Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Dịka n'afọ 1969, Ickx nwere mbido na-akụda mmụọ na oge 1970. N'agba nke mbụ nke Spanish Grand Prix, ọ kụrụ BRM nke Jackie Oliver na ụgbọala ya gbara ọkụ. O were ya ihe ruru sekọnd iri abụọ tupu ya esi n'ụgbọala ahụ na-enwu ọkụ pụta, a kpọgakwara ya ụlọ ọgwụ maka nnukwu ahụ ọkụ. Mgbe ụbọchị iri na asaa gachara, ọ laghachiri n'ụgbọala ya na Monaco Grand Prix, ebe ọ gbara ọsọ nke ise tupu ọ laa ezumike nká n'ihi nkwarụ. Cargbọala ahụ malitere imeziwanye na na German Grand Prix (nke a na-eme na Hockenheim dịka Nürburgring kachasị amasị ya ka a machibidoro iwu maka ihe nchekwa) ọ lụrụ ọgụ na Jochen Rindt maka mmeri, mana ọ gwụchara nke abụọ. N'asọmpi Austrian Grand Prix, ọ bụ Ickx meriri. Na Monza
, Rindt nwụrụ n'ihe mberede n'oge ntuliaka. Ickx bụ naanị onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala nwere ohere iweghara Rindt onye meriri asọmpi ise n'ime asọmpi itoolu n'oge ahụ, ebe anọ ka ga-aga. Monza hụrụ mmeri nke onye otu Ferrari bụ Clay Regazzoni mgbe ụgbọ ala Ickx mebiri. Onye Belgium ahụ meriri na Canada ma ọ bụrụ na ọ ga-emeri n'ihe omume abụọ fọdụrụnụ, ọ ga-agabiga Rindt ma merie n'asọmpi ahụ. Agbanyeghị, na US Grand Prix na Watkins Glen ọ bụ naanị onye nke anọ, ebe onye nnọchi Rindt bụ Emerson Fittipaldi meriri mmeri mbụ ya, wee si otú a wepụ ya na mgbakọ na mwepụ site na ịchụso egwuregwu. N'agbanyeghi na o meriri n'ọsọ ikpeazụ na Mexico, Ickx enweghị ike imeri Rindt n'ihe niile. Ickx mechara kwuo n'isiokwu 2011 na akwụkwọ akụkọ Britain "Motor Sport", na obi dị ya ụtọ na ọ merighị asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa nke 1970. Ọ chọghị imeri nwoke na-enweghị ike ịgbachitere ohere ya, na-ezo aka na Rindt nwụrụ anwụ.