1964 FIM Motocross World Championship
| 1964 FIM Motocross World Championship | |
|---|---|
| Organizer | FIM |
| Duration | 5 April/13 September |
| Number of races | 28 |
| Number of manufacturers | 13 |
| Champions | |
| 500cc |  Jeff Smith |
| 250cc |  Joël Robert |
The 1964 Motocross World Championship was the 8th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.
Summary
[edit]Jeff Smith riding for the BSA factory racing team won the 500cc motocross world championship to become the first British rider to claim the premier division, beating out former two-time world champions and Husqvarna teammates Rolf Tibblin and Sten Lundin.[1] Tibblin won the first four races of the year before Smith won seven of the final ten events to capture the title.[2]
In the 250cc division, 20-year-old privateer, Joël Robert rode a ČZ to win 9 of the 14 Grand Prix races to claim the world championship ahead of the defending champion, Torsten Hallman.[3][4] Robert became the youngest motocross world champion at the time.[5]
Grands Prix
[edit]500cc
[edit]| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner[2] | Team | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 12 |  Swiss Grand Prix
|
Payerne |  Rolf Tibblin
|
Husqvarna | Report |
| 2 | April 26 |  Austrian Grand Prix
|
Sittendorf | Rolf Tibblin
|
Husqvarna | Report |
| 3 | May 10 |  Danish Grand Prix
|
Volk Mølle | Rolf Tibblin
|
Husqvarna | Report |
| 4 | May 17 | Swedish Grand Prix
|
Vimmerby | Rolf Tibblin
|
Husqvarna | Report |
| 5 | May 24 |  Dutch Grand Prix
|
Norg | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report |
| 6 | May 31 |  French Grand Prix
|
Sucé-sur-Erdre | Rolf Tibblin
|
Husqvarna | Report |
| 7 | June 7 |  Italian Grand Prix
|
Avigliana | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report |
| 8 | June 21 |  Russian Grand Prix
|
Lviv | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report |
| 9 | June 28 |  Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
|
Přerov | Rolf Tibblin
|
Husqvarna | Report |
| 10 | August 2 | Belgian Grand Prix
|
Namur | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report |
| 11 | August 9 |  Luxembourg Grand Prix
|
Ettelbruck | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report |
| 12 | August 16 |  West German Grand Prix
|
Bielstein | Sten Lundin
|
Lito | Report |
| 13 | August 30 |  East German Grand Prix
|
Schwerin | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report |
| 14 | September 13 |  Spanish Grand Prix
|
San Sebastián | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report |
250cc
[edit]| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner[3] | Team | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 5 | Spanish Grand Prix
|
Ruta | Torsten Hallman
|
Husqvarna | Report |
| 2 | April 26 | Belgian Grand Prix
|
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert | Joël Robert
|
ČZ | Report |
| 3 | May 3 | Swiss Grand Prix
|
Wohlen | Joël Robert
|
ČZ | Report |
| 4 | May 10 | Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
|
Holice | Joël Robert
|
ČZ | Report |
| 5 | May 17 | West German Grand Prix
|
Erlangen | Joël Robert
|
ČZ | Report |
| 6 | May 24 | Luxembourg Grand Prix
|
Schifflange | Dave Bickers
|
Greeves | Report |
| 7 | May 31 | Italian Grand Prix
|
Imola | Torsten Hallman
|
Husqvarna | Report |
| 8 | June 28 | British Grand Prix
|
Cadwell Park | Joël Robert
|
ČZ | Report |
| 9 | July 5 | Swedish Grand Prix
|
Hedemora | Joël Robert
|
ČZ | Report |
| 10 | July 12 |  Finnish Grand Prix
|
Tikkurila | Joël Robert
|
ČZ | Report |
| 11 | July 19 | Russian Grand Prix
|
Leningrad | Joël Robert
|
ČZ | Report |
| 12 | July 26 |  Polish Grand Prix
|
Kielce | Torsten Hallman
|
Husqvarna | Report |
| 13 | August 2 | East German Grand Prix
|
Apolda | Victor Arbekov
|
ČZ | Report |
| 14 | August 15 | French Grand Prix
|
Laguépie | Torsten Hallman
|
Husqvarna | Report |
Final standings
[edit]Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
500cc
[edit]| Pos | Rider | Machine | CH
|
AUT
|
DEN
|
SWE
|
NED
|
FRA
|
ITA
|
USR
|
CZE
|
BEL
|
LUX
|
GER
|
DDR
|
ESP
|
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 96 |
| 2 | Rolf Tibblin
|
Husqvarna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 64 | |||||
| 3 | Sten Lundin
|
Lito | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 46 | ||||
| 4 | Ove Lundell
|
Husqvarna | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | |||||
| 5 | Bill Nilsson
|
ESO-Métisse | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | ||||||||
| 6 | Per Olaf Persson
|
Husqvarna | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | ||||||||
| 7 | Herman De Soete
|
Matchless-Métisse | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Jerry Scott
|
BSA | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Vic Eastwood
|
BSA | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Hubert Scaillet
|
Triumph-Métisse | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| John Burton
|
Triumph-Métisse | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Pierre-André Rapin
|
Monark | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Josef Chara
|
Jawa | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Dieter Kley
|
ESO | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Gunnar Johansson
|
Lito | 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | Nikolaj Sokolov
|
ESO | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jos Ribbens
|
BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | Antonin Klavinsh
|
ESO | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Aleksandr Lebedev
|
ESO | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| André Chuchard
|
Triumph-Métisse | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Broer Dirkx
|
Lito | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Nicoll
|
Matchless | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ervín Krajčovič
|
ESO | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | Josef Hrebecek
|
ČZ | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Lubomir Eichler
|
ČZ | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Andy Lee
|
Matchless-Métisse | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Sigur Kalkis
|
ESO | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Vanderbecken
|
Triumph | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jacob Lynegaard
|
BSA | 6 | 1 |
Source:[6]
250cc
[edit]| Pos | Rider | Machine | ESP
|
BEL
|
CH
|
CZE
|
GER
|
LUX
|
ITA
|
UK
|
SWE
|
FIN
|
USR
|
POL
|
GDR
|
FRA
|
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joël Robert
|
ČZ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 56 | ||||
| 2 | Torsten Hallman
|
Husqvarna | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 50 | ||||
| 3 | Victor Arbekov
|
ČZ | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 31 | ||||||
| 4 | Igor Grigoriev
|
ČZ | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |||||
| 5 | Dave Bickers
|
Greeves | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 23 | |||||||||
| 6 | Åke Jonsson
|
Husqvarna | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Vlastimil Valek
|
Jawa | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | |||||||
| 8 | Karel Pilar
|
ČZ | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||||||
| 9 | Gunnar Draougs
|
ČZ | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Cenneth Loof
|
Husqvarna | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Don Rickman
|
Bultaco | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Jan Johansson
|
Lindstrom | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Olle Pettersson
|
Husqvarna | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 14 | John Griffith
|
Greeves | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Malcom Davis
|
Greeves | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Antonin Hrach
|
ČZ | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | Zdenek Polanka
|
ČZ | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Bryan Goss
|
Greeves | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | Derek Rickman
|
Bultaco | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Eungenius Frelich
|
MZ | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Max Morf
|
ČZ | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jaakko Lehmuskoski
|
Husqvarna | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Fritz Betzelbacher
|
Montesa | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Fritz Selling
|
Greeves | 6 | 1 |
Source:[7]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1964 500cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ a b "1964 500cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ a b "1964 250cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "1964 250cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Joël Robert at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame". motorcyclemuseum.org. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "1964 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "1964 250cc motocross championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
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