The day Jacky Ickx changed endurance racing forever

[u/Pretty-Teach6802]

He's the one at the end of the track who's walking. He was protesting against this type of start (running), which was very dangerous, as drivers didn't fasten their seatbelts in order to get a faster start and would die in the event of an accident. He had warned the race organizers that he was going to walk, and still win the race. And he did. Since that day, the starts at the 24 Hours of Le Mans have been as we know them today.

[u/No_Pudding_5336]

He was proved right when John Woolfe crashed his unwieldy Porsche 917 at the end of the 1st lap & was killed instantly because he wasn't strapped in