1969 FIM Motocross World Championship

Motocross championship season December 2022 1968 FIM Motocross World Championship FIM 13 April/31 August 24 10 Champions 500cc SWE Bengt Åberg 250cc BEL Joël Robert FIM Motocross World Championship 1968 1970 The 1969 Motocross World Championship was the 13th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles. The FIM implements a new championship points scoring formula, awarding points to the top ten classified competitors. Summary Husqvarna factory-sponsored rider Bengt Åberg dethroned three-time World Champion Paul Friedrichs to win his first 500cc World Championship.https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/equipe/index.php#0440929f1205e4a01 1969 500cc motocross world championship final standings memotocross.fr 16 January 2025 https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/reservation/index.php#0440929f220ff3101 1969 500cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 16 January 2025 Husqvarna introduced a new motorcycle with a larger 400cc engine to claim their first 500cc World Championship since Rolf Tibblin won the 1963 title. BSA factory team rider John Banks once again proved to be one of the top competitors; however, mechanical problems late in the season relegated him to second place in the championship for the second consecutive season. Defending World Champion Friedrichs took third place in the final standings. Two-time 500cc World Champion Jeff Smith makes his final World Championship appearance at the 1969 500cc Belgian Grand Prix. Two-time 250cc European Champion Dave Bickers marks the final World Championship appearance of his career with a victory in the second moto of the 1969 250cc British Grand Prix. In the 250cc World Championship, Joël Robert won six Grand Prix races to successfully defend his championship in a season-long battle with his ČZ factory teammate Sylvain Geboers.https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/visite/index.php#0440929ca80bf3023 1969 250cc motocross world championship final standings memotocross.fr 16 January 2025 https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/philosophie/index.php#0440929f120603702 1969 250cc motocross world championship race winners memotocross.fr 16 January 2025 Geboers actually scored more points overall but fell victim to FIM scoring rules, which only recognized the top seven of twelve results. The rules would be changed in 1977. Suzuki factory rider Olle Pettersson demonstrated the Japanese factory's rapid development by placing third in the final standings. Four-time World Champion Torsten Hallman was slowed by a back injury and dropped to sixth place in the final standings. He was released by the Husqvarna factory team after the 1969 season.http://hof.motorcyclemuseum.org/detail.aspx?RacerID=188 Torsten Hallman at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame motorcyclemuseum.org 2025-01-16 Grands Prix 500cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 20 AUT Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf SWE Bengt Åberg DDR Paul Friedrichs SWE Bengt Åberg Report 2 May 11 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Motala SWE Arne Kring DDR Arne Kring SWE Arne Kring Report 3 May 18 NED Dutch Grand Prix Norg SWE Arne Kring UK John Banks SWE Arne Kring Report 4 May 25 ITA Italian Grand Prix Lombardore SWE Bengt Åberg SWE Bengt Åberg SWE Bengt Åberg Report 5 June 15 TCH Czechoslovak Grand Prix Přerov DDR Paul Friedrichs UK John Banks UK John Banks Report 6 June 22 USSR Russian Grand Prix Chișinău UK John Banks DDR Paul Friedrichs UK John Banks Report 7 July 13 RFA West German Grand Prix Beuren DDR Paul Friedrichs TCH Jaroslav Homola DDR Paul Friedrichs Report 8 August 3 BEL Belgian Grand Prix Namur BEL Roger De Coster UK John Banks BEL Roger De Coster Report 9 August 10 LUX Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck UK Dave Nicoll DDR Paul Friedrichs UK Dave Nicoll Report 10 August 17 FRA French Grand Prix Laguépie SWE Bengt Åberg DDR Paul Friedrichs SWE Bengt Åberg Report 11 August 24 SWI Swiss Grand Prix Wohlen SWE Bengt Åberg SWE Åke Jonsson SWE Bengt Åberg Report 12 August 31 GDR East German Grand Prix Schwerin DDR Paul Friedrichs BEL Roger De Coster SWE Arne Kring ReportSources:https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1969---gp-500-et-classement-final.pdf 1969 500cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 13 January 2025 250cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 13 ESP Spanish Grand Prix Sabadell BEL Joël Robert SWE Olle Pettersson BEL Joël Robert Report 2 April 20 BEL Swiss Grand Prix Payerne BEL Joël Robert FIN Kalevi Vehkhonen BEL Joël Robert Report 3 April 27 YUG Yugoslavian Grand Prix Tržič BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert Report 4 May 4 TCH Czechoslovak Grand Prix Holice BEL Sylvain Geboers BEL Sylvain Geboers BEL Sylvain Geboers Report 5 May 11 POL Polish Grand Prix Szczecin BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert Report 6 May 18 RFA West German Grand Prix Bielstein RFA Adolf Weil RFA Adolf Weil RFA Adolf Weil Report 7 June 15 NED Dutch Grand Prix Makkinga BEL Sylvain Geboers FIN Heikki Mikkola BEL Sylvain Geboers Report 8 June 22 FRA French Grand Prix Niort BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert BEL Joël Robert Report 9 June 29 UK British Grand Prix Dodington Park BEL Sylvain Geboers UK Dave Bickers BEL Sylvain Geboers Report 10 August 3 SWE Swedish Grand Prix Hedemora BEL Sylvain Geboers BEL Sylvain Geboers BEL Sylvain Geboers Report 11 August 10 FIN Finnish Grand Prix Hyvinkää FIN Kalevi Vehkonen SWE Olle Pettersson BEL Joël Robert Report 12 August 17 USSR Russian Grand Prix Leningrad USSR Vladimir Kavinov USSR Vladimir Kavinov USSR Vladimir Kavinov ReportSources:https://memotocross.fr/downloads/1969---gp-250-et-classement-final.pdf 1969 250cc motocross world championship results memotocross.fr 13 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 AUTAUT SWESWE NEDNED ITAITA TCHTCH USSRUSSR GERRFA BELBEL LUXLUX FRAFRA CHCH GDRGDR 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 SWE Bengt Åberg Husqvarna 1 4 2 2 2 31 1 1 9 4 - - 3 3 - 4 4 2 1 2 1 2 4 4 94 2 UK John Banks BSA 7 2 - - 3 1 - 3 2 1 1 2 - - 2 1 3 - - - - - 5 7 72 3 GDR Paul Friedrichs ČZ 39 1 7 - - - - - 1 - 2 1 1 5 5 6 5 1 2 1 4 4 1 - 67 4 SWE Arne Kring Husqvarna - - 1 1 1 2 3 - 4 3 - - 2 6 - - - - 8 8 - - 2 2 66 5 BEL Roger De Coster ČZ 20 5 - - 7 30 4 4 7 8 - - 8 10 1 2 - - 3 4 3 3 3 1 66 6 UK Dave Nicoll BSA 4 - - - 15 12 2 2 - - - - 7 8 8 14 1 3 - - 11 6 6 8 40 7 UK Keith Hickman BSA 5 7 - - - - - - - - 4 4 5 2 7 10 6 - 5 6 7 13 - - 38 8 SWE Christer Hammargren Husqvarna - - 5 3 8 6 - - - - - - - 7 16 8 15 - 6 5 5 10 7 3 35 9 BEL Jeff Teuwissen Husqvarna - - 11 9 5 3 12 - 12 5 - - - - 4 5 7 5 - - - - - - 32 10 TCH Jaroslav Homola Jawa - - - - - - - - 3 - 3 3 6 1 10 22 2 - 4 12 6 8 8 5 31 11 SWE Jan Johansson Husqvarna 6 11 3 6 9 8 - - 6 7 - - - - - - 11 7 - - - - - - 28 12 TCH Otakar Toman ČZ 12 6 - 8 13 11 7 - - - 6 - - - 9 12 9 4 - - - 9 - - 25 13 SWE Åke Jonsson Maico - - 8 11 - - 5 - 10 11 5 5 10 4 - - 8 - - - - - - - 25 14 RFA Adolf Weil Maico 36 3 4 7 - - 17 12 11 2 - - 4 - 3 3 10 - - 3 2 - - - 21 15 TCH Miroslav Lisý ČZ 2 8 - - 17 14 6 5 - - - - - - 22 20 19 - 9 13 - - 22 - 20 16 SWE Jan Erik Sallqvist Husqvarna 9 9 6 5 - - 16 8 - - - - - - - - - - 20 9 - - - - 13 17 NED Gerrit Wolsink Husqvarna 10 10 - 4 30 7 - - - - - - - - 14 11 12 9 7 7 19 5 12 20 13 18 TCH Jiří Schmalz ČZ - - - - - - - - 5 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 11 10 19 NED Frans Sigmans Husqvarna - - - - 4 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 20 FRA Jacques Vernier ČZ - - - - - - 14 9 - - - - - - 20 16 14 6 19 - - - - - 8 21 NED Jo Lammers ČZ - - - - 6 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 22 ITA Eugenio Perozzo ČZ - - - - - - 8 6 - - - - - - - - - - 16 20 - - - - 6 23 BEL Jaak van Velthoven Husqvarna 8 12 9 - - - - - 14 - - - - - 13 17 18 - - - 10 7 - - 6 24 GDR Heinz Hoppe ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 - 13 8 - 18 - - 9 6 6 25 ITA Giuseppe Cavallero ČZ - - - - - - 10 7 - - - - - - - - - - 11 16 - - - - 5 26 UK Jeff Smith BSA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 7 - - - - - - - - 5 27 USSR Antonin Klavinsh ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 10 9 5 28 USSR Viatcheslav Krasnotchekov ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - - - 14 - 4 29 NED Jo Keizer Husqvarna - - - - 10 9 - - - - - - - - 12 18 16 - 10 - - - 16 12 3 30 ITA Silvano Benso ČZ - - - - - - 13 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 31 RFA Willy Bauer Maico - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 9 - - - - - - - - - - 2 32 NED Henk Driessen ČZ - - - - 12 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 33 USSR Vladimir Ovchinikov ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 34 TCH Václav Švastal ČZ 3 - - - 18 15 15 11 8 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 35 FRA Serge Bacou Bultaco 11 13 - - - - 22 - - 9 - - - - 23 19 - 16 - 10 - - - - 1 36 USSR Vladimir Pogrebnyak ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 37 BEL Riik van Hoof ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 11 - - - - - - 1 38 FRA Jean Jacques Tourte ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 11 - - - - 1 39 USSR Angus Angers ČZ - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 10 1 - BEL Gaston Rahier ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 9 - - - - - - - - 0Sources: 250cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine ESPESP CHCH YUGYUG TCHTCH POLPOL GERRFA NEDNED FRAFRA UKUK SWESWE FINFIN USSRUSSR 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 ČZ 1 4 1 3 1 1 - - 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - 5 - 3 2 5 2 102 2 BEL Sylvain Geboers ČZ 10 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 3 2 6 3 1 2 5 2 1 3 1 1 2 - 3 - 96 3 SWE Olle Pettersson Suzuki - 1 7 - 6 5 3 3 5 3 3 - 2 5 2 5 - 4 2 2 7 1 - - 71 4 TCH Jiří Stodůlka ČZ 11 6 11 - 4 6 5 7 - 9 11 2 28 22 4 6 2 6 - - - 5 7 - 44 5 TCH Karel Konečný ČZ - - 3 4 3 7 2 2 4 - 2 6 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - 38 6 SWE Torsten Hallman Husqvarna 4 7 8 6 5 2 - - 2 5 - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 32 7 BEL Marcel Wiertz Bultaco 6 5 12 9 - 10 9 11 - - 7 5 8 11 - 15 12 8 - - - - - - 31 8 TCH Zdeněk Strnad ČZ 2 - 5 8 - - 6 16 - - 5 8 14 26 8 11 5 9 8 6 - - - - 31 9 USSR Vladimir Kavinov ČZ - 11 - - 15 9 - - 9 10 - - - - 12 17 - - 14 7 10 8 1 1 27 10 USSR Gennady Moiseyev ČZ 14 12 - - 8 - - 4 7 7 - - - - 9 18 - - 11 5 5 10 9 3 27 11 USSR Leonid Shinkarenko ČZ 9 - 9 5 11 4 4 14 6 6 - - - - 11 10 - - - - - - - - 18 12 FIN Kalevi Vehkonen Husqvarna 7 - 4 1 - - - - - 8 - - 15 6 13 13 - - - - 1 - - - 17 13 UK Andy Roberton AJS 5 8 10 10 10 - 7 5 - - 4 - 19 24 - - - - - - - - - - 17 14 FIN Heikki Mikkola Husqvarna - - 6 7 7 8 - - - - - - 29 1 6 3 - - - - - 3 - 4 16 15 RFA Adolf Weil Maico - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 16 TCH Miroslav Halm ČZ - - - - - - 8 6 - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 6 2 6 15 17 SWE Uno Palm Husqvarna - - - - - - 10 13 - - - - 11 9 14 8 8 7 15 3 4 - 4 - 14 18 SWE Bengt Arne Bonn Husqvarna - - - - 9 - - 9 8 4 - - 6 25 - 7 9 - - - - - - - 13 19 UK Dave Bickers ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 1 - - - - - - 12 20 FIN Jyrki Storm Husqvarna - 10 - - - - - - - - - - 25 20 26 12 10 10 - - 6 4 - - 12 21 UK Don Rickman Bultaco 8 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 22 NED Pierre Karsmakers ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 4 - - - - - - - - - - 10 23 SWE Gunnar Nilsson Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 4 - - - - 10 24 NED Jan Roessink Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - 10 9 5 7 19 - - - - - - - - - 9 25 NED Frans Sigmans Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 3 - - - - - - - - - - 8 UK Arthur Browning Greeves 3 - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - 6 2 - - - - - - 8 USSR Angus Angers ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 5 8 28 NOR Roger Smestad Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 13 16 - 11 12 - - 8 7 - - 7 29 NED Ton van Heugten ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 8 - - - - - - - - - - 5 UK Bryan Goss Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 11 - - - - - - 5 USSR Mikhail Rastvortsev ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 5 USSR Pavel Rulev ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 8 - - - 8 5 33 RFA Willy Bauer Maico - - - - - - - - - - 8 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 34 UK Malcolm Davis AJS - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 - 10 9 - - - - - - - - 3 GDR Helmut Schumann ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - 3 USSR Anatoly Mandritchenko ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 3 37 FRA Michel Combes Husqvarna 13 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 19 - - - - - - - - 2 BEL Gaston Rahier Ossa - - 13 11 - - - 10 10 11 - - - - - 14 - - - - - - - - 2 UK Jim Aird AJS - - - - - - - - - - 9 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 FIN Jack Johansson Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - 2 41 ESP José Sanchez Bultaco 12 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 DEN Soren Lodal ČZ - - - - - - - - - - 12 10 20 27 - - - - - - - - - - 1 NED Harry Driessen ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 12 - - - - - - - - - - 1 GDR Gerhard Teubner ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 9 - - - - 1 USSR Antonin Klavinsh ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 1 - UK Vic Allan Greeves - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 0 UK Chris Horsfield Bultaco - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - - 0Sources: Notes References External links https://www.fim-moto.com/en/sports/view/fim-motocross-world-championship-4414 Category:Motocross World Championship seasons Motocross World Championship