1965 FIM Motocross World Championship

Motocross championship season December 2022 1965 FIM Motocross World Championship 300px Jeff Smith in action at the 500cc Dutch Grand Prix on 25 July 1965 in Bergharen, Holland. FIM 28 March/3 October 28 12 Champions 500cc UK Jeff Smith 250cc USSR Victor Arbekov FIM Motocross World Championship 1964 1966 The 1965 Motocross World Championship was the 9th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles. Summary Jeff Smith won his second consecutive 500cc motocross world championship for the BSA factory racing team with six Grand Prix victories. Paul Friedrichs took three victories to claim second place for the ČZ factory, ahead of former world champion Rolf Tibblin.https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/equipe/index.php#0440929f61063e50a 1965 500cc motocross world championship final standings memotocross.fr 20 December 2024 https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/reservation/index.php#0440929f710c3a301 1965 500cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 20 December 2024 https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1966/2/1/european-moto-cross European Moto-Cross Cycle World 26 February 2025 Trippe Gavin February 1, 1966 Before the 500cc championship opening round even began, former World Champions Rolf Tibblin and Bill Nilsson were involved in a serious accident while preparing for the race. Tibblin and Nilsson were test-riding motorcycles in their hotel parking lot when they collided in a blind corner. Neither rider was wearing their protective riding apparel, and Nilsson suffered a broken arm, an amputated toe, and a concussion, while Tibblin lost the end of his little finger and also received a concussion, which forced him to sit out the start of the season. Smith's win riding a BSA Victor marked the last time that a four-stroke engine powered motorcycle would win the 500cc motocross world championship for the next several decades, as two-stroke engine technology began to dominate off-road motorcycle racing until 2003, when mounting government environmental regulations caused the FIM to implement new rules favoring environmentally friendlier four-stroke engines. Defending 250cc World Champion Joël Robert was invited by the ČZ factory to compete in the 500cc Czechoslovak Grand Prix during a break in the 250cc World Championship schedule. Robert was leading the first heat race when his motorcycle experienced a mechanical failure, before rebounding to win the second heat race in a rare 500cc class appearance. In the 250cc division, Russian ČZ rider Victor Arbekov claimed the world championship ahead of the defending champion, Joël Robert.http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/philosophie/index.php#0440929f610582201 1965 250cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 26 February 2023 http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/visite/index.php#0440929ca80bf3727 1965 250cc motocross world championship final standings memotocross.fr 26 February 2023 Robert was considered the fastest motocross racer in the world at the time but his lackadaisical attitude towards physical fitness training and voracious appetite for the good life meant that he didn't always live up to expectations. Although Robert won three Grand Prix races in 1965, his World Championship title defense was marred by crashes, mechanical failures and minor injuries. Torsten Hallman was completing his senior year in college in 1965 and the heavy workload meant he had to reduce his racing schedule. Arbekov filled the void left by his two main rivals by winning five Grand Prix races, securing the 1965 World Championship ahead of his nearest challenger, Robert, at the penultimate round in Sweden. Future five-time World Champion Roger De Coster made his first World Championship appearance at the 250cc French Grand Prix. The Suzuki factory became the first Japanese manufacturer to compete in a motocross world championship event, with riders Kazuo Kubo and Matsuhisa Kojima entering the 250cc Swedish Grand Prix on 25 July. Grands Prix 500cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 4 AUT Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf UK Arthur Lampkin NED Broer Dirks SWE Sten Lundin Report 2 April 11 SWI Swiss Grand Prix Wohlen UK Jeff Smith SWE Sten Lundin UK Jeff Smith Report 3 April 25 FRA French Grand Prix Tarare UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith Report 4 May 9 FIN Finnish Grand Prix Tikkurila UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith Report 5 May 30 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Knutstorp UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith Report 6 June 6 DDR East German Grand Prix Gumpelstadt DDR Paul Friedrichs DDR Paul Friedrichs DDR Paul Friedrichs Report 7 June 20 TCH Czechoslovak Grand Prix Sedlčany DDR Paul Friedrichs BEL Joël Robert DDR Paul Friedrichs Report 8 June 27 USSR Russian Grand Prix Kyiv USSR Igor Grigoriev USSR Igor Grigoriev USSR Igor Grigoriev Report 9 July 4 UK British Grand Prix Hawkstone Park UK Jeff Smith SWE Rolf Tibblin UK Jeff Smith Report 10 July 11 ITA Italian Grand Prix Imola SWE Sten Lundin SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 11 July 18 RFA West German Grand Prix Bielstein SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin SWE Rolf Tibblin Report 12 July 25 NED Dutch Grand Prix Bergharen UK Jeff Smith BEL Jef Teuwissen UK Jeff Smith Report 13 August 8 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck SWE Rolf Tibblin DDR Paul Friedrichs DDR Paul Friedrichs ReportSources:https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1965---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf 1965 500cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 20 December 2024 250cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 March 28 ESP Spanish Grand Prix Sabadell SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Åke Jonsson UK Dave Bickers Report 2 April 4 ITA Italian Grand Prix Masserano USSR Victor Arbekov BEL Joël Robert USSR Victor Arbekov Report 3 April 11 FRA French Grand Prix Saint-Quentin BEL Joël Robert USSR Victor Arbekov USSR Victor Arbekov Report 4 April 25 BEL Belgian Grand Prix Hechtel-Eksel UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers Report 5 May 9 TCH Czechoslovak Grand Prix Holice BEL Joël Robert TCH Vlastimil Válek TCH Vlastimil Válek Report 6 May 16 RFA West German Grand Prix Beuren USSR Victor Arbekov USSR Victor Arbekov USSR Victor Arbekov Report 7 May 23 NED Dutch Grand Prix Makkinga USSR Victor Arbekov USSR Victor Arbekov USSR Victor Arbekov Report 8 May 30 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix Schifflange BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert Report 9 June 27 POL Polish Grand Prix Kielce USSR Victor Arbekov BEL Joël Robert USSR Victor Arbekov Report 10 July 4 USSR Russian Grand Prix Moscow USSR Victor Arbekov BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert Report 11 July 11 DDR East German Grand Prix Apolda BEL Joël Robert DDR Paul Friedrichs DDR Paul Friedrichs Report 12 July 18 UK British Grand Prix Glastonbury UK Dave Bickers BEL Joël Robert UK Dave Bickers Report 13 July 25 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Hedemora USSR Victor Arbekov SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman Report 14 August 1 FIN Finnish Grand Prix Hyvinkää SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman SWE Torsten Hallman Report 15 October 3 AUT Austrian Grand Prix Launsdorf BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert ReportSources:https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1965---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf 1965 250cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 20 December 2024 Final standings Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers. For the 500cc final championship standings, the 7 best of 14 results are retained. For the 250cc final championship standings, the 7 best of 15 results are retained. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  Points 8 6 4 3 2 1 500cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine AUTAUT CHCH FRAFRA FINFIN SWESWE DDRDDR TCHTCH USSRUSSR UKUK ITAITA GERRFA NEDNED 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 R1 R2 1 UK Jeff Smith BSA - - 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 - - 2 2 1 2 - - 3 - 1 3 3 - 54 2 GDR Paul Friedrichs ČZ - - - - - - 2 2 5 6 1 1 1 2 - 4 7 9 - - - - 2 4 4 1 36 3 SWE Rolf Tibblin Hedlund - - 12 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 32 ČZ - - - - - - - - 9 8 3 - - 7 4 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 - UK Vic Eastwood BSA 3 - 9 3 4 4 4 3 2 4 2 2 - - - - 2 3 6 2 4 - 4 5 5 3 32 5 SWE Sten Lundin Matchless-Métisse 2 3 2 1 - - - - 6 2 5 3 - - - - - - 1 3 - - - - 2 - 27 6 SWE Per Olaf Persson Hedlund - - 5 4 5 2 - - 4 3 6 - - - - - 12 12 4 11 5 - - - - - 13 7 UK Arthur Lampkin BSA 1 - - - 3 5 - - - - - - - 5 - 5 4 5 NC 4 - - - - 10 2 11 8 UK Jerry Scott Cheney-BSA - - 3 7 2 3 8 - - - - - - - - - 6 7 NC NC - - - - - - 10 SWE Gunnar Johansson AMC-Métisse 4 4 15 6 - - 7 6 - - - - - - - - - - 5 NC 11 4 - - 13 6 10 10 UK Chris Horsfield Matchless 10 2 4 - - - - - 7 5 - - - - - - 9 11 NC - - - - - 6 4 8 TCH Josef Hřebeček ČZ 5 7 6 8 - - - - 10 - - - 2 6 6 - 10 10 NC NC - - - - - - 8 USSR Igor Grigoriev ČZ/ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - 8 SWE Ove Lundell Hedlund/Husqvarna - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 6 8 9 7 8 14 USSR Antonin Klavinsh ESO 7 6 7 15 - - 6 5 11 7 - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 6 BEL Herman De Soete Matchless - 5 8 - 7 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 3 - - 12 5 6 SWE Jan Johansson Lindstrom - - - - - - 3 4 - - - - 6 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 TCH Karel Pilař ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 18 NED Broer Dirkx Lito 8 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 - - - - - - 4 TCH Ervín Krajčovič ESO - - - - - - - - - - 8 6 3 8 - - - - 8 7 - - - - - - 4 BEL Jef Teuwissen Triumph-Métisse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 10 5 - - 5 1 - - 4 21 CH Pierre-André Rapin Monark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 6 - - - - - - 4 22 TCH Vladimír Dubšík ČZ - - - - - - - - - - 7 5 10 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 DDR Joachim Helmhold ČZ - - - - - - 5 - - - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - 8 6 - - 2 UK John Giles Triumph - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 6 - - - - - - - - 2 RFA Erwin Schmider Maico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 9 19 11 - - 2 26 TCH Jan Němeček ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 10 - - - - 14 NC - 5 - - - - 1 - BEL Sylvain Geboers Matchless 6 - - - 6 - - - 12 15 - - - - - - 8 - - - - - - - - - 0 BEL Joël Robert ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 SWE Bill Nilsson ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - 3 - - - - - - - 0 UK Derek Rickman Metisse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 0 SWE Hasse Hansson Lindstrom - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0Sources: 250cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA BELBEL TCHTCH GERRFA NEDNED LUXLUX POLPOL USSRUSSR GDRGDR UKUK SWESWE FINFIN 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 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 USSR Victor Arbekov ČZ 2 9 1 2 2 1 - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 18 - - - - 1 2 - - - - 52 2 BEL Joël Robert ČZ 4 - 2 1 1 2 - - 1 - 2 2 2 - 1 1 - 1 3 1 1 3 - 1 - - - - 1 1 48 3 UK Dave Bickers Greeves 6 2 3 3 - - 1 1 5 2 5 5 - - 3 3 - - - - - - 1 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 42 4 SWE Torsten Hallman Husqvarna 1 8 - - 5 6 4 2 3 3 - - - - 9 7 - - - - - - - - 2 1 1 1 - - 35 5 SWE Åke Jonsson Husqvarna 7 1 - - 6 11 6 3 4 6 4 3 - - 10 4 4 6 6 2 4 2 4 4 5 4 14 7 - - 30 6 TCH Vlastimil Válek Jawa/ČZ - - 6 4 - - 3 6 2 1 - - 4 4 6 5 6 5 4 - 2 10 3 5 3 - - 5 - - 28 7 USSR Gunnar Draougs ČZ 3 - 4 - 4 3 - - 7 - 3 6 6 2 5 6 2 3 2 - 5 4 - - - - - - - - 25 8 TCH Karel Pilař ČZ - - 7 5 7 4 7 5 - - - - 11 7 8 8 5 - - 4 6 6 5 6 7 7 - - 4 5 15 9 UK Don Rickman Bultaco 5 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 3 - - - - - - 8 USSR Igor Grigoriev ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 3 - - - - - - - - 2 3 8 GDR Paul Friedrichs ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 1 - - - - - - 5 - 8 12 NED Fritz Selling Greeves - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 3 11 11 - - - - 12 - 7 8 - - - - - - 7 13 FIN Jorma Jarvinen Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 - - 6 14 DDR Fred Willamowski ČZ - - - - - - - - 10 8 - - 15 - - - 3 4 - - 7 8 - - 10 5 4 - 6 - 5 15 USSR Juri Ageyev ČZ - - - - - - - - - - 8 4 - 5 - - - - - - 9 9 - - - - - - - - 4 16 FIN Kalevi Vehkonen Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 4 - - 3 17 SWE Jan Blomqvist Husqvarna - 4 - - 9 5 11 4 9 - - - 7 - 7 9 - - - - - - - - 8 8 - - - - 2 SWE Olle Pettersson Bultaco-Métisse - - - - - - - - 8 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - 2 USSR Alex Yakolev ČZ - - - - 15 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 7 - - - - - - - - - - 2 UK Bryan Goss Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 - - - - - - 4 2 UK John Griffith Greeves - - 5 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 TCH Antonín Hrach Jawa/ČZ - - - - - - 10 13 13 4 - - - - 14 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 2 23 NED Ton van Heugten Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 TCH Ivan Poláš Jawa/ČZ - - - - - - - - 17 10 - - - - - - - - - 6 8 5 15 9 9 10 - - - - 1 SWE Cenneth Loof Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 1 USSR Andrei Dezhinov ČZ 10 3 - - - 10 - - 6 - 9 - - - 12 - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - - 1 - BEL Marcel Wiertz ČZ 9 5 15 - 14 23 5 22 - - - - 9 12 18 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 UK Alan Clough Greeves - - - - 3 - 2 - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 BEL Roger De Coster ČZ - - - - 17 26 - 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0Sources: Notes References Category:Motocross World Championship seasons Motocross World Championship