1959 Motocross World Championship

Motocross championship season August 2021 1959 Motocross World Championship 300 px Action from the 1959 500cc Dutch Grand Prix, held in Norg on 26 July 1959. FIM 12 April/26 August 11 8 Champions 500cc SWE Sten Lundin 250ccfn1 Now called the European Championship. SWE Rolf Tibblin Motocross World Championship 1958 1960 The 1959 Motocross World Championship was the 3rd edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.http://docs.mxgp.com/docs/2015/YOU-15-4242_MXGP_Official_Guide_2015_LD.pdf 2015 MXGP Guide mxgp.com https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090723/http://docs.mxgp.com/docs/2015/YOU-15-4242_MXGP_Official_Guide_2015_LD.pdf 20 August 2021 4 March 2016 Summary After five editions of the European Championship, from 1952 to 1956, the championship from 1957 took the name of the World Championship, at least for the 500cc class. The 250cc class, introduced this season, will also dispute five running-in seasons, from 1957 to 1961, a period in which it will take on the name of the European Cup, to become World Championship as well starting from the 1962 season. From April 12 to August 23, the 500cc class held 9 grands prix which awarded points to the first six classified competitors, respectively: 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1. The score in the final classification of each competitor was calculated on the best four results.https://www.memotocross.fr/assets/1959---500cc-championnat-du-monde.pdf Championnat du monde 500cc - 1959 memotocross.fr 20 August 2021 Grands Prix 500cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationWinnerTeamReport 1 April 12 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf SWE Sten Lundin Monark Report 2 April 26 CH Swiss Grand Prix Geneva SWE Bill Nilsson Crescent-AJS Report 3 May 10 DEN Danish Grand Prix Rjenberg UK Les Archer Jr. Norton Report 4 May 17 FRA French Grand Prix Mayenne UK Les Archer Jr. Norton Report 5 June 14 ITA Italian Grand Prix Imola SWE Sten Lundin Monark Report 6 June 21 GER West German Grand Prix Bielstein SWE Sten Lundin Monark Report 7 July 5 UK British Grand Prix Shrewsbury UK Jeff Smith BSA Report 8 July 26 NED Dutch Grand Prix Norg NED Broer Dirkx BSA Report 9 August 2 BEL Belgian Grand Prix Des Houlpaix - Jupille SWE Bill Nilsson Crescent-AJS Report 10 August 9 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck SWE Sten Lundin Monark Report 11 August 23 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Saxtorp SWE Bill Nilsson Crescent-AJS ReportSources:http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/reservation/index.php#0440929fd5105e401 1959 500cc Motocross World Championship race results memotocross.fr 23 December 2022 https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1959---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf 1959 500cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 22 December 2022 250cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationWinnerTeamReport 1 April 12 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf CZE Miloslav Soucek ESO Report 2 May 11 CH Swiss Grand Prix Geneva UK Brian Stonebridge Greeves Report 3 April 26 BEL Belgian Grand Prix Ypres CZE Jaromír Čížek Jawa Report 4 May 17 DDR East German Grand Prix Teterow CZE Jaromír Čížek Jawa Report 5 May 24 CZE Czechoslovak Grand Prix Divoká Šárka CZE Jaromír Čížek Jawa Report 6 May 31 POL Polish Grand Prix Katowice-Zabrze CZE Jaromír Čížek Jawa Report 7 June 7 GER West German Grand Prix Ludweiler SWE Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna Report 8 June 21 ITA Italian Grand Prix Pinerolo UK Brian Stonebridge Greeves Report 9 June 28 FRA French Grand Prix Cassel SWE Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna Report 10 July 12 NED Dutch Grand Prix Lichtenvoorde SWE Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna Report 11 July 19 UK British Grand Prix Beenhan Park SWE Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna Report 12 August 9 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck SWE Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna Report 13 August 16 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Vetlanda SWE Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna ReportSources:http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/philosophie/index.php#0440929fd40e01c0f 1959 250cc European Cup race results memotocross.fr 23 December 2022 https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/1959---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf 1959 250cc European motocross championship results memotocross.fr 22 December 2022 Final standings 500cc 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 Grand Prix, the 6 best results are retained. With 13 250cc Grand Prix, the 7 best results are retained. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  Points 8 6 4 3 2 1 Pos Rider Machine AUTAUT CHCH DENDEN FRAFRA ITAITA GERRFA UKUK NEDNED BELBEL LUXLUX SWESWE Pts 1 SWE Sten Lundin Monark 1 2 3 1 1 4 2 1 4 44 2 SWE Bill Nilsson Crescent-AJS 7R 4 1 2 4 1 1 36 3 UK Dave Curtis Matchless 4 5 2 2 2 3 4 3 34 4 NED Broer Dirkx BSA 2 6 3 3 4 1 6 27 5 UK Les Archer Jr. Norton 3 1 1 4 23 6 UK Jeff Smith BSA 4 6 5 1 6 2 21 7 UK Don Rickman Triumph-Métisse 3 3 3 12 8 SWE Lars Gustavsson Monark 6 6 3 2 12 9 BEL René Baeten AJS 7R special 2 6 5 9 10 UK Derek Rickman Triumph-Métisse 2 6 11 BEL Hubert Scaillet Matchless 3 6 5 12 BEL Nic Jansen Saroléa 5 4 5 13 SWE Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna 5 5 4 UK John Draper BSA 5 5 4 15 DEN Boris Rasbro BSA 4 3 16 SWE Ove Lundell Monark 5 2 BEL Jaw Rombauts BSA 5 2 SWE Raymond Sigvardsson Matchless 5 2 19 SWE Gunnar Johansson Crescent-AJS 7R 6 1 DEN Ejvind Hansen BSA 6 1 FRA Jean Hazianis BSA 6 1Source: 250cc Pos Rider Machine AUTAUT CHCH BELBEL GDRGDR CSKCSK POLPOL RFARFA ITAITA FRAFRA NEDNED UKUK LUXLUX SWESWE Pts 1 SWE Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 51 2 UK Brian Stonebridge Greeves 1 1 4 1 2 6 2 40 3 CZE Jaromír Čížek Jawa 3 1 1 1 2 34 4 CZE Jaroslav Kmoch Jawa 2 2 4 5 3 3 3 29 5 SWE Stig Rickardsson Husqvarna 2 4 2 5 2 23 6 CZE Frantisek Ron Jawa 6 5 6 2 5 4 3 3 22 7 SWE Lennart Dahlén Husqvarna 5 3 3 5 6 4 3 4 22 8 CZE Miloslav Soucek ESO 1 3 6 13 9 SWE Torsten Hallman Husqvarna 4 2 9 10 UK Dave Bickers Greeves 4 3 5 9 11 RFA Willy Oesterle Maico 2 6 6 8 RFA Fritz Betzelbacher Maico 6 6 3 5 8 13 UK Jeff Smith BSA 2 6 BEL Fernand Neri Aermacchi 2 6 15 BEL Jean Crosset Jawa 5 4 5 16 SWE Per Olaf Persson Husqvarna 3 4 17 RFA Rolf Müller Maico 4 3 18 ITA Emilio Ostorero Mival 6 5 3 GER Otto Walz Maico 4 3 GER Klaus Kamper Maico 4 3 21 POL Eungenius Frelich Jawa 5 2 SWE Sivert Eriksson Husqvarna 5 2 UK John Draper BSA 5 2 24 POL Eungenius Krokowski Jawa 6 1 NED Rudi Boom Greeves 6 1 SWE Ove Lundell Husqvarna 6 1Source: Notes References Category:Motocross World Championship seasons Motocross World Championship