Vanina Ickx

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

Career Vanina Catherine Célia Ickx was born in Brussels on 16 February 1975. 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 Peugeot, 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, Ickx 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, Ickx 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.

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.

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

For 2004, Ickx 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.

Ickx driving a Lola-Aston Martin for Signature Plus in the 2010 LMS season.

In October 2011, Ickx participated in the World Solar Challenge for the Umicore Solar Team. and in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.

Career results

24 Hours of Spa results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1996 Team Honda Challenge Christian Jupsin Pascal Tillekaerts Honda Civic VTi Procar 442 16th 2nd 1997 BMW Fina Florence Duez Kathe Rafanelli BMW M3 Spa +3.0 214 DNF DNF 1998 Renault Sport Belgium Jacky Ickx Renault Mégane SP ? DNF DNF 1999 Team Renault Sport Belgium Martial Chouvel Mathias Viaene Renault Mégane SP 479 5th 5th 2000 Peugeot Team Belgique Luxembourg Anthony Beltoise Thierry van Dalen Peugeot 306 GTi SP 463 3rd 2nd 2001 Freisinger Motorsport Xavier Pompidou Christophe Tinseau Tim Verbergt Porsche 911 GT3-RS N-GT 136 DNF DNF 2002 Racing Team Belgium Renaud Kuppens David Saelens Gillet Vertigo Streiff National GT 350 DNF DNF 2003 Larbre Compétition Jean-Luc Blanchemain Pertti Kuismanen Stefano Zonca Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT 234 DNF DNF 2004 Mühlner Motorsport Jean-François Hemroulle Peter Wyss Porsche 911 GT3 Cup G3 507 10th 1st 2005 Mühlner Motorsport Heinz-Josef Bermes Jean-François Hemroulle Helmut Reis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup G3 198 DNF DNF

24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2000 Sakura 2000 Ellen Lohr Sabine Schmitz Tamara Vidali Honda S2000 A7 64 DNF DNF 2005 Mühlner Motorsport André Duve Jean-François Hemroulle Bert Lambrecht Porsche 911 GT3 Cup A7 129 6th 3rd 2009 Volkswagen Motorsport Thomas Klenke Klaus Niedzwiedz Peter Terting Volkswagen Scirocco GT24-CNG AT 140 17th 1st 2010 Volkswagen Motorsport Nasser Al-Attiyah Dieter Depping Klaus Niedzwiedz Volkswagen Scirocco GT24-CNG AT 143 16th 1st 2011 Volkswagen Motorsport Klaus Niedzwiedz Bernd Ostmann Peter Wyss Volkswagen Scirocco GT24-CNG AT 132 46th 2nd

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Paul Belmondo Racing Vincent Vosse Carl Rosenblad Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 61 DNF DNF T2M Motorsport Roland Bervillé Patrick Bourdais Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 264 27th 9th Rollcentre Racing João Barbosa Martin Short Dallara SP1-Judd LMP1 318 16th 8th Rollcentre Racing João Barbosa Stéphan Grégoire Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP1 352 11th 10th Creation Autosportif Jamie Campbell-Walter Romain Iannetta Creation CA07-Judd LMP1 319 24th 15th Signature Plus Franck Mailleux Pierre Ragues Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 LMP1 302 DNF DNF Kronos Racing Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders Maxime Martin Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 LMP1 328 7th 7th

Complete Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points 2004 T2M Motorsport GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 MNZ NÜR SIL SPA 29th 3 2005 Rollcentre Racing LMP1 Dallara SP1 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 SPA MNZ SIL NÜR IST 4th 25 2008 Rollcentre Racing LMP1 Pescarolo 01 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 CAT MNZ SPA NÜR SIL 16th 5 2010 Signature Plus LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12 LEC SPA ALG HUN SIL 4th 55

Complete DTM results (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 HOC15 LAU16 OSC18 BRHRet NOR13 NÜR18 ZANRet CATRet BUG16 HOC11 19th 0 2007 Futurecom TME Audi A4 DTM 2005 HOC15 OSCRet LAU15 BRH17 NORRet MUGRet ZANRet NÜR19 CAT13 HOC18 21st 0

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 ABUQR ABUCR ZOLQRRet ZOLCRRet ALGQR14 ALGCR11 SACQRRet SACCRRet SILQR7 SILCR9 NAVQR11 NAVCR11 PRIQRRet PRICR13 ORDQR ORDCR BEIQR BEICR SANQR SANCR 33rd 2

Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Year Car Time Ref2018 Gillet Vertigo 10:54.90134th 6th

Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap) Year EntrantCarClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points 2025 Iron DamesPorsche 911 GT3 R (992)GT3 BAR LEC LMS LMS SPA SIL ALG 4th 63 Season still in progress.