1964 FIM Motocross World Championship
1964 FIM Motocross World Championship | |
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Organizer | FIM |
Duration | 5 April/13 September |
Number of races | 28 |
Number of manufacturers | 13 |
Champions | |
500cc | |
250cc |
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 | Payerne | Husqvarna | Report | ||
2 | April 26 | Sittendorf | Husqvarna | Report | ||
3 | May 10 | Volk Mølle | Husqvarna | Report | ||
4 | May 17 | Vimmerby | Husqvarna | Report | ||
5 | May 24 | Norg | BSA | Report | ||
6 | May 31 | Sucé-sur-Erdre | Husqvarna | Report | ||
7 | June 7 | Avigliana | BSA | Report | ||
8 | June 21 | Lviv | BSA | Report | ||
9 | June 28 | Přerov | Husqvarna | Report | ||
10 | August 2 | Namur | BSA | Report | ||
11 | August 9 | Ettelbruck | BSA | Report | ||
12 | August 16 | Bielstein | Lito | Report | ||
13 | August 30 | Schwerin | BSA | Report | ||
14 | September 13 | San Sebastián | BSA | Report |
250cc
[edit]Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner[3] | Team | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | April 5 | Ruta | Husqvarna | Report | ||
2 | April 26 | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert | ČZ | Report | ||
3 | May 3 | Wohlen | ČZ | Report | ||
4 | May 10 | Holice | ČZ | Report | ||
5 | May 17 | Erlangen | ČZ | Report | ||
6 | May 24 | Schifflange | Greeves | Report | ||
7 | May 31 | Imola | Husqvarna | Report | ||
8 | June 28 | Cadwell Park | ČZ | Report | ||
9 | July 5 | Hedemora | ČZ | Report | ||
10 | July 12 | Tikkurila | ČZ | Report | ||
11 | July 19 | Leningrad | ČZ | Report | ||
12 | July 26 | Kielce | Husqvarna | Report | ||
13 | August 2 | Apolda | ČZ | Report | ||
14 | August 15 | Laguépie | 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 | BSA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 96 | |
2 | Husqvarna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 64 | ||||||
3 | Lito | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 46 | |||||
4 | Husqvarna | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||
5 | ESO-Métisse | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | |||||||||
6 | Husqvarna | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | |||||||||
7 | Matchless-Métisse | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||
8 | BSA | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||
BSA | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
Triumph-Métisse | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Triumph-Métisse | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
12 | Monark | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
13 | Jawa | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
ESO | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Lito | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
16 | ESO | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
BSA | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
18 | ESO | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
ESO | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Triumph-Métisse | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Lito | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Matchless | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
ESO | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
24 | ČZ | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
ČZ | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Matchless-Métisse | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
ESO | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Triumph | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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 | ČZ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 56 | |||||
2 | Husqvarna | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 50 | |||||
3 | ČZ | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 31 | |||||||
4 | ČZ | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 30 | ||||||
5 | Greeves | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 23 | ||||||||||
6 | Husqvarna | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 19 | |||||||||||
7 | Jawa | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||
8 | ČZ | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||
9 | ČZ | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||||
10 | Husqvarna | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||
11 | Bultaco | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
12 | Lindstrom | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
13 | Husqvarna | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||
14 | Greeves | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Greeves | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
ČZ | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
17 | ČZ | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Greeves | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
19 | Bultaco | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||
20 | MZ | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
ČZ | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Husqvarna | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
23 | Montesa | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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.