Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Dị ka ọ dị na 1969, Ickx nwere mmalite 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. Na
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.