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Vanina Ickx
Ickx at Le Mans in 2011
Nationality Belgian
Born (1975-02-16) 16 February 1975 (age 49)
Brussels, Belgium
Racing licence FIA Silver
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2001, 2003, 2005, 2008–2011
TeamsPaul Belmondo Racing, T2M Motorsports, Rollcentre Racing, Creation Autosportif, Signature-Plus
Best finish7th (2011)

Vanina Ickx (born 16 February 1975) is a Belgian racing driver.

Career

Ickx was born in Brussels on 16 February 1975.[1] She is the daughter of racing driver Jacky Ickx and his first wife Catherine. Ickx started racing at a relatively late age, entering the BMW Compact Cup in 1996, partnering the Cup's most successful entrant, Stéphane De Groodt. For 1997 she got a Cup racer of her own, before she moved up to the Belgian Procar series in 1998, which ran to Super Production regulations. She shared a BMW 320i with Sylvie Delcour. In 1998 Ickx transferred to the Renault team, partnered by Frenchman Franck Lagorce. She scored her first podium that year, but on the downside, when sharing a car with her father Jacky, she crashed out of the Spa 24 Hours, admittedly by her own fault. She remained a part of the Renault team in 1999. In 2000, she joined Renault, resulting in a career-high third place overall in that year's Spa 24 Hours. That same year she would also score her first victory in the Ferrari Challenge.

Already having participated in two Rally Raid events the year before, she entered the Dakar Rally for the first time in 2000, co-driving with her father, Jacky. Since then she has entered the raid two more times, the last time being in 2002.

In 2001, she tried her hand at single-seater racing for the first time, participating in the U.S. F2000 National Championship. The rest of the year she filled with guest appearances in races in Europe: the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Belgian Toyota Yaris Cup, the Porsche Supercup, and the Spa 24 Hours. With the exception of the Formula 2000 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Ickx's 2002 racing schedule was pretty similar to the one she had in 2001.

Her studies demanding more of her time as she neared graduation,[clarification needed] 2003 proved to be a rather quiet year with participation at Le Mans and Spa-Francorchamps, another Ferrari Challenge event and a guest-outing in the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup at Estoril.

For 2004 she once again had a full-time program, this time in the Belcar championship. The Belcar campaign proved successful as the year ended with Ickx taking home the Ladies Trophy. She scored another victory in the Ferrari Challenge, while finishing on the podium at the Oman Desert Rally Raid and the Monza round of the short-lived Formula X championship. She collected a class victory in the Spa 24 Hours and made a guest appearance in the Porsche Supercup at the Belgian Grand Prix. 2005 saw Ickx continue in the Belcar championship, racing the same Mini Cooper she did the year before, and she netted her first class victory in the Tourisme division. At the same time, having made her debut in the Le Mans Endurance Series the year before in the GT class, she entered the LMP1 division by finishing third three times in a row, driving the Rollcentre Racing Dallara SP1. Another class victory came her way at the Chinese round of the FIA GT Championship, racing a Belgian-made Gillet Vertigo in the invitation class.

Ickx was hired by Audi to race in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters in 2006 and 2007, but was replaced by Katherine Legge for 2008.

In October 2011 she participated in the World Solar Challenge for the Umicore Solar Team.[citation needed] and in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.[1]

She was the first driver to get behind the wheel of the Citroën Survolt (a concept electric racing car) at Le Mans on 12 July 2010.

Vanina lives with her boyfriend Benjamin de Broqueville in Wiesbaden. Together, they have one son named Ado who was born in April 2013.[2][3][4]

Career results

Complete DTM results

Ickx driving for Audi (Futurecom TME) in the 2006 DTM season.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points
2006 Futurecom TME Audi A4 DTM 2004 HOC
15 		LAU
16 		OSC
18 		BRH
Ret 		NOR
13 		NÜR
18 		ZAN
Ret 		CAT
Ret 		BUG
16 		HOC
11 		19th 0
2007 Futurecom TME Audi A4 DTM 2005 HOC
15 		OSC
Ret 		LAU
15 		BRH
17 		NOR
Ret 		MUG
Ret 		ZAN
Ret 		NÜR
19 		CAT
13 		HOC
18 		21st 0
Sources:[5][6]

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2011 Belgian Racing Ford ABU
QR 		ABU
CR 		ZOL
QR
Ret
 		ZOL
CR
Ret
 		ALG
QR
14
 		ALG
CR
11
 		SAC
QR
Ret
 		SAC
CR
Ret
 		SIL
QR
7
 		SIL
CR
9
 		NAV
QR
11
 		NAV
CR
11
 		PRI
QR
Ret
 		PRI
CR
13
 		ORD
QR 		ORD
CR 		BEI
QR 		BEI
CR 		SAN
QR 		SAN
CR 		33rd 2
Sources:[7][8]

Le Mans

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2001 France Paul Belmondo Racing Belgium Vincent Vosse
Sweden Carl Rosenblad 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 61 DNF DNF
2003 Japan T2M Motorsports France Roland Bervillé
France Patrick Bourdais 		Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 264 27th 9th
2005 United Kingdom Rollcentre Racing Portugal João Barbosa
United Kingdom Martin Short 		Dallara SP1-Judd LMP1 318 16th 8th
2008 United Kingdom Rollcentre Racing Portugal João Barbosa
France Stéphan Grégoire 		Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP1 352 11th 10th
2009 United States Creation Autosportif United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
France Romain Ianetta 		Creation CA07-Judd LMP1 319 24th 15th
2010 France Signature-Plus France Franck Mailleux
France Pierre Ragues 		Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 LMP1 302 DNF DNF
2011 Belgium Kronos Racing
Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team 		Belgium Bas Leinders
Belgium Maxime Martin 		Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 LMP1 328 7th 7th
Sources:[6][9]

Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Year Car Time Pos. Class
Pos.		 Ref
2018 Gillet Vertigo 10:54.901 34th 6th [10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Vanina Ickx | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Google Translate".
  3. ^ "Vanina Ickx est passée des GT à la... Up !". 18 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Pikes Peak: Vanina Ickx sur son petit nuage". 26 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Vanina Ickx race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Vanina Ickx Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Points Chart:2011". FIA GT1 World Championship. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  8. ^ "FIA GT1 World Championship – Season 2011: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Vanina Ickx". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  10. ^ "The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb – Brought to you by Gran Turismo – 2018 Official Overall Results" (PDF). Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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