1961 Motocross World Championship | |
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Organizer | FIM |
Duration | 8 April/3 September |
Number of races | 11 |
Number of manufacturers | 15 |
Champions | |
500cc | ![]() |
250cc[a] | ![]() |
The 1961 Motocross World Championship was the 5th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.
Summary
[edit]Sten Lundin, riding a Monark motorcycle rebadged as a Lito, took an early championship lead by winning the first three Grand Prix races of the year then, held off a challenge from Husqvarna's Bill Nilsson to claim his second 500cc Motocross World Championship.[1][2][3] Dave Bickers riding for the Greeves factory racing team claimed his second consecutive 250cc European Motocross Championship over his countrymen, BSA teammates Arthur Lampkin and Jeff Smith.[4][5] Future four-time 250cc world champion, Torsten Hallman, wins the first world championship race of his career at the 1961 250cc Finnish Grand Prix.
Grands Prix
[edit]500cc
[edit]Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
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1 | April 9 | ![]() |
Payerne | ![]() |
Lito | Report | |
2 | April 30 | ![]() |
Sittendorf | ![]() |
Lito | Report | |
3 | May 28 | ![]() |
Jonzac | ![]() |
Lito | Report | |
4 | June 4 | ![]() |
Přerov | ![]() |
Husqvarna | Report | |
5 | June 11 | ![]() |
Imola | ![]() |
Husqvarna | Report | |
6 | July 2 | ![]() |
Hawkstone Park | ![]() |
Matchless | Report | |
7 | July 24 | ![]() |
Dreumel | ![]() |
BSA | Report | |
8 | August 5 | ![]() |
Namur | ![]() |
Lito | Report | |
9 | August 13 | ![]() |
Ettelbruck | ![]() |
Lito | Report | |
10 | August 20 | ![]() |
Uddevalla | ![]() |
Husqvarna | Report | |
11 | September 3 | ![]() |
Immenstadt | ![]() |
Lito | Report | |
Sources:[2][6] |
250cc
[edit]Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | April 23 | ![]() |
Aywaille | ![]() |
Greeves | Report | |
2 | May 7 | ![]() |
Thomer-la-Sôgne | ![]() |
Greeves | Report | |
3 | May 11 | ![]() |
Markelo | ![]() |
BSA | Report | |
4 | May 21 | ![]() |
Divoká Šárka | ![]() |
BSA | Report | |
5 | May 28 | ![]() |
Katowice-Zabrze | ![]() |
Greeves | Report | |
6 | June 4 | ![]() |
Schifflange | ![]() |
Greeves | Report | |
7 | June 18 | ![]() |
Tikkurila | ![]() |
Husqvarna | Report | |
8 | June 25 | ![]() |
Settimo | ![]() |
BSA | Report | |
9 | July 2 | ![]() |
Ühlingen | ![]() |
BSA | Report | |
10 | July 15 | ![]() |
Shrubland Park | ![]() |
Greeves | Report | |
11 | August 13 | ![]() |
Wohlen | ![]() |
BSA | Report | |
12 | September 3 | ![]() |
Knutstorp | ![]() |
Greeves | Report | |
13 | September 10 | ![]() |
Apolda | ![]() |
Jawa | Report | |
Sources:[4][7] |
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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![]() |
FRA![]() |
CZE![]() |
ITA![]() |
UK![]() |
NED![]() |
BEL![]() |
LUX![]() |
SWE![]() |
GER![]() |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Lito | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 48 | |
2 | ![]() |
Husqvarna | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 36 | |||||
3 | ![]() |
Lito | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 25 | |||
4 | ![]() |
ESO | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | |||||||
5 | ![]() |
Husqvarna | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
6 | ![]() |
BSA | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | ||||||||
7 | ![]() |
BSA | 1 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||
8 | ![]() |
Matchless | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
9 | ![]() |
Monark | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
10 | ![]() |
ESO | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||
11 | ![]() |
Lito | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
12 | ![]() |
BSA | 5 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
13 | ![]() |
Matchless | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
14 | ![]() |
Triumph-Métisse | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
15 | ![]() |
BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
16 | ![]() |
BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
17 | ![]() |
Monark | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
18 | ![]() |
Triumph | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
19 | ![]() |
AJS | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
20 | ![]() |
BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
21 | ![]() |
BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
22 | ![]() |
Triumph | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
23 | ![]() |
BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
24 | ![]() |
Triumph | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
25 | ![]() |
ESO | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
26 | ![]() |
Triumph | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
27 | ![]() |
BSA | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
28 | ![]() |
BSA | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
28 | ![]() |
BSA | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
Source:[6] |
250cc
[edit]Pos | Rider | Machine | BEL![]() |
FRA![]() |
NED![]() |
CZE![]() |
POL![]() |
LUX![]() |
FIN![]() |
ITA![]() |
GER![]() |
UK![]() |
CH![]() |
SWE![]() |
GDR![]() |
Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Greeves | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 51 | ||||||
2 | ![]() |
BSA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 48 | |||
3 | ![]() |
BSA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 40 | ||||
4 | ![]() |
Husqvarna | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 33 | ||||
5 | ![]() |
Jawa | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||
6 | ![]() |
Husqvarna | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | ||||||||
7 | ![]() |
ČZ/Greeves | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |||||||||
8 | ![]() |
Jawa | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||
9 | ![]() |
Greeves | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||
10 | ![]() |
Maico | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||
11 | ![]() |
Husqvarna | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||
12 | ![]() |
BSA | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
13 | ![]() |
Greeves | 5 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
14 | ![]() |
ESO | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
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MZ | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
16 | ![]() |
Jawa | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
17 | ![]() |
Aermacchi | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
![]() |
Maico | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() |
Maico | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
20 | ![]() |
Parilla | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
![]() |
Greeves | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() |
Husqvarna | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
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ESO | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Source:[7] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Now called the European Championship.
References
[edit]- ^ "Classic Motocross Iron: 1961 Lito 500 Motocross". motocrossactionmag.com. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1961 500cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "1961 500cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1961 250cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "1961 250cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1961 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1961 250cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 18 December 2022.