The 1955 Motocross European Championship was the 4th 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]
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 8 |  Swiss Grand Prix | Geneva |  Victor Leloup | FN | Report | |
| 2 | May 22 |  French Grand Prix | Vesoul |  Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
| 3 | June 5 |  Italian Grand Prix | Imola |  Sten Lundin | BSA | Report | |
| 4 | July 4 | British Grand Prix | Hawkstone Park | Jeff Smith | BSA | Report | |
| 5 | August 8 | Belgian Grand Prix | Namur | John Draper | BSA | Report | |
| 6 | August 1 |  Luxembourg Grand Prix | Ettelbruck | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
| 7 | August 22 | Swedish Grand Prix | Saxtorp | John Draper | BSA | Report | |
| 8 | September 4 |  Dutch Grand Prix | Norg | Sten Lundin | BSA | Report | |
| Sources: [4] [5] | |||||||
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 | FRA | ITA | GBR | BEL | LUX | SWE | NED | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Draper | BSA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 23 | ||||
| 2 | Bill Nilsson | BSA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 22 | ||||
| 3 | Sten Lundin | BSA | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Victor Leloup | FN | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19 | |||||
| 6 | Brian Stonebridge | BSA | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | Jeff Smith | BSA | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |||||
| 8 | Jean Somja | FN | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| 9 | René Baeten | Matchless | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| 10 | Lars Gustavsson | Monark | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| René Klym | BSA | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| Hendrik Rietman | FN | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 13 | Eje Bergman | BSA | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| Nic Jansen | BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 15 | Geoff Ward | AJS | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| Basil Hall | BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| David Tye | AJS | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| André Van Heuverzwijn | Saroléa | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Phil Nex | Matchless | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| Source: [5] | |||||||||||
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The 1952 Motocross European Championship was the 1st edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.
The 1953 Motocross European Championship was the 2nd edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.
The 1954 Motocross European Championship was the 3rd edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.
The 1956 Motocross European Championship was the 5th edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.
The 1957 Motocross World Championship was the 1st edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.
The 1958 Motocross World Championship was the 2nd edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.
The 1959 Motocross World Championship was the 3rd edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.
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.
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.
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.
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