| 1958 Motocross World Championship | |
|---|---|
 Action from the 1958 500cc Dutch Grand Prix, held in Sint Anthonis on 27 July 1958. | |
| Organizer | FIM |
| Duration | 20 May/18 August |
| Number of races | 10 |
| Number of manufacturers | 8 |
| Champions | |
| 500cc |  René Baeten |
| 250cc [lower-alpha 1] |  Jaromír Čížek |
The 1958 Motocross World Championship was the 2nd 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 April to August 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 | April 20 |  Austrian Grand Prix | Sittendorf | Hubert Scaillet | FN | Report | |
| 2 | May 4 |  Danish Grand Prix | Næstved |  Bill Nilsson | Crescent-AJS | Report | |
| 3 | May 11 |  Swiss Grand Prix | Geneva | René Baeten | FN | Report | |
| 4 | May 18 |  French Grand Prix | Cassel |  John Draper | BSA | Report | |
| 5 | June 22 |  Italian Grand Prix | Imola | Sten Lundin | Monark | Report | |
| 6 | July 6 | British Grand Prix | Hawkstone Park | Lars Gustavsson | Monark | Report | |
| 7 | July 27 |  Dutch Grand Prix | Sint Anthonis | John Draper | BSA | Report | |
| 8 | August 3 | Belgian Grand Prix | Namur | René Baeten | FN | Report | |
| 9 | August 10 |  Luxembourg Grand Prix | Ettelbruck | René Baeten | FN | Report | |
| 10 | August 17 | Swedish Grand Prix | Uddevalla | Sten Lundin | Monark | Report | |
| Sources: [3] [4] | |||||||
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 20 | Austrian Grand Prix | Sittendorf |  Rolf Müller | Maico | Report | |
| 2 | May 11 | Swiss Grand Prix | Geneva | Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | Report | |
| 3 | May 18 | French Grand Prix | Cassel | Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | Report | |
| 4 | June 8 | Czechoslovakian Grand Prix | Divoká Šárka | Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | Report | |
| 5 | June 14 | British Grand Prix | Beenhan Park | Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | Report | |
| 6 | July 13 | German Grand Prix | Bielstein | Rolf Tibblin | Husqvarna | Report | |
| 7 | July 20 | Italian Grand Prix | Avigliana | Fritz Betzelbacher | Maico | Report | |
| 8 | July 27 | Dutch Grand Prix | Sint Anthonis | Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | Report | |
| 9 | August 8 | Belgian Grand Prix | Namur | Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | Report | |
| 10 | August 11 | Luxembourg Grand Prix | Ettelbruck | Fritz Betzelbacher | Maico | Report | |
| 11 | August 17 | Swedish Grand Prix | Uddevalla | Lennart Dahlen | Husqvarna | Report | |
| 12 | August 31 |  Polish Grand Prix | Katowice-Zabrze | Roman Zurawiecki | 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 | AUT | DEN | CH | FRA | ITA | UK | NED | BEL | LUX | SWE | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | René Baeten | FN | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 42 | |||
| 2 | Bill Nilsson | Crescent-AJS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 34 | |||
| 3 | Sten Lundin | Monark | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33 | ||
| 4 | John Draper | BSA | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 24 | ||||
| 5 | Hubert Scaillet | FN | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | ||||||
| 6 | Jeff Smith | BSA | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Lars Gustavsson | Monark | 1 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||
| 8 | Albert Dirkx | BSA | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| 9 | Gunnar Johansson | BSA | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||||||
| 10 | Raymond Sigvardsson | AJS | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 11 | Brian Martin | BSA | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| 12 | Don Rickman | BSA | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Peter Taft | BSA | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Paul Godey | BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Mogens Rasmussen | Matchless | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
| René Klym | BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Herman De Soete | Matchless | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 19 | David Curtis | Matchless | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
| 20 | Rolf Loof | Matchless | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| Raymond Van Obergen | AJS | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Joep Jansen | BSA | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Source: [4] | |||||||||||||
| Pos | Rider | Machine | AUT | CH | FRA | CZE | UK | GER | ITA | NED | BEL | LUX | SWE | POL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaromír Čížek | Jawa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 56 | |||
| 2 | Rolf Tibblin | Husqvarna | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 27 | |||||||
| 3 | Rolf Müller | Maico | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 26 | |||||||
| 4 | Klaus Kaemper | Maico | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 | ||||||||
| 5 | Frantisek Ron | Jawa | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | |||||
| 6 | Lennart Dahlen | Husqvarna | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |||||||||
| 7 | Stieg Rickardsson | Husqvarna | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |||||||||
| 8 | Fritz Betzelbacher | Maico | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | |||||||||
| 9 | Roman Zurawiecki | Maico | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Antonio Moretti | Mi-Val | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Oldrich Hamrsmid | Jawa | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Emilio Ostorero | Mi-Val | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Brian Stonebridge | Greeves | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Simon Schram | Maico | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
| 15 | Triss Sharp | Francis-Barnett | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Ove Lundell | Monark | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Carlo Caroli | Bianchi | 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Van Pee | Jawa | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 19 | Josef Chara | Jawa | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Bryan Leask | Greeves | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Herbert Ott | DKW | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Vincenzo Soletti | Bianchi | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Ted Lindskog | Husqvarna | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Aloys Roucka | Jawa | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Bohumil Roucka | ČZ | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Otto Walz | Maico | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Cesare Bricarelli | Mi-Val | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Jan Van der Mel | Adler | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Rolf Jonsson | Husqvarna | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Roy King | Greeves | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Willi Oesterle | Maico | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Fernand Houssonloge | Maico | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Herbert Hubert | Maico | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sivert Eriksson | Crescent | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Source: [6] | |||||||||||||||
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