and already known marques. The 166MM in its famous barchetta form represented also a milestone in car design history and was soon copied abroad, ending up revisited in the lines of the Shelby Cobra of the early 1960s. Ferrari cars, being able to win at the first try at Le Mans and to triumph in all the major races of
14125-414: Was almost the only constructor able to support the participation in both the two most important categories of international car motor racing at the time, i.e. the Formula One and endurance racing championships. The fact that it did so, achieving remarkable success with few resources and coming from an impoverished post-World War II Italy, it is seen as a testament to the prowess, passion, and dedication to
14250-532: Was dismissed by Alfa in 1939. In October 1939, Enzo Ferrari left Alfa when the racing activity stopped and founded Auto Avio Costruzioni Ferrari, which also manufactured machine tools. The agreement with Alfa included the condition that he would not use the Ferrari name on cars for four years. In the winter of 1939–1940, Ferrari started work on a racecar of his own, the Tipo 815 (eight cylinders, 1.5 L displacement). The 815s, designed by Alberto Massimino , were thus
14375-407: Was eager to show it was his track, giving his great rival Stewart no chance at all. As for Stewart one year later, and other champions such as Juan Manuel Fangio in 1957, it turned out that the last Formula One win for Ickx came at Nürburgring, where superior driving skill could beat superior machinery. In 1973, the Ferrari 312B3 was no longer competitive, and Ickx only managed one fourth place at
14500-408: Was even more disastrous for Lotus and Ickx left the team halfway through the season, even though he managed a second place in the chaotic Spanish Grand Prix which was overshadowed by accidents and stopped before half distance. Ickx was generally qualifying about 0.8 seconds slower than teammate Peterson. Ickx was stood down after the 1975 French GP with the promise that Chapman might re-employ him when
14625-490: Was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, initially to race cars produced by Alfa Romeo . By 1947, Ferrari had begun building its own cars. Among its important achievements outside Formula One are winning the World Sportscar Championship , 24 Hours of Le Mans , 24 Hours of Spa , 24 Hours of Daytona , 12 Hours of Sebring , Bathurst 12 Hour , races for Grand tourer cars, and racing on road courses of
14750-514: Was not injured, the car was damaged beyond repair. The team's only backup car was needed by eventual race winner LeeRoy Yarbrough , so Ickx did not have the opportunity to race. After he retired from his professional racing career, he continued to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally , even competing with daughter Vanina in recent years. He won the event in 1983 driving a Mercedes-Benz G-Class . Nowadays, he appears in historic events as
14875-400: Was opposed to the traditional Le Mans start which he considered to be dangerous, he slowly walked across the track to his machine, instead of running. He locked the safety belt carefully and thus was the last to start the race, chasing the field. On lap one, private driver John Woolfe , who had not taken time to belt himself in, had a fatal accident in his new and powerful 917. During the race
15000-459: Was required to run non-tobacco liveries in United States Grand Prix in the 2000s due to United States Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement requirements, as Phillip Morris was sponsoring Team Penske at the time; a clause in the settlement allowed each tobacco company to sponsor only one sporting entity. In September 2005, Ferrari signed an extension of the arrangement until 2011 at a time when advertising of tobacco sponsorship had become illegal in
15125-416: Was reverted to Scuderia Ferrari. At the 2018 Japanese Grand Prix , Ferrari added Philip Morris International's new Mission Winnow project logos to the car and team clothing. Although Mission Winnow is described as a non-tobacco brand "dedicated to science, technology and innovation", commentators such as The Guardian 's Richard Williams have noted that the logos incorporate elements whose shapes mimic
15250-703: Was subsequently lifted for the 2011 season. In keeping with their Italian roots, the Ferrari works team has always kept a red colour in the tradition of rosso corsa , the national racing colour of Italy , except for last two races in the 1964 season (the 1964 United States Grand Prix and 1964 Mexican Grand Prix ) when Enzo Ferrari let his cars be entered by the NART team in American national racing colours (white with blue lengthwise " Cunningham racing stripes ") to protest against Italian racing authorities. However, Ferrari cars entered by non-Italian privateer teams wore their respective national racing colours until
15375-467: Was the favourite of Ickx, while Stewart had called it the 'Green Hell' as well as being a driving force behind the driver boycott of 1970 that urged the Germans to rework the layout of the track, which had been built in 1927. Stewart said the only thing that had changed since then were the trees growing bigger. As requested, those near the track were cut and replaced with a small run-off area, and armco. So,
15500-402: Was the team leader at Porsche, but a new teammate was faster than he was: young German Stefan Bellof set new lap records at the Nürburgring in the last ever sports car race held on the original configuration of Ickx's favourite track. As it turned out, Ickx and Bellof would become involved in controversial events later on. In 1984, Ickx acted as Formula One race director in Monaco. He stopped
15625-407: Was using a Lotus 76, which had been grafted to the back end of a Lotus 72, Mike Hailwood in a McLaren M23 and Jochen Mass in a Surtees running on his home circuit on Firestone tyres well suited to the circuit. It was a classic duel on the daunting circuit, which still lacked armco around half the track in 1974. Two laps from the end Hailwood crashed badly ending his World Championship career. On
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