1959 Motocross World Championship | |
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![]() Action from the 1959 500cc Dutch Grand Prix, held in Norg on 26 July 1959. | |
Organizer | FIM |
Duration | 12 April/26 August |
Number of races | 11 |
Number of manufacturers | 8 |
Champions | |
500cc | ![]() |
250cc [a] | ![]() |
The 1959 Motocross World Championship was the 3rd 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 12 to August 23, 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 | |
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1 | April 12 | ![]() | Sittendorf | ![]() | Monark | Report | |
2 | April 26 | ![]() | Geneva | ![]() | Crescent-AJS | Report | |
3 | May 10 | ![]() | Rjenberg | ![]() | Norton | Report | |
4 | May 17 | ![]() | Mayenne | ![]() | Norton | Report | |
5 | June 14 | ![]() | Imola | ![]() | Monark | Report | |
6 | June 21 | ![]() | Bielstein | ![]() | Monark | Report | |
7 | July 5 | ![]() | Shrewsbury | ![]() | BSA | Report | |
8 | July 26 | ![]() | Norg | ![]() | BSA | Report | |
9 | August 2 | ![]() | Des Houlpaix - Jupille | ![]() | Crescent-AJS | Report | |
10 | August 9 | ![]() | Ettelbruck | ![]() | Monark | Report | |
11 | August 23 | ![]() | Saxtorp | ![]() | Crescent-AJS | Report | |
Sources: [3] [4] |
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
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1 | April 12 | ![]() | Sittendorf | ![]() | ESO | Report | |
2 | May 11 | ![]() | Geneva | ![]() | Greeves | Report | |
3 | April 26 | ![]() | Ypres | ![]() | Jawa | Report | |
4 | May 17 | ![]() | Teterow | ![]() | Jawa | Report | |
5 | May 24 | ![]() | Divoká Šárka | ![]() | Jawa | Report | |
6 | May 31 | ![]() | Katowice-Zabrze | ![]() | Jawa | Report | |
7 | June 7 | ![]() | Ludweiler | ![]() | Husqvarna | Report | |
8 | June 21 | ![]() | Pinerolo | ![]() | Greeves | Report | |
9 | June 28 | ![]() | Cassel | ![]() | Husqvarna | Report | |
10 | July 12 | ![]() | Lichtenvoorde | ![]() | Husqvarna | Report | |
11 | July 19 | ![]() | Beenhan Park | ![]() | Husqvarna | Report | |
12 | August 9 | ![]() | Ettelbruck | ![]() | Husqvarna | Report | |
13 | August 16 | ![]() | Vetlanda | ![]() | Husqvarna | Report | |
Sources: [5] [6] |
Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers. For the final championship standings, half of the competitors' results + 1 are retained. Thus with 11 500cc Grand Prix, the 6 best results are retained. With 13 250cc Grand Prix, the 7 best results are retained. [1]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Rider | Machine | AUT ![]() | CH ![]() | DEN ![]() | FRA ![]() | ITA ![]() | GER ![]() | UK ![]() | NED ![]() | BEL ![]() | LUX ![]() | SWE ![]() | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | Monark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 44 | |||
2 | ![]() | Crescent-AJS 7R | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 36 | ||||||
3 | ![]() | Matchless | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 34 | ||||
4 | ![]() | BSA | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 27 | |||||
5 | ![]() | Norton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 23 | ||||||||
6 | ![]() | BSA | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 21 | ||||||
7 | ![]() | Triumph-Métisse | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||
8 | ![]() | Monark | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
9 | ![]() | AJS 7R special | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | |||||||||
10 | ![]() | Triumph-Métisse | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
11 | ![]() | Matchless | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
12 | ![]() | Saroléa | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
13 | ![]() | Husqvarna | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
![]() | BSA | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
15 | ![]() | BSA | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
16 | ![]() | Monark | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
![]() | BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
![]() | Matchless | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
19 | ![]() | Crescent-AJS 7R | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
![]() | BSA | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
![]() | BSA | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Source: [4] |
Pos | Rider | Machine | AUT ![]() | CH ![]() | BEL ![]() | GDR ![]() | CZE ![]() | POL ![]() | RFA ![]() | ITA ![]() | FRA ![]() | NED ![]() | UK ![]() | LUX ![]() | SWE ![]() | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | Husqvarna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 51 | ||||||
2 | ![]() | Greeves | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 40 | ||||||
3 | ![]() | Jawa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 | ||||||||
4 | ![]() | Jawa | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 29 | ||||||
5 | ![]() | Husqvarna | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 23 | ||||||||
6 | ![]() | Jawa | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | |||||
7 | ![]() | Husqvarna | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | |||||
8 | ![]() | ESO | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||||
9 | ![]() | Husqvarna | 4 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||
10 | ![]() | Greeves | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||
11 | ![]() | Maico | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
![]() | Maico | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||
13 | ![]() | BSA | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
![]() | Aermacchi | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
15 | ![]() | Jawa | 5 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
16 | ![]() | Husqvarna | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
17 | ![]() | Maico | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
18 | ![]() | Mival | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
![]() | Maico | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | Maico | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
21 | ![]() | Jawa | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
![]() | Husqvarna | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | BSA | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
24 | ![]() | Jawa | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
![]() | Greeves | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | Husqvarna | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Source: [6] |