1961 Motocross World Championship

Motocross championship season December 2022 1961 Motocross World Championship 300px Start of the Motocross der Azen pre-season invitational race on 12 March 1961 in Sint Anthonis, Holland. FIM 8 April/3 September 11 15 Champions 500cc SWE Sten Lundin 250ccfn1 Now called the European Championship. UK Dave Bickers Motocross World Championship 1960 1962 The 1961 Motocross World Championship was the 5th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles. Summary Sten Lundin, riding a Monark motorcycle rebadged as a Lito, took an early championship lead by winning the first three Grand Prix races of the year, then held off a challenge from Husqvarna's Bill Nilsson to claim his second 500cc Motocross World Championship.https://motocrossactionmag.com/classic-motocross-iron-1961-lito-500-motocross/ Classic Motocross Iron: 1961 Lito 500 Motocross 11 June 2022 motocrossactionmag.com 21 December 2022 https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/reservation/index.php#0440929fd40c9b90d 1961 500cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 21 December 2022 https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/equipe/index.php#0440929fd30b6a201 1961 500cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 21 December 2022 Dave Curtis swept both races of the 500cc British Grand Prix, while Broer Dirkx repeated his 1959 success in the 500cc Dutch Grand Prix. Dave Bickers, riding for the Greeves factory racing team claimed his second consecutive 250cc European Motocross Championship over his countrymen, BSA teammates Arthur Lampkin and Jeff Smith.https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/philosophie/index.php#0440929fb80cae501 1961 250cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 21 December 2022 https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/visite/index.php#0440929ca80bf3f2b 1961 250cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 21 December 2022 Bickers dominated the season, winning 6 out of 13 Grand Prix races and setting a season record with 14 individual race victories. Lampkin actually scored more points overall than Bickers, but fell victim to FIM scoring rules, which only recognize the top seven of thirteen results. The rules would be changed in 1977. Future four-time 250cc world champion Torsten Hallman won the first world championship race of his career at the 1961 250cc Finnish Grand Prix. Future three-time World Champion Paul Friedrichs makes his first World Championship appearance at the 250cc East German Grand Prix. Due to the Berlin Crisis of 1961 at the height of the Cold War, few western European riders attend the season ending East German Grand Prix in Apolda. Grands Prix 500cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 9 SWI Swiss Grand Prix Payerne SWE Sten Lundin SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Sten Lundin Report 2 April 30 AUT Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf SWE Sten Lundin SWE Sten Lundin SWE Sten Lundin Report 3 May 28 FRA French Grand Prix Jonzac SWE Sten Lundin SWE Sten Lundin SWE Sten Lundin Report 4 June 4 CZE Czechoslovak Grand Prix Přerov SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Bill Nilsson Report 5 June 11 ITA Italian Grand Prix Imola SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Bill Nilsson Report 6 July 2 UK British Grand Prix Hawkstone Park UK Dave Curtis UK Dave Curtis UK Dave Curtis Report 7 July 24 NED Dutch Grand Prix Dreumel NED Broer Dirkx SWE Bill Nilsson NED Broer Dirkx Report 8 August 5 BEL Belgian Grand Prix* Namur - - SWE Sten Lundin Report 9 August 13 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck SWE Sten Lundin SWE Sten Lundin SWE Sten Lundin Report 10 August 20 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Uddevalla SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Bill Nilsson Report 11 September 3 GER West German Grand Prix Immenstadt SWE Bill Nilsson SWE Sten Lundin SWE Sten Lundin Report*Organizers of the Belgian Grand Prix hold qualifying heat races for a single final round. Sources:https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1961---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf 1961 500cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 18 December 2022 250cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 23 BEL Belgian Grand Prix Aywaille UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers Report 2 May 7 FRA French Grand Prix Thomer-la-Sôgne UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers Report 3 May 11 NED Dutch Grand Prix Markelo UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith Report 4 May 21 CZE Czechoslovak Grand Prix Divoká Šárka UK Dave Bickers UK Jeff Smith UK Jeff Smith Report 5 May 28 POL Polish Grand Prix Katowice-Zabrze UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers Report 6 June 4 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix Schifflange UK Jeff Smith UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers Report 7 June 18 FIN Finnish Grand Prix Tikkurila UK Dave Bickers UK Arthur Lampkin SWE Torsten Hallman Report 8 June 25 ITA Italian Grand Prix Settimo UK Jeff Smith ITA Lanfranco Angelini UK Arthur Lampkin Report 9 July 2 GER West German Grand Prix Ühlingen UK Arthur Lampkin SWE Torsten Hallman UK Arthur Lampkin Report 10 July 15 UK British Grand Prix Shrubland Park UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers Report 11 August 13 CH Swiss Grand Prix Wohlen UK Arthur Lampkin UK Dave Bickers UK Arthur Lampkin Report 12 September 3 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Knutstorp UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers UK Dave Bickers Report 13 September 10 DDR East German Grand Prix Apolda CZE Jaromír Čížek CZE Jaromír Čížek CZE Jaromír Čížek ReportSources:https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1961---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf 1961 250cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 18 December 2022 Final standings Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers. For the final championship standings, half of the competitors' results + 1 are retained. Thus with 11 500cc Grands Prix, the 6 best results are retained. With 13 250cc Grands Prix, the 7 best 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 CHCH AUTAUT FRAFRA TCHCZE ITAITA UKUK NEDNED BELBEL LUXLUX SWESWE GERRFA Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1* R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 SWE Sten Lundin Lito 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 2 - - 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 48 2 SWE Bill Nilsson Husqvarna 2 1 3 - 2 - 1 1 1 1 - - 5 1 - - - 1 1 1 10 36 3 SWE Gunnar Johansson Lito 3 4 4 5 21 - - - 3 3 4 2 4 11 2 4 - 2 3 5 7 25 4 CZE Miloslav Soucek ESO 5 6 5 3 - - 2 2 9 9 - - 18 15 12 5 3 - - 10 13 19 5 SWE Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna - - - - - - 5 4 5 4 - 6 - - - 2 10 6 7 3 2 15 6 UK John Burton BSA - - 2 2 - - - - 7 - 6 4 8 - 10 7 2 8 5 - - 13 7 NED Broer Dirk BSA - - - - - - - - - - 5 - 1 2 - - - - - 4 5 12 8 UK David Curtis Matchless - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 8 9 SWE Ove Lundell Monark - - - - 8 2 6 5 - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - 7 10 CZE Ervín Krajčovič ESO 4 12 6 4 - - 3 6 - - - - - - 5 - - - - 7 8 7 11 SWE Lars Gustavsson Lito - - - - 4 - - - - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - 6 12 UK Jeff Smith BSA - - - - - - - - 4 5 - - 3 - 3 - - - - - - 6 13 BEL Herman De Soete Matchless - - - - 10 3 - - 6 7 8 12 - - 4 3 - - - - - 6 14 UK Derek Rickman Triumph-Métisse - - - - 5 5 - - - - 9 15 - - - - - - - - - 4 15 FRA Guy Bertrand BSA - - - - 7 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 16 NED Jan Clijnk BSA - - - - 12 - - - - - - - 6 4 - - - - - - - 3 17 SWE Per Olaf Persson Monark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 6 - - 3 18 UK Gordon Blakeway Triumph - - - - - - - - - - - 11 13 - - - - - - 6 4 3 19 AUS Tim Gibbes AJS 15 - - - 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 11 2 20 UK John Harris BSA - - - - - - - - - - 7 7 - - - - - - - - - 2 21 BEL Frans Slechten BSA - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 6 - - - - - - - 2 22 BEL Hubert Scaillet Triumph - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 9 - - - - 2 23 SWE Roine Lööf BSA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 4 - - 2 24 FRA Georges Delpeyrat Triumph 15 9 - - 6 8 - - - - 12 17 - - - - - - - - - 1 25 CZE Josef Hrebecek ESO - - - 6 - - - - - - - - 19 17 7 - - - - - - 1 26 CH Florian Thevenaz Triumph 10 5 - - 22 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 27 BEL Roger Vanderbecken Triumph - - - - - - - - 16 8 11 8 - - - - - - - - - 1 28 BEL Jef Teuwissen BSA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - 12 12 1 29 CH Jacques Langel BSA - - - - 27 - - - - - - 14 - 16 16 10 4 - - - - 1 - UK Donald Rickman Triumph-Métisse - - - - 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 0 UK Les Archer Jr. Norton - - - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - - - - 3 0 CH Pierre André Rapin Monark - 3 - - 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 UK Arthur Lampkin BSA - - - - - - - - 10 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 0*Organizers of the Belgian Grand Prix hold qualifying heat races for a single final round. Sources: 250cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine BELBEL FRAFRA NEDNED TCHCZE POLPOL LUXLUX FINFIN ITAITA GERGER UKUK CHCH SWESWE GDRGDR 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 1 UK Dave Bickers Greeves 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 - 1 1 2 1 1 - - - 2 - 1 1 - 1 1 1 - - 51 2 UK Arthur Lampkin BSA 2 - - - 2 4 4 2 3 2 3 4 5 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 - - 48 3 UK Jeff Smith BSA - - 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 6 1 3 3 4 1 3 4 3 - - 3 3 11 - - - 40 4 SWE Torsten Hallman Husqvarna 6 4 2 3 3 3 - 4 - - 4 2 2 3 - - 5 1 3 4 2 6 3 - - - 33 5 CZE Jaromír Čížek Jawa 4 5 6 15 - - 2 5 - - 8 5 - - - - - - 6 6 - - - 5 1 1 19 6 FIN Aarno Erola Husqvarna - - 14 11 4 5 - - 4 - - - 4 2 - - - - 5 3 - - 4 3 - - 17 7 CZE Vlastimil Válek ČZ 9 7 24 - - - - 7 5 3 7 7 6 5 - - - - - - - - 6 7 2 2 14 8 SWE Lennart Dahlén Jawa 5 3 10 8 - - - 6 - - 9 9 - - - - - 6 - 9 - - 8 4 - - 10 9 NED Fritz Selling Greeves - 11 16 7 6 6 - - - - 15 12 - - 3 5 - - - - - - - - 3 3 9 10 RFA Fritz Betzelbacher Maico 7 6 8 9 9 8 - - - - 5 6 - - - 4 - - - - 4 4 - - - - 7 11 SWE Sivert Eriksson Husqvarna 10 8 13 12 - 10 - - - - - - 7 8 - - 7 4 9 - 7 7 9 6 5 4 7 12 UK John Draper Cotton 3 10 4 4 7 13 - - - - 6 8 - - - - 3 - 7 7 - - - - - - 6 13 BEL Nic Jansen Greeves 11 - 5 5 10 7 - - - - 12 10 - - 4 6 - - 14 10 - - - - - - 5 14 CZE Miloslav Soucek ESO 12 13 - - - - 5 3 6 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 DDR Fred WillamowskiMZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 5 3 16 CZE Josef Chara Jawa - 9 9 10 - - 6 - - 4 10 11 8 9 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - 4 17 ITA Luciano Conti Aermacchi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 7 - - - - - - - - - - 2 RFA Gerhard Stauch Maico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 8 - - - - - - - - 2 RFA Otto Walz Maico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 5 - - - - 2 20 ITA Vincenzo Soletti Parilla - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 8 - - - - - - - - - - 1 UK Bryan Sharp Greeves - - 7 6 - - - - 7 - 11 - - - - - - - 8 - - - - - - - 1 SWE Jan Johansson Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 8 - - 1 DDR Paul Friedrichs ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 6 1 - SWE Stig Rickardsson Greeves - 2 28 - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - ITA Lanfranco Angelini Aermacchi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - UK Don Rickman Greeves - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - -Sources: Notes References Category:Motocross World Championship seasons Motocross World Championship