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Ickx the Ringmeister conquers his final Grand Prix win

On this day in 1972, Jacky Ickx led home a Ferrari 1-2 at the German Grand Prix held at the Nurburgring. A master of the daunting 'green hell' circuit, Ickx enjoyed a flag-to-flag win, dominating a field from which championship leaders Emerson Fittipaldi and Jackie Stewart were forced to retire. The latter was battling the Scuderia's Clay Regazzoni for second on the final lap when the two cars touched, sending the Tyrrell into the barriers, much to Stewart's dismay. Ickx's triumph was his eighth and final Grand Prix win.
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