1962 Motocross World Championship

1962 Motocross World Championship
1962 Motocross World Championship
Organizer	FIM
Duration	26 February/9 September
Number of races	25
Number of manufacturers	16
Champions
500cc	Rolf Tibblin
250cc	Torsten Hallman
Motocross World Championship seasons
	← 1961 1963 →

Last updated January 12, 2024

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.

Summary

The Husqvarna team's Rolf Tibblin won five Grand Prix races en route to claiming the first 500cc motocross world championship of his career. Swedish competitors dominated the championship with Swedes taking the top five places in the championship.^[3]^[4]

Husqvarna also triumphed in the new 250cc motocross world championship with Torsten Hallman winning his first world title ahead of BSA teammates Jeff Smith and Arthur Lampkin.^[5]^[6] The Greeves factory chose not to compete in the new championship, keeping two-time European motocross champion, Dave Bickers, at home to compete in the British championship. However, Bickers did compete in the British round of the 250cc motocross World Championship, claiming the victory at the British Grand Prix.

Grands Prix

500cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner	Report
1	April 15	Austrian Grand Prix	Sittendorf	Rolf Tibblin	Ove Lundell	Rolf Tibblin	Report
2	May 20	French Grand Prix	Pernes-les-Fontaines	Rolf Tibblin	Rolf Tibblin	Rolf Tibblin	Report
3	June 3	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	Gunnar Johansson	Rolf Tibblin	Gunnar Johansson	Report
4	June 10	Italian Grand Prix	Imola	Gunnar Johansson	Bill Nilsson	Rolf Tibblin	Report
5	June 24	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Přerov	Gunnar Johansson	Ove Lundell	Gunnar Johansson	Report
6	July 1	British Grand Prix	Hawkstone Park	Rolf Tibblin	Rolf Tibblin	Rolf Tibblin	Report
7	July 29	Dutch Grand Prix	Lichtenvoorde	Gunnar Johansson	Rolf Tibblin	Rolf Tibblin	Report
8	August 5	Belgian Grand Prix	Namur	Gunnar Johansson	John Burton	John Burton	Report
9	August 12	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Ettelbruck	Bill Nilsson	Gunnar Johansson	Bill Nilsson	Report
10	August 19	Swedish Grand Prix	Knutstorp	Jeff Smith	Bill Nilsson	Jeff Smith	Report
Sources:^[3]^[7]

250cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner	Report
1	February 26	Spanish Grand Prix	Ruta	Don Rickman	Jeff Smith	Arthur Lampkin	Report
2	April 8	Swiss Grand Prix	Lausanne	Arthur Lampkin	Jeff Smith	Jeff Smith	Report
3	April 29	Belgian Grand Prix	Loppem	Torsten Hallman	Arthur Lampkin	Arthur Lampkin	Report
4	May 6	French Grand Prix	Saint Quentin	Torsten Hallman	Jeff Smith	Torsten Hallman	Report
5	May 20	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Divoká Šárka	Vlastimil Valek	Vlastimil Valek	Vlastimil Valek	Report
6	May 27	Polish Grand Prix	Katowice-Zabrze	Jeff Smith	Jeff Smith	Jeff Smith	Report
7	June 3	Dutch Grand Prix	Bergharen	Jeff Smith	Jeff Smith	Jeff Smith	Report
8	June 10	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Schifflange	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
9	June 17	Finnish Grand Prix	Ruskeasanta	Aarno Erola	Jeff Smith	Aarno Erola	Report
10	June 24	Russian Grand Prix	Leningrad	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
11	July 1	West German Grand Prix	Bielstein	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
12	July 8	Italian Grand Prix	Gallarate	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
13	July 15	British Grand Prix	Glastonbury	Dave Bickers	Dave Bickers	Dave Bickers	Report
14	September 2	Swedish Grand Prix	Enköping	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
15	September 9	East German Grand Prix	Apolda	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
Sources:^[5]^[8]

Final standings

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc

Pos	Rider	Machine	AUT		FRA		CH		ITA		CZE		UK		NED		BEL		LUX		SWE		Pts
Pos	Rider	Machine	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Rolf Tibblin	Husqvarna	1	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	-	-	1	1	2	1*	2	2	6	-	3	-	45
2	Gunnar Johansson	Lito	6	6	6	9	1	2	1	3	1	2	3	2	1	2*	1	6	3	1	-	8	41
3	Sten Lundin	Lito	3	4	2	2	2	3	4	7	2	4	-	-	7	6	6	4	2	3	6	1	27
4	Ove Lundell	Monark	4	1	22	27	4	4	27	6	3	1	-	-	5	3	-	-	5	4	4	5	25
5	Bill Nilsson	Lito	2	3	3	3	-	-	7	1	-	-	4	-	4	9	5	9	1	2	8	2	23
6	John Burton	BSA	7	7	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	11	-	3	1	4	5	-	-	14
7	Jeff Smith	BSA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	7	1	3	9
8	Broer Dirk	BSA	5	5	26	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
9	Per Olaf Persson	Monark	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	10	8	-	-	5
9	Lars Gustavsson	Lito	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	5	4	5
11	Don Rickman	Triumph-Métisse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
12	Miloslav Soucek	ESO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
12	Arthur Lampkin	BSA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	17	-	-	-	3
14	Walter Baeten	ESO	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Hubert Scaillet	Triumph-Métisse	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	8	7	8	15	14	6	7	7	2
	Ervín Krajčovič	ESO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Dave Bickers	Greeves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
18	Mogens Rasmussen	BSA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	9	2
19	Albert Courajod	Norton	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
19	Gordon Blakeway	Triumph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	André Chuchart	Triumph				6																	0
-	Pierre André Rapin	BSA						6															0
-	Les Archer Jr.	Norton							3														0
-	Josef Hrebecek	ESO									5												0
-	Derek Rickman	Triumph-Métisse											5										0
-	Roger Vanderbeken	Triumph												4									0
-	Herman De Soete	Matchless																5					0
-	Karl Ingemar Larsson	Lito																			9	6	0
*An FIM Jury at the Dutch Grand Prix ruled that Tibblin and Johansson should be awarded 7 points each by combining first and second place points then dividing by two. 8+6= 14 ; 14/2 = 7 points. Sources:^[4]^[7]

250cc

Pos	Rider	Machine	ESP		CH		BEL		FRA		CZE		POL		NED		LUX		FIN		USR		GER		ITA		UK		SWE		GDR		Pts
Pos	Rider	Machine	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Torsten Hallman	Husqvarna	-	-	3	5	1	3	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	7	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	56
2	Jeff Smith	BSA	10	1	2	1	18	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	3	-	5	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	8	3	11	3	3	4	48
3	Arthur Lampkin	BSA	3	2	1	2	2	1	7	4	-	-	2	2	15	4	4	6	8	5	3	3	-	-	6	3	17	-	2	11	2	3	42
4	Vlastimil Valek	ČZ	-	-	4	28	-	-	3	3	1	1	5	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	5	5	3	4	4	-	4	5	3	4	-	2	31
5	Karel Pilar	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	3	-	-	5	3	2	3	4	4	6	5	5	5	-	9	-	-	-	-	20
6	Aarno Erola	Husqvarna	4	-	27	19	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	10	12	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	11
7	Fritz Betzelbacher	Maico	-	-	5	21	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
8	Olle Pettersson	Husqvarna	-	-	9	3	7	6	8	6	-	-	-	-	12	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	4	2	-	-	10
9	Lanfranco Angelini	Aermacchi	6	4	16	9	8	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
10	Dave Bickers	Greeves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	8
11	Jaromír Čížek	Jawa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7
12	Fritz Selling	Greeves	2	-	19	7	-	-	16	7	-	-	-	-	2	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	15	-	-	-	-	-	5
13	Christoph Specht	Maico	8	-	-	-	15	11	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
14	Andrei Dezhinov	ESO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	13	9	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	4
	Igor Grigoriev	Kovrovec	-	-	11	23	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	5	5	-	-	9	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Joël Robert	Greeves	-	-	6	4	6	10	23	-	11	5	-	-	8	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	14	12	7	-	-	4
17	Ernst Wolff	MZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	3
	Sivert Eriksson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	3
	Alan Clough	Dot	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	3
	Stig Rickardsson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	5	-	12	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Rainis Resetniks	ESO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	14	15	-	-	18	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Oriol Puig Bulto	Bultaco	11	3	15	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	20	-	-	-	-	3
	Nic Jansen	Greeves	-	-	26	8	-	7	9	5	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	13	9	-	-	3
24	Vladimír Dubšík	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	2
	Don Rickman	Bultaco-Métisse	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	-	-	2
	André Piron	Greeves	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Simon Schram	Maico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Frantisek Ron	Jawa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	2
	Tore Lundby	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Franck Lucas	Greeves	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
31	Jan Johansson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	1
	Sergei Kaduskin	ESO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Jan Blomqvist	Husqvarna	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	14	-	-	1
	Gerhard Stauch	Maico	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	14	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	Paul Friedrichs	MZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	4	-	0
Sources:^[6]^[8]

Notes

↑ Upgraded to World Championship.

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1962 Motocross World Championship

Contents

Summary

Grands Prix

500cc

250cc

Final standings

500cc

250cc

Notes

Related Research Articles

References