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 |
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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 |
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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 | ||||||||||||
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BSA | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||
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Triumph-Métisse | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
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Triumph-Métisse | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
12 | ![]() |
Monark | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
13 | ![]() |
Jawa | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
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ESO | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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Lito | 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||
16 | ![]() |
ESO | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
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BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
18 | ![]() |
ESO | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
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ESO | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Triumph-Métisse | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Lito | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Matchless | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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ESO | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
24 | ![]() |
ČZ | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
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ČZ | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Matchless-Métisse | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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ESO | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Triumph | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||
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Greeves | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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ČZ | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
17 | ![]() |
ČZ | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
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Greeves | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
19 | ![]() |
Bultaco | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
20 | ![]() |
MZ | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
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ČZ | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Husqvarna | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||
23 | ![]() |
Montesa | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
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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.