 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1969, Ickx akatamira kuBrabham, muchidimbu pakurudziro yeboka raJohn Wyer uyo akanga awana budiriro huru mumotokari dzemitambo. Mutsigiri mukuru waWyer, Gulf Oil vaida kuva nechokwadi chokuti vaizochengeta mabasa ake pane kuti zvimwe vamurasikirwe nechikwata chemotokari dzemitambo cheFerrari. Mhedzisiro yake yekutanga kuBrabham yaive yakaipa, asi mushure mekunge Jack Brabham atsemura tsoka yake mutsaona yekuyedza, mhedzisiro yaIckx yakavandudzwa: Alan Henry anoti Ickx akaita zvirinani nechikwata chose chakanangana naye. Ickx akapedza ari wechitatu muFrance, wechipiri muGreat Britainuye akakunda muCanada uye muGermany paNürburgring, kwaakatorawo nzvimbo yepamusoro uye kutenderera nokukurumidza, mumakwikwi okupedzisira eFormula One ikoko The Ring isati yaitwa kuti isanyanya kunetsa uye ine ngozi. Mugore ra1969 muMexico Grand Prix Ickx akapedza ari wechipiri uye akapedza gore iri semumhanyi mumakwikwi epasirese evatyairi, kumashure kwaStewart. Akadzokera kuchikwata cheFerrari mwaka wa1970, danho raakanga afunga nezvaro kubvira paItaly Grand Prix. 