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1962 Motocross World Championship
OrganizerFIM
Duration26 February/9 September
Number of races25
Number of manufacturers16
Champions
500ccSweden Rolf Tibblin
250cc[a]Sweden Torsten Hallman
Motocross World Championship seasons

The 1962 Motocross World Championship was the 6th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.

The FIM upgraded the 250cc championship, known as the European Cup, to World Championship status for the 1962 season. The FIM also implemented new rules dividing the races into two 45 minute heat races that were referred to as motos.[1][2]

Summary

The Husqvarna team's Rolf Tibblin won five Grand Prix races en route to claiming the first 500cc motocross world championship of his career. Swedish competitors dominated the championship with Swedes taking the top five places in the championship.[3][4]

Husqvarna also triumphed in the new 250cc motocross world championship with Torsten Hallman winning his first world title ahead of BSA teammates Jeff Smith and Arthur Lampkin.[5][6] The Greeves factory chose not to compete in the new championship, keeping two-time European motocross champion, Dave Bickers, at home to compete in the British championship. However, Bickers did compete in the British round of the 250cc motocross World Championship, claiming the victory at the British Grand Prix.

Grands Prix

500cc

Round Date Grand Prix Location Winner[3] Team Report
1 April 15 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf Sweden Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna Report
2 May 20 France French Grand Prix Pernes-les-Fontaines Sweden Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna Report
3 June 3 Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix Bremgarten Sweden Gunnar Johansson Lito Report
4 June 10 Italy Italian Grand Prix Imola Sweden Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna Report
5 June 24 Czech Republic Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Přerov Sweden Gunnar Johansson Husqvarna Report
6 July 1 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Hawkstone Park Sweden Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna Report
7 July 29 Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix Lichtenvoorde Sweden Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna Report
8 August 5 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Namur United Kingdom John Burton BSA Report
9 August 12 Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck Sweden Bill Nilsson Lito Report
10 August 19 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Knutstorp United Kingdom Jeff Smith BSA Report

250cc

Round Date Grand Prix Location Winner[5] Team Report
1 February 26 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Ruta United Kingdom Arthur Lampkin BSA Report
2 April 8 Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix Lausanne United Kingdom Jeff Smith BSA Report
3 April 29 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Loppem United Kingdom Arthur Lampkin BSA Report
4 May 6 France French Grand Prix Saint Quentin Sweden Torsten Hallman Husqvarna Report
5 May 20 Czech Republic Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Divoká Šárka Czech Republic Vlastimil Valek ČZ Report
6 May 27 Poland Polish Grand Prix Katowice-Zabrze United Kingdom Jeff Smith BSA Report
7 June 3 Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix Bergharen United Kingdom Jeff Smith BSA Report
8 June 10 Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Prix Schifflange Sweden Torsten Hallman Husqvarna Report
9 June 17 Finland Finnish Grand Prix Ruskeasanta Finland Aarno Erola Husqvarna Report
10 June 24 Soviet Union Russian Grand Prix Leningrad Sweden Torsten Hallman Husqvarna Report
11 July 1 Germany West German Grand Prix Bielstein Sweden Torsten Hallman Husqvarna Report
12 July 8 Italy Italian Grand Prix Gallarate Sweden Torsten Hallman Husqvarna Report
13 July 15 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Glastonbury United Kingdom Dave Bickers Greeves Report
14 September 2 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Enköping Sweden Torsten Hallman Husqvarna Report
15 September 9 East Germany East German Grand Prix Apolda Sweden Torsten Hallman Husqvarna Report

Final standings

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Points 8 6 4 3 2 1

500cc

Pos Rider Machine AUT
Austria 		FRA
France 		CH
Switzerland 		ITA
Italy 		CZE
Czech Republic 		UK
United Kingdom 		NED
Netherlands 		BEL
Belgium 		LUX
Luxembourg 		SWE
Sweden 		Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Sweden Rolf Tibblin Husqvarna 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 - - 1 1 2 1* 2 2 6 - 3 - 45
2 Sweden Gunnar Johansson Lito 6 6 6 9 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 2* 1 6 3 1 - 8 41
3 Sweden Sten Lundin Lito 3 4 2 2 2 3 4 7 2 4 - - 7 6 6 4 2 3 6 1 27
4 Sweden Ove Lundell Monark 4 1 22 27 4 4 27 6 3 1 - - 5 3 - - 5 4 4 5 25
5 Sweden Bill Nilsson Lito 2 3 3 3 - - 7 1 - - 4 - 4 9 5 9 1 2 8 2 23
6 United Kingdom John Burton BSA 7 7 4 4 - - - - - - 7 - 11 - 3 1 4 5 - - 14
7 United Kingdom Jeff Smith BSA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - 7 7 1 3 9
8 Netherlands Broer Dirk BSA 5 5 26 - - - 5 4 - - - - 3 5 - - - - - - 8
9 Sweden Per Olaf Persson Monark - - 5 7 - - - - - - 6 6 - - - - 10 8 - - 5
Sweden Lars Gustavsson Lito - - - 5 - - - - - - - - 6 4 - - - - 5 4 5
11 United Kingdom Don Rickman Triumph-Métisse - - - - - - - - - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - 4
12 Czech Republic Miloslav Soucek ESO - - - - - - - - 4 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3
United Kingdom Arthur Lampkin BSA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 3 17 - - - 3
14 Belgium Walter Baeten ESO - - - - 6 5 - 8 - - - - - - 14 - - - - - 2
Belgium Hubert Scaillet Triumph-Métisse - - - - - - 6 5 - - - - 8 7 8 15 14 6 7 7 2
Czech Republic Ervín Krajčovič ESO - - - - - - - - 6 5 - - - - - - - - - - 2
United Kingdom Dave Bickers Greeves - - - - - - - - - - 9 5 - - - - - - - - 2
18 Denmark Mogens Rasmussen BSA - - - - - - - - 7 6 - - - - - - - - 2 9 2
19 Switzerland Albert Courajod Norton - - - - 5 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
United Kingdom Gordon Blakeway Triumph - - - - - - - - - - 11 7 - - - - - - - - 1
- France André Chuchart Triumph 6 0
- Switzerland Pierre André Rapin BSA 6 0
- United Kingdom Les Archer Jr. Norton 3 0
- Czech Republic Josef Hrebecek ESO 5 0
- United Kingdom Derek Rickman Triumph-Métisse 5 0
- Belgium Roger Vanderbeken Triumph 4 0
- Belgium Herman De Soete Matchless 5 0
- Sweden Karl Ingemar Larsson Lito 9 6 0
  • A FIM Jury at the Dutch Grand Prix rule that Tibblin and Johansson should be awarded 7 points each by combining first and second place points then dividing by two. 8+6= 14 ; 14/2 = 7 points.

Source:[7]

250cc

Pos Rider Machine ESP
Spain 		CH
Switzerland 		BEL
Belgium 		FRA
France 		CZE
Czech Republic 		POL
Poland 		NED
Netherlands 		LUX
Luxembourg 		FIN
Finland 		USR
Soviet Union 		GER
Germany 		ITA
Italy 		UK
United Kingdom 		SWE
Sweden 		GDR
East Germany 		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 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Sweden Torsten Hallman Husqvarna - - 3 5 1 3 1 2 2 - - - - - 1 1 7 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 56
2 United Kingdom Jeff Smith BSA 10 1 2 1 18 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 - 5 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 3 11 3 3 4 48
3 United Kingdom Arthur Lampkin BSA 3 2 1 2 2 1 7 4 - - 2 2 15 4 4 6 8 5 3 3 - - 6 3 17 - 2 11 2 3 42
4 Czech Republic Vlastimil Valek ČZ - - 4 28 - - 3 3 1 1 5 - - - 2 2 3 - 5 5 3 4 4 - 4 5 3 4 - 2 31
5 Czech Republic Karel Pilar ČZ - - - - - - - - 6 4 - 3 - - 5 3 2 3 4 4 6 5 5 5 - 9 - - - - 20
6 Finland Aarno Erola Husqvarna 4 - 27 19 5 5 4 - - - - - 10 12 - - 1 2 - - - - 7 - - 6 - - - - 11
7 Germany Fritz Betzelbacher Maico - - 5 21 4 4 5 - - - - - 3 2 6 - - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - - 11
8 Sweden Olle Pettersson Husqvarna - - 9 3 7 6 8 6 - - - - 12 8 13 - - - - - - - - - 12 10 4 2 - - 10
9 Italy Lanfranco Angelini Aermacchi 6 4 16 9 8 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 6 - - - - - - 9
10 United Kingdom Dave Bickers Greeves - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - 8
11 Czech Republic Jaromír Čížek Jawa - - - - - - - - 4 3 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 7 7
12 Netherlands Fritz Selling Greeves 2 - 19 7 - - 16 7 - - - - 2 3 10 - - - - - - - 9 4 15 - - - - - 5
13 West Germany Christoph Specht Maico 8 - - - 15 11 24 - - - - - - - 8 5 - - - - 4 3 - - - - - - - - 5
14 Soviet Union Andrei Dezhinov ESO - - - - - - - - - - 4 4 13 9 - - 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 15 - 4
Soviet Union Igor Grigoriev Kovrovec - - 11 23 - - - - - 8 6 - 5 5 - - 9 7 - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 4
Belgium Joël Robert Greeves - - 6 4 6 10 23 - 11 5 - - 8 - 9 - - - - - - - - - 13 14 12 7 - - 4
17 East Germany Ernst Wolff MZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 6 3
Sweden Sivert Eriksson Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 - - 3
United Kingdom Alan Clough Dot - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 4 - - - - 3
Sweden Stig Rickardsson Husqvarna - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - - - 6 4 - - 5 - 12 7 - - - - - - 3
Soviet Union Rainis Resetniks ESO - - - - - - - - - - - 6 14 15 - - 18 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
Spain Oriol Puig Bulto Bultaco 11 3 15 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 26 20 - - - - 3
Belgium Nic Jansen Greeves - - 26 8 - 7 9 5 - - - - 6 7 - - - - - - - - 10 - - - 13 9 - - 3
24 Czech Republic Vladimír Dubšík ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 5 2
United Kingdom Don Rickman Bultaco-Métisse 1 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 7 - - - - 2
Belgium André Piron Greeves - - - - 11 - - - - - - - - - 7 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Netherlands Simon Schram Maico - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Czech Republic Frantisek Ron Jawa - - - - - - - - 8 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 8 2
Norway Tore Lundby Husqvarna - - - - 3 8 - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
France Franck Lucas Greeves 8 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
31 Sweden Jan Johansson Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 6 - - 1
Soviet Union Sergei Kaduskin ESO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 8 - - - - - - - - - - 1
Sweden Jan Blomqvist Husqvarna 5 - - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 14 - - 1
West Germany Gerhard Stauch Maico - - 8 6 - - - - 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
- East Germany Paul Friedrichs MZ - - - - - - - - 9 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 - 4 - 0

Source:[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Upgraded to World Championship.

References

  1. ^ "Motocross goes International 1947 through 1965". pigtailpals.com. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Namur MX The Heroic Years". namurmx.be. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b "1962 500cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. ^ "1962 500cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b "1962 250cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  6. ^ "1962 250cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  7. ^ "1962 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  8. ^ "1962 250cc European motocross championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
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