| 1957 Motocross World Championship | |
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 Les Archer Jr. during the 500cc Netherlands GP, held in Lichtenvoorde on 28 July 1957. | |
| Organizer | FIM |
| Duration | From 5 May to 25 August |
| Number of races | 9 |
| Number of manufacturers | 7 |
| Champions | |
| 500cc |  Bill Nilsson |
| 250cc [lower-alpha 1] |  Fritz Betzelbacher |
The 1957 Motocross World Championship was the 1st edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles. [1]
After five editions of the European Championship, from 1952 to 1956, the championship from 1957 took the name of the World Championship, at least for the 500cc class. The 250cc class, introduced this season, will also dispute five running-in seasons, from 1957 to 1961, a period in which it will take on the name of the European Cup, to become World Championship as well starting from the 1962 season. [1]
From May 5 to August 25 the 500cc class held 9 grands prix which awarded points to the first six classified competitors, respectively: 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1. The score in the final classification of each competitor was calculated on the best four results. [2]
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 5 |  Swiss Grand Prix | Geneva |  Nic Jansen | Matchless | Report | |
| 2 | May 19 |  French Grand Prix | Montreuil |  Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
| 3 | June 2 | Swedish Grand Prix | Saxtorp | Bill Nilsson | Crescent-AJS | Report | |
| 4 | June 9 |  Italian Grand Prix | Imola | Bill Nilsson | Crescent-AJS | Report | |
| 5 | July 7 | British Grand Prix | Hawkstone Park | Jeff Smith | BSA | Report | |
| 6 | July 28 |  Dutch Grand Prix | Lichtenvoorde | Bill Nilsson | Crescent-AJS | Report | |
| 7 | August 4 | Belgian Grand Prix | Namur | Sten Lundin | Monark | Report | |
| 8 | August 11 |  Luxembourg Grand Prix | Ettelbruck | Sten Lundin | Monark | Report | |
| 9 | August 25 |  Danish Grand Prix | Næstved | René Baeten | FN | Report | |
| Sources: [3] [4] | |||||||
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 5 | Swiss Grand Prix | Geneva |  Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | Report | |
| 2 | May 19 | French Grand Prix | Montreuil | Alex Colin | NSU | Report | |
| 3 | May 30 | German Grand Prix | Brühl | Marcel Verhaegen | BSA | Report | |
| 4 | June 15 | German Grand Prix | Reutlingen | Fritz Betzelbacher | Maico | Report | |
| 5 | August 4 | Belgian Grand Prix | Namur | Willi Oesterle | Maico | Report | |
| 6 | August 11 | Luxembourg Grand Prix | Ettelbruck | Fritz Betzelbacher | Maico | Report | |
| 7 | August 18 | Belgian Grand Prix | Genk | Willi Oesterle | Maico | Report | |
| 8 | September 22 |  Austrian Grand Prix | Sittendorf | Fritz Betzelbacher | Maico | Report | |
| Sources: [5] [6] | |||||||
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 | SWE | ITA | GBR | NED | BEL | LUX | DEN | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Nilsson | Crescent-AJS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 34 | ||
| 2 | René Baeten | FN | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30 | |||
| 3 | Sten Lundin | Monark | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | |||
| 4 | Jeff Smith | BSA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | |||||
| 6 | Auguste Mingels | Saroléa | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Nic Jansen | Matchless | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| 8 | John Draper | BSA | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |||||
| 9 | Hubert Scaillet | FN | 6 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| 10 | Broer Dirkx | BSA | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| 11 | Gunnar Johansson | BSA | 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| 12 | Rolf Tibblin | BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 13 | Lars Gustavsson | BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 14 | René Klym | BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 15 | Mogens Rasmussen | Matchless | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 16 | Geoff Ward | Norton | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| 17 | Sten Hammerstedt | Matchless | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| 18 | Herman De Soete | Matchless | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Source: [4] | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Rider | Machine | CH | FRA | GER | GER | BEL | LUX | BEL | AUT | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fritz Betzelbacher | Maico | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 36 | ||
| 2 | Willi Oesterle | Maico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 29 | ||
| 3 | Jaromír Čížek [lower-alpha 2] | Jawa | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | ||
| 4 | Alex Colin | NSU | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Marcel Verhaegen | BSA | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | Rolf Müller | Maico | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | |||||
| 7 | Brian Stonebridge | Greeves | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 8 | Albert Voreux | NSU | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 9 | Maurice Bloquet | NSU | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 10 | Otto Walz | Maico | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 11 | Herbert Hubert | Maico | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 12 | Klaus Kamper | Maico | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| Marcel Scharbano | Monet Goyon | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 14 | Jaroslav Kmoch | Jawa | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| 15 | Mobi Vierdag | Maico | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| Maurice Houssonloge | Maico | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 17 | Michel Heuqueville | Gnome Rhone | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 18 | John Avery | Greeves | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| Alfred Jegge | Motosacoche | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| 20 | Georges Romailler | Zündapp | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| Oldrich Hamrsmid | ČZ | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Norbert René | Monet Goyon | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Daniel Brixner | Maico | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Source: [6] | |||||||||||
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