1959 Motocross World Championship
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Motocross championship season
| 1959 Motocross World Championship | |
|---|---|
| Action from the 1959 500cc Dutch Grand Prix, held in Norg on 26 July 1959. | |
| Organizer | FIM |
| Duration | 12 April/26 August |
| Number of races | 11 |
| Number of manufacturers | 8 |
| Champions | |
| 500cc | Sweden Sten Lundin |
| 250cc[a] | Sweden Rolf Tibblin |
| Motocross World Championship seasons | |
The 1959 Motocross World Championship was the 3rd edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.[1]
Summary
[edit ]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.[1]
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.[2]
Grands Prix
[edit ]500cc
[edit ]| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 12 | Austria Austrian Grand Prix | Sittendorf | Sweden Sten Lundin | Monark | Report | |
| 2 | April 26 | Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix | Geneva | Sweden Bill Nilsson | Crescent-AJS | Report | |
| 3 | May 10 | Denmark Danish Grand Prix | Rjenberg | United Kingdom Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
| 4 | May 17 | France French Grand Prix | Mayenne | United Kingdom Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
| 5 | June 14 | Italy Italian Grand Prix | Imola | Sweden Sten Lundin | Monark | Report | |
| 6 | June 21 | Germany West German Grand Prix | Bielstein | Sweden Sten Lundin | Monark | Report | |
| 7 | July 5 | United Kingdom British Grand Prix | Shrewsbury | United Kingdom Jeff Smith | BSA | Report | |
| 8 | July 26 | Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix | Norg | Netherlands Broer Dirkx | BSA | Report | |
| 9 | August 2 | Belgium Belgian Grand Prix | Des Houlpaix - Jupille | Sweden Bill Nilsson | Crescent-AJS | Report | |
| 10 | August 9 | Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Prix | Ettelbruck | Sweden Sten Lundin | Monark | Report | |
| 11 | August 23 | Sweden Swedish Grand Prix | Saxtorp | Sweden Bill Nilsson | Crescent-AJS | Report | |
| Sources:[3] [4] | |||||||
250cc
[edit ]| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 12 | Austria Austrian Grand Prix | Sittendorf | Czech Republic Miloslav Soucek | ESO | Report | |
| 2 | May 11 | Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix | Geneva | United Kingdom Brian Stonebridge | Greeves | Report | |
| 3 | April 26 | Belgium Belgian Grand Prix | Ypres | Czech Republic Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | Report | |
| 4 | May 17 | East Germany East German Grand Prix | Teterow | Czech Republic Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | Report | |
| 5 | May 24 | Czech Republic Czechoslovak Grand Prix | Divoká Šárka | Czech Republic Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | Report | |
| 6 | May 31 | Poland Polish Grand Prix | Katowice-Zabrze | Czech Republic Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | Report | |
| 7 | June 7 | Germany West German Grand Prix | Ludweiler | Sweden Rolf Tibblin | Husqvarna | Report | |
| 8 | June 21 | Italy Italian Grand Prix | Pinerolo | United Kingdom Brian Stonebridge | Greeves | Report | |
| 9 | June 28 | France French Grand Prix | Cassel | Sweden Rolf Tibblin | Husqvarna | Report | |
| 10 | July 12 | Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix | Lichtenvoorde | Sweden Rolf Tibblin | Husqvarna | Report | |
| 11 | July 19 | United Kingdom British Grand Prix | Beenhan Park | Sweden Rolf Tibblin | Husqvarna | Report | |
| 12 | August 9 | Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Prix | Ettelbruck | Sweden Rolf Tibblin | Husqvarna | Report | |
| 13 | August 16 | Sweden Swedish Grand Prix | Vetlanda | Sweden Rolf Tibblin | Husqvarna | Report | |
| Sources:[5] [6] | |||||||
Final standings
[edit ]500cc
[edit ]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.[1]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Machine | AUT Austria |
CH Switzerland |
DEN Denmark |
FRA France |
ITA Italy |
GER West Germany |
UK United Kingdom |
NED Netherlands |
BEL Belgium |
LUX Luxembourg |
SWE Sweden |
Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden Sten Lundin | Monark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 44 | |||
| 2 | Sweden Bill Nilsson | Crescent-AJS 7R | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 36 | ||||||
| 3 | United Kingdom Dave Curtis | Matchless | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 34 | ||||
| 4 | Netherlands Broer Dirkx | BSA | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 27 | |||||
| 5 | United Kingdom Les Archer Jr. | Norton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 23 | ||||||||
| 6 | United Kingdom Jeff Smith | BSA | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 21 | ||||||
| 7 | United Kingdom Don Rickman | Triumph-Métisse | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||
| 8 | Sweden Lars Gustavsson | Monark | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
| 9 | Belgium René Baeten | AJS 7R special | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | |||||||||
| 10 | United Kingdom Derek Rickman | Triumph-Métisse | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Belgium Hubert Scaillet | Matchless | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Belgium Nic Jansen | Saroléa | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Sweden Rolf Tibblin | Husqvarna | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom John Draper | BSA | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Denmark Boris Rasbro | BSA | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Sweden Ove Lundell | Monark | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Belgium Jaw Rombauts | BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Sweden Raymond Sigvardsson | Matchless | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Sweden Gunnar Johansson | Crescent-AJS 7R | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Denmark Ejvind Hansen | BSA | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| France Jean Hazianis | BSA | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Source:[4] | |||||||||||||||
250cc
[edit ]| Pos | Rider | Machine | AUT Austria |
CH Switzerland |
BEL Belgium |
GDR East Germany |
CSK Czechoslovakia |
POL Poland |
RFA West Germany |
ITA Italy |
FRA France |
NED Netherlands |
UK United Kingdom |
LUX Luxembourg |
SWE Sweden |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden Rolf Tibblin | Husqvarna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 51 | ||||||
| 2 | United Kingdom Brian Stonebridge | Greeves | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 40 | ||||||
| 3 | Czech Republic Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 | ||||||||
| 4 | Czech Republic Jaroslav Kmoch | Jawa | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 29 | ||||||
| 5 | Sweden Stig Rickardsson | Husqvarna | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 23 | ||||||||
| 6 | Czech Republic Frantisek Ron | Jawa | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | |||||
| 7 | Sweden Lennart Dahlén | Husqvarna | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | |||||
| 8 | Czech Republic Miloslav Soucek | ESO | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Sweden Torsten Hallman | Husqvarna | 4 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 10 | United Kingdom Dave Bickers | Greeves | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 11 | West Germany Willy Oesterle | Maico | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| West Germany Fritz Betzelbacher | Maico | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 13 | United Kingdom Jeff Smith | BSA | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Belgium Fernand Neri | Aermacchi | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | Belgium Jean Crosset | Jawa | 5 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Sweden Per Olaf Persson | Husqvarna | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | West Germany Rolf Müller | Maico | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Italy Emilio Ostorero | Mival | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Germany Otto Walz | Maico | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Germany Klaus Kamper | Maico | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 21 | Poland Eungenius Frelich | Jawa | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Sweden Sivert Eriksson | Husqvarna | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| United Kingdom John Draper | BSA | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 24 | Poland Eungenius Krokowski | Jawa | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands Rudi Boom | Greeves | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Sweden Ove Lundell | Husqvarna | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Source:[6] | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
[edit ]- ^ Now called the European Championship.
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "2015 MXGP Guide" (PDF). mxgp.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Championnat du monde 500cc - 1959" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "1959 500cc Motocross World Championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1959 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "1959 250cc European Cup race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1959 250cc European motocross championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
