The 1960 Motocross World Championship was the 4th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.
| 1960 Motocross World Championship | |
|---|---|
| Organizer | FIM |
| Duration | 23 April/14 August |
| Number of races | 9 |
| Number of manufacturers | 15 |
| Champions | |
| 500cc |  Bill Nilsson |
| 250cc[a] |  Dave Bickers |
Summary
editTeam Husqvarna's Rolf Tibblin had an early lead in the championship by winning the first two Grand Prix races of the year however, the battle for the title came down to fellow Swedes Bill Nilsson (Husqvarna) and Sten Lundin (Monark). Nilsson prevailed by a narrow 2 point margin to claim the second 500cc world championship of his career.[1][2] Dave Bickers riding for the Greeves factory racing team claimed the 250cc European Motocross Championship over his countryman, Jeff Smith.[3][4]
Grands Prix
edit500cc
edit| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 24 |  Austrian Grand Prix
|
Sittendorf | Rolf Tibblin
|
Husqvarna | Report | |
| 2 | May 15 |  French Grand Prix
|
Vesoul | Rolf Tibblin
|
Husqvarna | Report | |
| 3 | May 22 | Swedish Grand Prix
|
Knutstorp | Bill Nilsson
|
Husqvarna | Report | |
| 4 | June 12 |  Italian Grand Prix
|
Imola | Sten Lundin
|
Monark | Report | |
| 5 | June 26 |  West German Grand Prix
|
Bielstein | Sten Lundin
|
Monark | Report | |
| 6 | July 3 | British Grand Prix
|
Shrewsbury | Bill Nilsson
|
Husqvarna | Report | |
| 7 | July 24 |  Dutch Grand Prix
|
Bergharen | Bill Nilsson
|
Husqvarna | Report | |
| 8 | August 7 |  Belgian Grand Prix
|
Namur | Bill Nilsson
|
Husqvarna | Report | |
| 9 | August 14 |  Luxembourg Grand Prix
|
Ettelbruck | Sten Lundin
|
Monark | Report | |
| Sources:[1][5] | |||||||
250cc
edit| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 3 |  Swiss Grand Prix
|
Payerne | Dave Bickers
|
Greeves | Report | |
| 2 | April 24 | Belgian Grand Prix
|
Dison |  Jaromír Čížek
|
Jawa | Report | |
| 3 | May 1 | French Grand Prix
|
Pernes-les-Fontaines | Stig Rickardsson
|
Husqvarna | Report | |
| 4 | May 22 | Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
|
Divoká Šárka | Miloslav Soucek
|
ESO | Report | |
| 5 | May 29 |  Polish Grand Prix
|
Katowice-Zabrze | Dave Bickers
|
Greeves | Report | |
| 6 | June 5 | Italian Grand Prix
|
Avigliana | Emilio Ostorero
|
Bianchi | Report | |
| 7 | June 12 |  East German Grand Prix
|
Eisenach | Stig Rickardsson
|
Husqvarna | Report | |
| 8 | June 19 |  Finnish Grand Prix
|
Helsinki | Arthur Lampkin
|
BSA | Report | |
| 9 | June 26 | Luxembourg Grand Prix
|
Schifflange | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report | |
| 10 | July 17 | British Grand Prix
|
Shrubland Park | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report | |
| 11 | August 7 | Swedish Grand Prix
|
Vannas | Dave Bickers
|
Greeves | Report | |
| 12 | September 4 | West German Grand Prix
|
Leichlingen | Dave Bickers
|
Greeves | Report | |
| Sources:[3][6] | |||||||
Final standings
editPoints 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 | AUT
|
FRA
|
SWE
|
ITA
|
GER
|
UK
|
NED
|
BEL
|
LUX
|
Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Nilsson
|
Husqvarna | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | |||||||
| 2 | Sten Lundin
|
Monark | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 36 | |||||||
| 3 | Rolf Tibblin
|
Husqvarna | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | ||||||||
| 4 | Don Rickman
|
Triumph-Métisse | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | |||||||
| 5 | Gunnar Johansson
|
Lito | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 | |||||||
| 6 | Ove Lundell
|
Monark | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |||||||||
| 7 | René Baeten
|
Matchless | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Lars Gustavsson
|
Monark | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Les Archer Jr.
|
Norton | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 10 | John Burton
|
BSA | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Broer Dirkx
|
BSA | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Hubert Scaillet
|
Matchless | 6 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 13 | Arthur Lampkin
|
BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | John Draper
|
BSA | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Derek Rickman
|
Triumph-Métisse | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Nic Jansen
|
Matchless | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Herman De Soete
|
Matchless | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Source:[5] | ||||||||||||||||
250cc
edit| Pos | Rider | Machine | CH
|
BEL
|
FRA
|
CZE
|
POL
|
ITA
|
GDR
|
FIN
|
LUX
|
UK
|
SWE
|
GER
|
Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Bickers
|
Greeves | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 48 | |||
| 2 | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 35 | ||||||
| 3 | Miloslav Soucek
|
ESO | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | |||||||
| 4 | Stig Rickardsson
|
Husqvarna | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 25 | ||||||||
| 5 | Arthur Lampkin
|
BSA | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | ||||||
| 6 | Lennart Dahlén
|
Husqvarna | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25 | |||||
| 7 | Torsten Hallman
|
Husqvarna | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 24 | ||||||||
| 8 | Jaromír Čížek
|
Jawa | 2 | 1 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Vlastimil Valek
|
ČZ | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||
| 10 | Emilio Ostorero
|
Bianchi | 1 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Sivert Eriksson
|
Husqvarna | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Lanfranco Angelini
|
Aermacchi | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Arnošt Zemen
|
ČZ | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Willy Oesterle
|
Maico | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Fritz Betzelbacher
|
Maico | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | Christoph Specht
|
Maico | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Bryan Sharp
|
Greeves | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Rolf Stagman
|
Husqvarna | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
 Tim Gibbes
|
AJS | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 20 | Ervín Krajčovič
|
Jawa | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Raimo Rein
|
Jawa | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Frantisek Ron
|
Jawa | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Aarno Erola
|
Husqvarna | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Josef Chara
|
Jawa | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Otto Walz
|
Maico | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| John Draper
|
BSA | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Source:[6] | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ Now called the European Championship.
References
edit- ^ a b "1960 500cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "1960 500cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1960 250cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "1960 250cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1960 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1960 250cc European motocross championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 17 January 2023.