1971 FIM Motocross World Championship

Motocross championship season December 2022 1971 FIM Motocross World Championship FIM 18 April/3 October 24 10 Champions 500cc BEL Roger De Coster 250cc BEL Joël Robert FIM Motocross World Championship 1970 1972 The 1971 Motocross World Championship was the 15th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles. Summary The Suzuki factory won the premier 500cc class in their first attempt with rider Roger De Coster winning five of the 12 Grand Prix events to become the first Japanese manufacturer to win the 500cc World Championship.https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1971/12/1/continental-report Continental Report Cycle World 23 January 2025 Nicholls B.R. December 1, 1971 De Coster faced strong opposition from Maico factory team rider Åke Jonsson who won three rounds and was leading the championship going into the final event of the season in Holland. At the season ending Dutch Grand Prix, Jonsson had built a sizeable lead over De Coster when his motorcycle’s spark plug came loose, allowing De Coster to take the lead and go to win the 1971 500 World Championship.https://motocrossactionmag.com/flashback-friday-ake-jonssons-spark-plug/ Flashback Friday: Ake Jonsson's spark plug motocrossactionmag.com 23 January 2025 https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/equipe/index.php#0440929ecb125d501 1971 500cc motocross world championship final standings memotocross.fr 23 January 2025 https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/reservation/index.php#0440929ed80c18702 1971 500cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 23 January 2025 For the second consecutive year, Jonsson had the World Championship slip from his grasp in the final round of the championship. De Coster became the first Belgian to claim the 500 division since Rene Baeten won in 1958. In the middle of the 1971 season, the BSA factory announced that they were ceasing operations, leaving their team rider John Banks without a motorcycle.John Westlake 2022 John Banks Mortons Motorcycle Media Ltd 0142-890X After John got third place at the British GP he was told the competition department was closing and he was unemployed. Banks would finish the season riding a privateer Husqvarna motorcycle. The BSA team remained competitive up to the end with Banks placing third at the British Grand Prix. Suzuki also claimed the 250cc World Championship where Joël Robert dominated the smaller class, winning eight of the twelve Grand Prix events to clinch the title ahead of Husqvarna factory rider, Håkan Andersson.https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/visite/index.php#0440929ca80bf2a21 1971 250cc motocross world championship final standings memotocross.fr 23 January 2025 https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/philosophie/index.php#0440929ed80bc2301 1971 250cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 23 January 2025 It would be Robert's fourth consecutive 250cc title, and second since joining the Suzuki factory racing team. It was his fifth 250cc world championship overall in his career. Four-time World Champion, Torsten Hallman, scored the Yamaha factory's first motocross world championship points with a 7th place at the 1971 250cc Dutch Grand Prix.https://silverpilen-net.translate.goog/legender-2/torsten-hallman/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp Torsten Totte Hallman silverpilen.net 2025-01-23 Hallman retired at the end of the season. Siegfried Lerner scored the first motocross world championship points for the KTM factory with a 10th place at the 1971 250cc East German Grand Prix. Grands Prix 500cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 18 Italy Italian Grand Prix Macerata Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Report 2 May 2 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs Report 3 May 16 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Huskvarna Belgium Roger De Coster Sweden Christer Hammargren Belgium Roger De Coster Report 4 May 23 Finland Finnish Grand Prix Ruskeasanta East Germany Paul Friedrichs Sweden Åke Jonsson East Germany Paul Friedrichs Report 5 June 13 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Grand Prix Stříbro Belgium Roger De Coster Germany Adolf Weil Belgium Roger De Coster Report 6 June 20 USSR Russian Grand Prix Chișinău Sweden Bengt Åberg Sweden Åke Jonsson Sweden Åke Jonsson Report 7 June 27 East Germany East German Grand Prix Schwerin Sweden Bengt Åberg Sweden Åke Jonsson Sweden Bengt Åberg Report 8 July 11 UK British Grand Prix Farleigh Castle Sweden Åke Jonsson East Germany Paul Friedrichs Sweden Åke Jonsson Report 9 July 18 Germany West German Grand Prix Bielstein Germany Adolf Weil Sweden Åke Jonsson Germany Adolf Weil Report 10 August 1 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Namur Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Report 11 August 8 Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck Belgium Roger De Coster Sweden Åke Jonsson Sweden Åke Jonsson Report 12 August 22 Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix Sint Anthonis Belgium Roger De Coster Sweden Åke Jonsson Belgium Roger De Coster ReportSources:https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1971---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf 1971 500cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 23 January 2025 https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/2cm-1971-500-res-complet.pdf 1971 500cc motocross world championship complete results memotocross.fr 13 February 2025 250cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 18 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Sabadell Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report 2 April 25 Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix Payerne Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report 3 May 2 Poland Polish Grand Prix Szczecin Finland Heikki Mikkola Finland Kalevi Vehkonen Finland Kalevi Vehkonen Report 4 May 9 Germany West German Grand Prix Beuren Belgium Joël Robert SWE Torleif Hansen Finland Heikki Mikkola Report 5 May 16 Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix Karlovac Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report 6 May 23 Italy Italian Grand Prix Busca Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report 7 June 20 Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix Bergharen Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Sylvain Geboers Belgium Sylvain Geboers Report 8 July 4 East Germany East German Grand Prix Teutschenthal Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report 9 August 8 Finland Finnish Grand Prix Hyvinkää Belgium Sylvain Geboers Belgium Sylvain Geboers Belgium Sylvain Geboers Report 10 August 15 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Ulricehamn Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report 11 August 22 UK British Grand Prix Bristol Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report 12 October 3 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Launsdorf SWE Håkan Andersson Finland Heikki Mikkola Belgium Joël Robert ReportSources:https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1971---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf 1971 250cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 23 January 2025 https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/2cm-1971-250-res-complet.pdf 1971 250cc motocross world championship complete results memotocross.fr 23 January 2025 Final standings Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. For the 250cc and 500cc 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 ITAITA AUTAUT SWESWE FINFIN CZECZE USSRUSSR GDRGDR UKUK GERRFA BELBEL LUXLUX NEDNED 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 - 1 2 4 6 1 2 4 3 - - 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 97 2 SWE Åke Jonsson Maico - 3 5 28 5 4 3 1 4 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 10 1 93 3 RFA Adolf Weil Maico 2 2 3 2 3 5 2 3 3 1 3 4 5 - - - 1 2 4 - 3 18 2 6 81 4 GDR Paul Friedrichs ČZ 4 - 1 1 2 3 1 2 - - - - 6 6 4 1 - - - - 6 3 - - 70 5 SWE Bengt Åberg Husqvarna - - 7 24 - - - - 2 5 1 2 1 2 3 - - - 3 3 8 4 - - 52 6 SWE Christer Hammargren Husqvarna - - 8 6 4 1 5 8 9 8 - - 4 4 - - - - 10 8 4 5 - - 45 7 UK John Banks BSA 11 10 12 3 - - 8 - 8 - 5 - 3 3 9 3 10 8 - - - - - - 37 Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 4 9 9 - - 8 RFA Willy Bauer Maico - - 6 4 12 8 9 - 7 6 6 5 - 7 7 9 4 - 7 9 7 8 7 8 36 9 BEL Jaak van Velthoven Husqvarna 7 - 4 27 16 6 22 5 6 3 - - 9 5 6 5 9 7 - 5 - - 4 4 32 10 CSK Jiří Stodůlka ČZ 5 4 21 11 15 12 - - 5 - - - - - 10 6 6 - 5 7 5 6 14 10 27 11 SWE Jan Johansson Husqvarna 9 6 9 5 7 11 - - - - - - 8 8 - - 8 6 - - - - 6 11 27 12 NED Gerrit Wolsink Husqvarna 6 8 - - 9 - - 4 10 - - - - - - - - - 8 6 10 - 3 3 21 13 BEL Willy van Loon Husqvarna 10 5 13 8 20 15 - - 15 - - - - - 14 11 - - - - 14 10 5 5 16 14 SWE Arne Kring Husqvarna 8 7 10 7 6 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 15 CSK Karel Konečný ČZ 3 - 14 9 - 19 - - 11 7 - - - - - 7 - - 12 10 11 7 17 - 12 16 CSK Jaroslav Homola ČZ 17 - - 15 8 13 6 10 12 9 - - - - 8 10 - - 11 - 12 - 18 - 10 17 SWE Bert-Ove Wallner Husqvarna - - - - - - 7 7 - - - 10 - - - - - 10 - - - - - - 9 18 RFA Hans Maisch Maico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 - - - - - - 8 19 RFA Herbert Schmitz Maico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 4 - - - - - - 6 20 GDR Heinz Hoppe ČZ 12 18 16 12 13 10 - - 19 10 7 6 - - 12 15 - - - - - - - - 5 21 SWE Jan Erik Sallqvist Husqvarna - - - - 10 9 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 USSR Mikhail Rastvortsev ČZ - - - - 18 16 - - - - 9 - 7 13 - - - - - - - - - - 5 23 USSR Viatcheslav Krasnotchekov ČZ - - - - 21 - - - 14 14 8 7 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 NED Peter Willems Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 7 4 25 ITA Giuseppe Cavallero ČZ 14 9 19 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 UK Jim Aird Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 12 - - - - - - - - 2 BEL Riik Van Hoof Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 11 - 11 - - 2 28 GDR Manfred Stein ČZ 13 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 17 - - - - - - - - 1 AUT Siegfried Lerner KTM - - 11 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 CSK Vlastimil Válek ČZ - - - - - - - - 13 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 USSR Anatoly Botchkov ČZ - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 USSR Vladimir Ovchinnikov ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - 8 11 10 - - - - - - - - - - 1 CH Walter Kalberer Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - - - - 1 NED Jo Keizer Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 12 - - 9 9 1 - FIN Pauli Pippola Husqvarna - - 15 10 11 - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 12 0 UK Andy Roberton BSA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 8 - - - - - - - - 0Sources: 250cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine ESPESP CHCH POLPOL GERRFA YUGYUG ITAITA NEDNED GDRGDR FINFIN SWESWE UKUK AUTAUT 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 4 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 105 2 SWE Håkan Andersson Husqvarna 5 3 9 8 5 2 6 3 - - 5 9 - - 2 3 3 3 3 2 5 4 1 - 72 3 BEL Sylvain Geboers Suzuki - - - - 12 8 - - 2 2 - - 2 1 3 2 1 1 - - 2 2 - - 66 4 FIN Heikki Mikkola Husqvarna - - 2 3 1 3 2 2 - - 2 3 - - - - - - 2 - - - 3 1 63 5 SWE Olle Pettersson Suzuki 4 2 7 5 6 6 7 11 - 4 - 7 3 3 7 5 4 6 - - 3 3 - - 59 6 SWE Uno Palm Husqvarna 14 - 5 4 7 4 - - 5 3 4 5 5 5 - - 9 4 - - 10 7 5 9 53 7 CSK Miroslav Halm ČZ - - 4 6 11 9 8 4 7 5 8 2 - 8 4 10 5 - - 5 4 5 4 4 46 8 USSR Vladimir Kavinov ČZ 8 4 6 2 8 5 5 8 - - - 4 6 - 6 6 6 7 - - 8 6 6 - 41 9 CSK Jaroslav Falta ČZ - - 8 10 - - 3 7 3 7 6 6 9 - 9 7 - 10 - - 13 - 7 3 36 10 FIN Kalevi Vehkonen Husqvarna 6 - 12 7 2 1 - - - - - - 4 4 - - 7 5 4 - 11 10 8 - 33 11 BEL Gaston Rahier ČZ 3 6 11 9 - - 18 6 - - 3 10 - - - - - - 8 7 - - - - 20 12 SWE Torleif Hansen Husqvarna 7 - - - - - 4 1 8 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 13 USSR Pavel Rulev ČZ 22 11 - - - - 11 9 6 9 - - 7 6 - - - 8 - - 12 13 - 7 16 14 BEL Marcel Wiertz Bultaco 9 7 - 14 - - - - 10 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 6 13 15 USSR Gennady Moiseyev ČZ 2 - 3 - 3 - 9 5 9 - 7 8 - - 10 4 8 - - - 6 - - - 12 16 SWE Bengt Arne Bonn Husqvarna 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 3 16 - - - 10 17 USSR Alexej Kibirine ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 6 17 - 10 8 10 18 SWE Gunnar Nilsson Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 4 - - - - 8 19 UK Bryan Wade Husqvarna 12 5 - - 9 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 - - - 8 20 CSK Otakar Toman ČZ - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 5 9 - - - 9 - - - 5 7 21 AUT Siegfried Lerner KTM - - 13 - - - - - - - - - 10 12 8 8 - - - 10 - - - - 5 22 SWE Torsten Hallman Yamaha - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 10 - - - - - - - - - - 4 23 BEL François Minne Ossa 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 FIN Jyrki Storm Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - 9 - 11 9 - - - - - - 20 - - - 3 SWE Stig Pettersson Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 9 7 - - - - - 3 UK Andy Roberton Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 9 - - 3 27 GDR Helmut Schadenberg ČZ - - - 13 - 10 - - - - - - - - - 12 - - - - - - - - 3 28 BEL George Houssonlonge Montesa 17 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 AUT Friedrich Schiechtl Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 2 30 SWE Lars Forsberg Montesa 15 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 UK Malcolm Davis Bultaco - - - - - - - - 15 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 CSK Oldřich Hamršmíd ČZ - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 DEN Erling Rasmussen Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 - 22 15 - - 1 CSK Jiří Churavý ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 1 BEL Harry Everts Puch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 1 - JAP Taichi Yoshimura Suzuki 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0Sources: 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