a great documentary ( Ecrit par Gert van Gelder le 01-01-1970 )
There is no doubt, the people of VRT have offered us a very interesting portrait of Jacky Ickx, with comments by Giulio Borsari, Jacky Oliver, Henri Pescarolo, Pascal Ickx, Vanina Ickx ... and very surprisingly also frau Nina Rindt.
It strikes me that the question was posed if not the oil leak in the US Grand Prix of 1970, which occured to the Ferrari 312 B of Ickx, was faked by the Scuderia Ferrari to withdraw from the World Championship quest in favour of the deceased Jochen Rindt. This may well be the case. Will we ever know ? The fact is: both Jacky Ickx and Jochen Rindt are great World Champions from the history of motorracing.
How nice to be remembered that Jacky Ickx and Jacky Oliver won the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1969 starting from last position, due to Ickx cosy 'protest walk' to his Ford GT 40.
Gert van Gelder, Antwerp (47, and a fan of Ickx since I was 9). |