The 1953 Motocross European Championship was the 2nd edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.[1]
Since 1957 this championship has then become the current Motocross World Championship.[2]
It should not be confused with the European Motocross Championship, now organized by the FIM Europe, whose first edition was held in 1988.[3]
Grands Prix edit
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 26 |  Swiss Grand Prix
|
Geneva |  Basil Hall
|
BSA | Report | |
| 2 | May 14 | Dutch Grand Prix
|
Norg |  Auguste Mingels
|
Matchless | Report | |
| 3 | May 31 |  French Grand Prix
|
Lyon | Auguste Mingels
|
Matchless | Report | |
| 4 | June 14 |  Italian Grand Prix
|
Imola | Auguste Mingels
|
Matchless | Report | |
| 5 | July 5 | British Grand Prix
|
Brands Hatch | Brian Stonebridge
|
Greeves | Report | |
| 6 | August 2 | Belgian Grand Prix
|
Namur | René Baeten
|
Saroléa | Report | |
| 7 | August 8 |  Luxembourg Grand Prix
|
Ettelbruck | Les Archer Jr.
|
Norton | Report | |
| 8 | August 30 |  Swedish Grand Prix
|
Saxtorp | René Baeten
|
Saroléa | Report | |
| Sources:[4][5] | |||||||
Final standings edit
500cc edit
Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.[1]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Machine | CH
|
NED
|
FRA
|
ITA
|
GBR
|
BEL
|
LUX
|
SWE
|
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auguste Mingels
|
Matchless/FN | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 | |||
| 2 | René Baeten
|
Saroléa | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19 | |||||
| 3 | Victor Leloup
|
FN | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||
| 4 | Basil Hall
|
BSA | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | |||||
| 5 | Les Archer Jr.
|
Norton | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||||
| 6 | Geoff Ward
|
AJS | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| 7 | Phil Nex
|
Saroléa | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | |||||
| 8 | Nic Jansen
|
Saroléa | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
| Brian Stonebridge
|
BSA | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 10 | Frans Baudoin
|
Matchless | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| Henri Frantz
|
BSA | 5 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| Kuno Johansson
|
BSA | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 13 | Marcel Cox
|
Matchless | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Bill Nilsson
|
AJS | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Gaston Prieur
|
FN | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Don Rickman
|
BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| André Van Heuverzwijn
|
Saroléa | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | John Avery
|
BSA | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| Eric Cheney
|
Norton | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| René Collee
|
BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Carlo Molinari
|
BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Monty Banks
|
BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 23 | Jacques Charrier
|
BSA | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| Albert Cordonnier
|
FN | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gunnar Johansson
|
BSA | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Albert Koning
|
AJS | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bob Manns
|
AJS | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Source:[5] | |||||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b "Championnat de Europe 500cc" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "MXoN History". mxgp.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "FIM Europe - 2021 Yearbook" (PDF). fim-europe.com. p. 100. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "1953 500cc European motocross championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1953 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.