Vanina Ickx
Ickx at Le Mans in 2011
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16 February 1975 Brussels, Belgium |
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| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Participating years | 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008–2011 |
| Teams | Paul Belmondo Racing, T2M Motorsports, Rollcentre Racing, Creation Autosportif, Signature-Plus |
| Best finish | 7th (2011) |
Vanina Ickx (born 16 February 1975) is a Belgian racing driver.
Ickx 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.
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