1972 FIM Motocross World Championship

Motocross championship season December 2022 1972 FIM Motocross World Championship 300px Joël Robert in action in 1972 FIM 9 April/27 August 24 12 Champions 500cc BEL Roger De Coster 250cc BEL Joël Robert FIM Motocross World Championship 1971 1973 The 1972 Motocross World Championship was the 16th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles. Summary With no weight limit rules imposed by the FIM, Suzuki were able to develop extremely lightweight motorcycles for the 1972 season. Suzuki factory rider Roger De Coster led the 500cc World Championship from start to finish, winning six of twelve Grand Prix races to clinch the title with two races remaining on the schedule.https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/equipe/index.php#0440929ec10a70101 1972 500cc motocross world championship final standings memotocross.fr 30 January 2025 https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/reservation/index.php#0440929ec30ef8602 1972 500cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 30 January 2025 The victory was the second consecutive 500cc World Championship for De Coster and Suzuki. Second place in the championship would not be decided until the final race of the season in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg where Åke Jonsson (Maico) appeared poised to repeat his second-place result from the previous year. Jonsson won the first moto and, was leading the second moto on the last lap when his motorcycle ran out of fuel, dropping him to fourth in the final championship points standings. In his final season of competition, former three-time World Champion, Paul Friedrichs (ČZ), won the French and East German Grand Prix races and finished the season in second place to mark the end of his impressive career. Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna) moved up from the 250cc class and made a positive impression with Grand Prix victories in Switzerland and Czechoslovakia to claim third in the 500 class. Friedrichs, Mikkola and Jonsson finished the season separated by just three points in the final standings. The Yamaha factory team added former Husqvarna riders Christer Hammargren and Jaak van Velthoven in the 500cc class and Håkan Andersson in the 250cc class. Van Velthoven won the 500cc Luxembourg Grand Prix to give the Yamaha factory its first World Championship victory. Van Velthoven actually scored enough points to finish the season ranked second overall but fell victim to FIM scoring rules which only recognize the top seven of twelve results. The rules would be changed in 1977. Suzuki factory rider Joël Robert once again dominated the 250cc World Championship, winning six of the twelve Grand Prix events to clinch the title with four races to go.https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/visite/index.php#0440929ca80bf2820 1972 250cc motocross world championship final standings memotocross.fr 30 January 2025 https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/philosophie/index.php#0440929ec30ea0f01 1972 250cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 30 January 2025 The victory would be Robert's fifth consecutive 250cc World Championship, and sixth overall. Yamaha factory rider Håkan Andersson would take second place in the championship ahead of Suzuki's Sylvain Geboers. Pavel Rulev gave the KTM factory its first race victory by winning the first moto of the 250cc Russian Grand Prix. Olle Pettersson scored the Kawasaki factory's first motocross world championship points with a 6th place at the 1972 250cc French Grand Prix. Grands Prix 500cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 23 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Report 2 April 30 Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix Payerne Finland Heikki Mikkola Finland Heikki Mikkola Finland Heikki Mikkola Report 3 May 7 Italy Italian Grand Prix Pinerolo Cancelled - - Report 4 May 14 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Västerås Belgium Roger De Coster RFA Adolf Weil Belgium Roger De Coster Report 5 May 24 France French Grand Prix Corseul East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs Report 6 June 4 USSR Russian Grand Prix Poltava Belgium Roger De Coster East Germany Paul Friedrichs Belgium Roger De Coster Report 7 June 11 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Grand Prix Přerov Belgium Roger De Coster SWE Bengt Åberg Finland Heikki Mikkola Report 8 July 9 UK British Grand Prix Farleigh Castle Belgium Roger De Coster SWE Åke Jonsson Belgium Roger De Coster Report 9 July 16 Germany West German Grand Prix Beuren Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Report 10 July 23 East Germany East German Grand Prix Apolda Belgium Roger De Coster East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs Report 11 August 6 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Namur Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Report 12 August 13 Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck SWE Åke Jonsson RFA Adolf Weil Belgium Jaak van Velthoven ReportSources:https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1972---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf 1972 500cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 23 January 2025 https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/2cm-1972-500-res-complet.pdf 1972 500cc motocross world championship complete results memotocross.fr 13 February 2025 250cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 9 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Sabadell Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Sylvain Geboers Belgium Sylvain Geboers Report 2 April 16 France French Grand Prix Pernes-les-Fontaines Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report 3 May 7 Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix Markelo Belgium Joël Robert USSR Gennady Moiseyev Belgium Joël Robert Report 4 May 14 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Grand Prix Holice Belgium Joël Robert USSR Vladimir Kavinov USSR Vladimir Kavinov Report 5 May 28 Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix Tržič Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report 6 June 4 Germany West German Grand Prix Bielstein Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report 7 June 11 Poland Polish Grand Prix Szczecin Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report 8 June 18 USSR Russian Grand Prix Chișinău USSR Pavel Rulev Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report 9 August 6 Finland Finnish Grand Prix Hyvinkää Belgium Sylvain Geboers Belgium Sylvain Geboers Belgium Sylvain Geboers Report 10 August 13 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Huskvarna Sweden Arne Kring Sweden Håkan Andersson Sweden Håkan Andersson Report 11 August 20 UK British Grand Prix Dodington Park Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Falta Sweden Håkan Andersson Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Falta Report 12 August 27 Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix Wohlen Belgium Joël Robert USSR Gennady Moiseyev Sweden Håkan Andersson ReportSources:https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1972---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf 1972 250cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 23 January 2025 https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/2cm-1972-250-res-complet.pdf 1972 250cc motocross world championship complete results memotocross.fr 13 February 2025 Final standings Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. For the 500cc final championship standings, since the Italian Grand Prix was canceled the net result is achieved by taking half of the 11 results + 1 or the 6 best results. For the 250cc final championship standings, the 7 best of 12 results are retained. Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 500cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine AUTAUT CHCH ITAITA SWESWE FRAFRA USSRUSSR TCHTCH UKUK GERRFA GDRGDR BELBEL LUXLUX Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 BEL Roger De Coster Suzuki 1 1 2 2 - - 1 3 5 - 1 2 1 - 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 - - 90 2 GDR Paul Friedrichs ČZ - - 5 - - - - - 1 1 8 1 - - 7 - 2 5 2 1 6 - 6 3 62 3 FIN Heikki Mikkola Husqvarna 10 6 1 1 - - - - 6 5 3 5 2 3 5 - - - 5 5 13 5 - - 61 4 SWE Åke Jonsson Maico 6 2 6 5 - - - - - - 9 3 13 2 3 1 4 3 - 2 2 2 1 - 60 5 BEL Jaak van Velthoven Yamaha - - - - - - 5 6 10 6 4 - 5 4 4 2 5 2 6 6 4 3 2 2 57 6 CZE Jiří Stodůlka ČZ 4 4 - - - - 14 5 - - 5 7 3 5 - 9 8 6 9 7 10 15 5 4 45 7 SWE Bengt Åberg Husqvarna 7 8 3 3 - - 2 - 3 4 2 6 - 1 6 - - - 4 4 5 - - - 44 8 RFA Adolf Weil Maico - - 4 - - - 3 1 2 2 - - 4 - 2 4 - - - - 3 4 - 1 42 9 RFA Willy Bauer Maico 2 3 - - - - 4 2 - 3 - - - - 9 8 7 4 3 - - - - - 33 10 NED Gerrit Wolsink Husqvarna 5 10 7 4 - - 8 - 4 8 - - - - 8 5 3 - 12 - 7 6 4 12 32 11 UK Andy Roberton Husqvarna 8 5 - - - - - 10 - 10 - - 8 8 12 7 - - 11 8 11 8 - - 19 12 SWE Christer Hammargren Yamaha 9 - 9 - - - 6 4 7 - 7 10 10 - - - - - 10 9 8 9 15 - 18 13 UK John Banks ČZ - - 8 6 - - 7 9 8 - - - 9 6 17 - 6 - - - - - 3 - 16 14 CZE Vlastimil Válek Jawa 3 7 14 10 - - - - 11 7 - - 7 - 14 12 11 9 8 - 12 13 - - 16 15 USSR Nikolai Efimov ČZ - 9 10 9 - - 9 - 9 9 10 4 - - - - - - 7 10 - - - - 14 16 FIN Jyrki Storm Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 16 14 10 14 12 15 16 7 5 11 17 UK Bryan Wade Husqvarna - - - - - - 11 7 - - - - - - 11 6 - - - - - - - - 8 18 NED Pierre Karsmakers Husqvarna - - - 8 - - - - - - - - 6 - - - 10 - - - 9 7 - - 7 19 CZE Zdeněk Strnad ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - 12 8 - - - - - - 7 20 AUT Friedrich Schiechtl Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 8 7 6 21 USSR Viatcheslav Krasnotchekov ČZ - - 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 USSR Vladimir Ovchinnikov ČZ - - - - - - - - - - 6 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 SWE Bert-Ove Wallner Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - 10 - 4 ITA Afro Rustignoli ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 6 4 25 FRA Serge Bacou Bultaco - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 13 - 11 - - - - 9 10 3 26 SWE Jan Johansson Husqvarna - - - - - - 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 CH Anton Stifter Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 9 2 UK Vic Eastwood AJS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 15 - - - - - - - - 1 29 SWE Anders Hermansson Husqvarna - - - - - - 10 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 GDR Heinz Hoppe ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28 13 - - - - 1 USA Bryan Kenney Yamaha - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 11 - - - - 1 USA Bill Clements Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 20 16 11 1 USSR Anatoly Botchkov ČZ - - 12 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1Sources: 250cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine ESPESP FRAFRA NEDNED TCHTCH YUGYUG GERRFA POLPOL USSRUSSR FINFIN SWESWE UKUK CHCH Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 BEL Joël Robert Suzuki 1 - 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 - - - - - - 1 30 102 2 SWE Håkan Andersson Yamaha - - - - - - 3 8 7 - 4 6 3 5 6 4 4 3 2 1 5 1 3 2 82 3 BEL Sylvain Geboers Suzuki 2 1 - - 2 3 - - 2 3 8 3 2 - 3 - 1 1 - - 3 - - - 62 4 FIN Kalevi Vehkonen Montesa 6 - 8 10 8 4 10 9 4 2 10 - - - 4 - 3 2 5 5 6 3 5 5 57 5 SWE Uno Palm Husqvarna 12 2 7 7 6 6 4 3 5 8 - - 4 6 5 3 - - - - - - - - 53 6 CZE Miroslav Halm ČZ - - 9 3 10 10 5 6 - - 14 2 5 3 8 - 5 7 3 9 2 4 - - 45 7 USSR Alexei Kibirine ČZ 5 3 3 8 11 11 6 4 9 10 - - 9 - 7 2 10 6 - 13 - - 11 10 44 8 SWE Arne Kring Husqvarna - - - - 4 - 7 2 - 4 7 - - - 10 - 2 9 1 2 - - 4 3 42 9 CZE Jaroslav Falta ČZ - - 2 26 - 9 - - - 9 3 - 6 4 9 5 6 5 9 8 1 2 - - 39 10 USSR Pavel Rulev ČZ - - 4 5 - - - - 3 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38 KTM - - - - - - - - - - 13 5 - - 1 - 7 4 4 3 - - 2 - 11 USSR Gennady Moiseyev ČZ 3 - 5 4 5 1 9 - 6 - - - - - - 6 - - - - 19 9 38 KTM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 1 12 USSR Vladimir Kavinov ČZ 7 - - 2 3 - 2 1 - - 2 4 8 2 - - - - - - - - - - 33 13 BEL Gaston Rahier Husqvarna 4 4 10 9 15 8 - 7 8 6 6 - 10 8 - - - - - - - - - - 23 14 SWE Olle Pettersson Kawasaki 9 - 6 6 - 7 - - - - 11 - 7 7 - - - - - 7 - 5 7 7 18 15 RFA Herbert Schmitz Maico - - - - - - 8 - - - 5 7 - - - - 8 8 - 6 - - 9 6 13 16 BEL Marcel Wiertz Bultaco - 6 - - - - - - - - 9 8 12 10 - - - - - 10 14 - 16 8 13 17 CZE Jiří Churavý ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 6 8 4 12 18 SWE Torleif Hansen Husqvarna - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - 7 4 8 13 - - 9 19 NED Jo Lammers Maico - - 15 14 7 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 16 - - 6 20 DEN Erling Klinke ČZ - 7 22 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 15 - - 5 UK Jim Aird AJS 10 - 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 - 9 7 - - 5 22 DEN Ole Ottoson Husqvarna - 8 23 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 - - - 4 USSR Anatoly Mandritchenko ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - 4 UK Vic Allan Bultaco - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 8 - - 4 25 UK Rob Taylor Maico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 10 - - 3 GDR Helmut Schadenberg ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 - 9 - - - - - - - - 3 SWE Kjell Thorne Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - - - - 3 28 BEL Harry Everts Puch - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 9 - - - - - - - - - - 2 BUL Velicko Manilov ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 2 SWE Bjorn Casseborg Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 - - - - 2 31 FRA Jean-Claude Nowak Montesa - - 13 11 - - - - - - 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 AUT Walter Leitgeb KTM - - - - - - - - - 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 RFA Werner Schutz Maico - - 16 12 - - - - 10 - 12 - - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 1 NOR Roger Smestad Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 10 - - - - - - 1 SWE Orjan Eklund Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - 1 ESP Domingo Gris Bultaco - - 12 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - 1Sources: Notes References External links https://www.fim-moto.com/en/sports/view/fim-motocross-world-championship-4414 FIM Motocross World Championship season Category:Motocross World Championship seasons