1962 Motocross World Championship
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.
| 1962 Motocross World Championship | |
|---|---|
| Organizer | FIM |
| Duration | 26 February/9 September |
| Number of races | 25 |
| Number of manufacturers | 16 |
| Champions | |
| 500cc |  Rolf Tibblin |
| 250cc[lower-alpha 1] | Torsten Hallman |
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.[1][2] 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.[3][4]
Grands Prix
500cc
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner[1] | Team | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 15 |  Austrian Grand Prix |
Sittendorf | Rolf Tibblin |
Husqvarna | Report |
| 2 | May 20 |  French Grand Prix |
Pernes-les-Fontaines | Rolf Tibblin |
Husqvarna | Report |
| 3 | June 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Swiss Grand Prix |
Bremgarten | Gunnar Johansson |
Lito | Report |
| 4 | June 10 |  Italian Grand Prix |
Imola | Rolf Tibblin |
Husqvarna | Report |
| 5 | June 24 |  Czechoslovakian Grand Prix |
Přerov | Gunnar Johansson |
Husqvarna | Report |
| 6 | July 1 |  British Grand Prix |
Hawkstone Park | Rolf Tibblin |
Husqvarna | Report |
| 7 | July 29 |  Dutch Grand Prix |
Lichtenvoorde | Rolf Tibblin |
Husqvarna | Report |
| 8 | August 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgian Grand Prix |
Namur | John Burton |
BSA | Report |
| 9 | August 12 |  Luxembourg Grand Prix |
Ettelbruck | Bill Nilsson |
Lito | Report |
| 10 | August 19 | Swedish Grand Prix |
Knutstorp | Jeff Smith |
BSA | Report |
250cc
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner[3] | Team | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 26 |  Spanish Grand Prix |
Ruta | Arthur Lampkin |
BSA | Report |
| 2 | April 8 | Swiss Grand Prix |
Lausanne | Jeff Smith |
BSA | Report |
| 3 | April 29 | Belgian Grand Prix |
Loppem | Arthur Lampkin |
BSA | Report |
| 4 | May 6 | French Grand Prix |
Saint Quentin | Torsten Hallman |
Husqvarna | Report |
| 5 | May 20 | Czechoslovakian Grand Prix |
Divoká Šárka | Vlastimil Valek |
ČZ | Report |
| 6 | May 27 |  Polish Grand Prix |
Katowice-Zabrze | Jeff Smith |
BSA | Report |
| 7 | June 3 | Dutch Grand Prix |
Bergharen | Jeff Smith |
BSA | Report |
| 8 | June 10 | Luxembourg Grand Prix |
Schifflange | Torsten Hallman |
Husqvarna | Report |
| 9 | June 17 |  Finnish Grand Prix |
Ruskeasanta | Aarno Erola |
Husqvarna | Report |
| 10 | June 24 |  Russian Grand Prix |
Leningrad | Torsten Hallman |
Husqvarna | Report |
| 11 | July 1 |  West German Grand Prix |
Bielstein | Torsten Hallman |
Husqvarna | Report |
| 12 | July 8 | Italian Grand Prix |
Gallarate | Torsten Hallman |
Husqvarna | Report |
| 13 | July 15 | British Grand Prix |
Glastonbury | Dave Bickers |
Greeves | Report |
| 14 | September 2 | Swedish Grand Prix |
Enköping | Torsten Hallman |
Husqvarna | Report |
| 15 | September 9 |  East German Grand Prix |
Apolda | 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 |
FRA |
CH |
ITA |
CZE |
UK |
NED |
BEL |
LUX |
SWE |
Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 1 | Rolf Tibblin |
Husqvarna | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | 3 | - | 45 |
| 2 | Gunnar Johansson |
Lito | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2* | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 | 41 |
| 3 | Sten Lundin |
Lito | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 27 |
| 4 | Ove Lundell |
Monark | 4 | 1 | 22 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Bill Nilsson |
Lito | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | John Burton |
BSA | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 11 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 14 |
| 7 | Jeff Smith |
BSA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Broer Dirk |
BSA | 5 | 5 | 26 | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 9 | Per Olaf Persson |
Monark | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | - | - | 5 |
| Lars Gustavsson |
Lito | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 5 | |
| 11 | Don Rickman |
Triumph-Métisse | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 12 | Miloslav Soucek |
ESO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Arthur Lampkin |
BSA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 17 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 14 | Walter Baeten |
ESO | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Hubert Scaillet |
Triumph-Métisse | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | |
| Ervín Krajčovič |
ESO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Dave Bickers |
Greeves | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| 18 |  Mogens Rasmussen |
BSA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 19 | Albert Courajod |
Norton | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Gordon Blakeway |
Triumph | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| - | André Chuchart |
Triumph | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| - | Pierre André Rapin |
BSA | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| - | Les Archer Jr. |
Norton | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| - | Josef Hrebecek |
ESO | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| - | Derek Rickman |
Triumph-Métisse | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| - | Roger Vanderbeken |
Triumph | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| - | Herman De Soete |
Matchless | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| - | 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:[5]
250cc
| Pos | Rider | Machine | ESP |
CH |
BEL |
FRA |
CZE |
POL |
NED |
LUX |
FIN |
USR |
GER |
ITA |
UK |
SWE |
GDR |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torsten Hallman |
Husqvarna | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 | |||||
| 2 | Jeff Smith |
BSA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 48 | |||
| 3 | Arthur Lampkin |
BSA | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 42 | ||||
| 4 | Vlastimil Valek |
ČZ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 31 | ||||||||
| 5 | Karel Pilar |
ČZ | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | |||||||||
| 6 | Aarno Erola |
Husqvarna | 4 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Fritz Betzelbacher |
Maico | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Olle Pettersson |
Husqvarna | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Lanfranco Angelini |
Aermacchi | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Dave Bickers |
Greeves | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Jaromír Čížek |
Jawa | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Fritz Selling |
Greeves | 3 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Christoph Specht |
Maico | 6 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Andrei Dezhinov |
ESO | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Igor Grigoriev |
Kovrovec | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Joël Robert |
Greeves | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | Ernst Wolff |
MZ | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Sivert Eriksson |
Husqvarna | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Alan Clough |
Dot | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Stig Rickardsson |
Husqvarna | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Rainis Resetniks |
ESO | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Oriol Puig Bulto |
Bultaco | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Nic Jansen |
Greeves | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | Vladimír Dubšík |
ČZ | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Rickman |
Bultaco-Métisse | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| André Piron |
Greeves | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Simon Schram |
Maico | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Frantisek Ron |
Jawa | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
 Tore Lundby |
Husqvarna | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Franck Lucas |
Greeves | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 31 | Jan Johansson |
Husqvarna | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Sergei Kaduskin |
ESO | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Jan Blomqvist |
Husqvarna | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Gerhard Stauch |
Maico | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Source:[6]
Notes
- Upgraded to World Championship.
References
- "1962 500cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- "1962 500cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- "1962 250cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- "1962 250cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- "1962 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- "1962 250cc European motocross championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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