1969 FIM Motocross World Championship

1968 FIM Motocross World Championship
Organizer	FIM
Duration	13 April/31 August
Number of races	24
Number of manufacturers	10
Champions
500cc	Bengt Åberg
250cc	Joël Robert
FIM Motocross World Championship seasons
← 1968 1970 →

The 1969 Motocross World Championship was the 13th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles. The FIM implements a new championship points scoring formula, awarding points to the top ten classified competitors.

Summary

Husqvarna factory sponsored rider Bengt Åberg dethroned three-time World Champion Paul Friedrichs to win his first 500cc World Championship. ^{[1] [2]} Husqvarna introduced a new motorcycle with a larger 400cc engine to claim their first 500cc World Championship since Rolf Tibblin won the 1963 title. BSA factory team rider John Banks once again proved to be one of the top competitors however, mechanical problems late in the season relegated him to second place in the championship for the second consecutive season. ^[1] Defending World Champion Friedrichs took third place in the final standings. ^[1]

Two-time World Champion Jeff Smith makes his final World Championship appearance at the 1969 500cc Belgian Grand Prix. Two-time 250cc European Champion Dave Bickers marks the final World Championship appearance of his career with a victory in the second moto of the 1969 250cc British Grand Prix.

In the 250cc World Championship, Joël Robert won six Grand Prix races to successfully defend his championship in a season long battle with his ČZ factory teammate, Sylvain Geboers. ^{[3] [4]} Geboers actually scores more points overall but falls victim to FIM scoring rules which only recognizes the top seven of twelve results. The rules would be changed in 1977. Suzuki factory rider Olle Pettersson demonstrated the Japanese factory's rapid development by placing third in the final standings. ^[3] Four-time World Champion Torsten Hallman was slowed by a back injury and dropped to sixth place in the final standings. ^[3] He was released by the Husqvarna factory team after the 1969 season. ^[5]

Grands Prix

500cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner	Report
1	April 20	Austrian Grand Prix	Sittendorf	Bengt Åberg	Paul Friedrichs	Bengt Åberg	Report
2	May 11	Swedish Grand Prix	Motala	Arne Kring	Arne Kring	Arne Kring	Report
3	May 18	Dutch Grand Prix	Norg	Arne Kring	John Banks	Arne Kring	Report
4	May 25	Italian Grand Prix	Lombardore	Bengt Åberg	Bengt Åberg	Bengt Åberg	Report
5	June 15	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Přerov	Paul Friedrichs	John Banks	John Banks	Report
6	June 22	Russian Grand Prix	Chișinău	John Banks	Paul Friedrichs	John Banks	Report
7	July 13	West German Grand Prix	Beuren	Paul Friedrichs	Jaroslav Homola	Paul Friedrichs	Report
8	August 3	Belgian Grand Prix	Namur	Roger De Coster	John Banks	Roger De Coster	Report
9	August 10	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Ettelbruck	Dave Nicoll	Paul Friedrichs	Dave Nicoll	Report
10	August 17	French Grand Prix	Laguépie	Bengt Åberg	Paul Friedrichs	Bengt Åberg	Report
11	August 24	Swiss Grand Prix	Wohlen	Bengt Åberg	Åke Jonsson	Bengt Åberg	Report
12	August 31	East German Grand Prix	Schwerin	Paul Friedrichs	Roger De Coster	Arne Kring	Report
Sources: [2] [6]

250cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner	Report
1	April 13	Spanish Grand Prix	Sabadell	Joël Robert	Olle Pettersson	Joël Robert	Report
2	April 20	Swiss Grand Prix	Payerne	Joël Robert	Kalevi Vehkhonen	Joël Robert	Report
3	April 27	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Tržič	Joël Robert	Joël Robert	Joël Robert	Report
4	May 4	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Holice	Sylvain Geboers	Sylvain Geboers	Sylvain Geboers	Report
5	May 11	Polish Grand Prix	Szczecin	Joël Robert	Joël Robert	Joël Robert	Report
6	May 18	West German Grand Prix	Bielstein	Adolf Weil	Adolf Weil	Adolf Weil	Report
7	June 15	Dutch Grand Prix	Makkinga	Sylvain Geboers	Heikki Mikkola	Sylvain Geboers	Report
8	June 22	French Grand Prix	Niort	Joël Robert	Joël Robert	Joël Robert	Report
9	June 29	British Grand Prix	Dodington Park	Sylvain Geboers	Dave Bickers	Sylvain Geboers	Report
10	August 3	Swedish Grand Prix	Hedemora	Sylvain Geboers	Sylvain Geboers	Sylvain Geboers	Report
11	August 10	Finnish Grand Prix	Hyvinkää	Kalevi Vehkonen	Olle Pettersson	Joël Robert	Report
12	August 17	Russian Grand Prix	Leningrad	Vladimir Kavinov	Vladimir Kavinov	Vladimir Kavinov	Report
Sources: [4] [7]

Final standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. For the 250cc and 500cc final championship standings, the 7 best of 12 results are retained.

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

500cc

(Results in italics indicate overall winner)

Pos	Rider	Machine	AUT		SWE		NED		ITA		CZE		USSR		GER		BEL		LUX		FRA		CH		GDR		Points
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Bengt Åberg	Husqvarna	1	4	2	2	2	31	1	1	9	4	-	-	3	3	-	4	4	2	1	2	1	2	4	4	94
2	John Banks	BSA	7	2	-	-	3	1	-	3	2	1	1	2	-	-	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	72
3	Paul Friedrichs	ČZ	39	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	1	5	5	6	5	1	2	1	4	4	1	-	67
4	Arne Kring	Husqvarna	-	-	1	1	1	2	3	-	4	3	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	2	2	66
5	Roger De Coster	ČZ	20	5	-	-	7	30	4	4	7	8	-	-	8	10	1	2	-	-	3	4	3	3	3	1	66
6	Dave Nicoll	BSA	4	-	-	-	15	12	2	2	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	14	1	3	-	-	11	6	6	8	40
7	Keith Hickman	BSA	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	2	7	10	6	-	5	6	7	13	-	-	38
8	Christer Hammargren	Husqvarna	-	-	5	3	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	16	8	15	-	6	5	5	10	7	3	35
9	Jeff Teuwissen	Husqvarna	-	-	11	9	5	3	12	-	12	5	-	-	-	-	4	5	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	32
10	Jaroslav Homola	Jawa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	6	1	10	22	2	-	4	12	6	8	8	5	31
11	Jan Johansson	Husqvarna	6	11	3	6	9	8	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	28
12	Otakar Toman	ČZ	12	6	-	8	13	11	7	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	9	12	9	4	-	-	-	9	-	-	25
13	Åke Jonsson	Maico	-	-	8	11	-	-	5	-	10	11	5	5	10	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25
14	Adolf Weil	Maico	36	3	4	7	-	-	17	12	11	2	-	-	4	-	3	3	10	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	4
15	Miroslav Lisy	ČZ	2	8	-	-	17	14	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	20	19	-	9	13	-	-	22	-	20
16	Jan Erik Sallqvist	Husqvarna	9	9	6	5	-	-	16	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	9	-	-	-	-	13
17	Gerrit Wolsink	Husqvarna	10	10	-	4	30	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	11	12	9	7	7	19	5	12	20	13
18	Jiri Schmalz	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	11	10
19	Frans Sigmans	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
20	Jacques Vernier	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	16	14	6	19	-	-	-	-	-	8
21	Jo Lammers	ČZ	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
22	Eugenio Perozzo	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	20	-	-	-	-	6
23	Jaak van Velthoven	Husqvarna	8	12	9	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	13	17	18	-	-	-	10	7	-	-	6
24	Heinz Hoppe	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	13	8	-	18	-	-	9	6	6
25	Giuseppe Cavallero	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	16	-	-	-	-	5
26	Jeff Smith	BSA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
27	Antonin Klavinsh	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	5
28	Viatcheslav Krasnotchekov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	4
29	Jo Keizer	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	18	16	-	10	-	-	-	16	12	3
30	Silvano Benso	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
31	Willy Bauer	Maico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
32	Henk Driessen	ČZ	-	-	-	-	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
33	Vladimir Ovchinikov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
34	Vaclav Svastal	ČZ	3	-	-	-	18	15	15	11	8	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
35	Serge Bacou	Bultaco	11	13	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	23	19	-	16	-	10	-	-	-	-	1
36	Vladimir Pogrebnyak	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
37	Riik van Hoof	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
38	Jean Jacques Tourte	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	-	-	-	-	1
39	Angus Angers	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	1
-	Gaston Rahier	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Sources: [1] [6]

250cc

(Results in italics indicate overall winner)

Pos	Rider	Machine	ESP		CH		YUG		CZE		POL		GER		NED		FRA		UK		SWE		FIN		USSR		Pts
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Joël Robert	ČZ	1	4	1	3	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	5	-	3	2	5	2	102
2	Sylvain Geboers	ČZ	10	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	3	2	6	3	1	2	5	2	1	3	1	1	2	-	3	-	96
3	Olle Pettersson	Suzuki	-	1	7	-	6	5	3	3	5	3	3	-	2	5	2	5	-	4	2	2	7	1	-	-	71
4	Jiri Stodulka	ČZ	11	6	11	-	4	6	5	7	-	9	11	2	28	22	4	6	2	6	-	-	-	5	7	-	44
5	Karel Konecny	ČZ	-	-	3	4	3	7	2	2	4	-	2	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38
6	Torsten Hallman	Husqvarna	4	7	8	6	5	2	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	32
7	Marcel Wiertz	Bultaco	6	5	12	9	-	10	9	11	-	-	7	5	8	11	-	15	12	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	31
8	Zdenek Strnad	ČZ	2	-	5	8	-	-	6	16	-	-	5	8	14	26	8	11	5	9	8	6	-	-	-	-	31
9	Vladimir Kavinov	ČZ	-	11	-	-	15	9	-	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	12	17	-	-	14	7	10	8	1	1	27
10	Gennady Moiseyev	ČZ	14	12	-	-	8	-	-	4	7	7	-	-	-	-	9	18	-	-	11	5	5	10	9	3	27
11	Leonid Shinkarenko	ČZ	9	-	9	5	11	4	4	14	6	6	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18
12	Kalevi Vehkonen	Husqvarna	7	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	15	6	13	13	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	17
13	Andy Roberton	AJS	5	8	10	10	10	-	7	5	-	-	4	-	19	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
14	Heikki Mikkola	Husqvarna	-	-	6	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	1	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	16
15	Adolf Weil	Maico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
16	Miroslav Halm	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	2	6	15
17	Uno Palm	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	13	-	-	-	-	11	9	14	8	8	7	15	3	4	-	4	-	14
18	Bengt Arne Bonn	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	8	4	-	-	6	25	-	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
19	Dave Bickers	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
20	Jyrki Storm	Husqvarna	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	20	26	12	10	10	-	-	6	4	-	-	12
21	Don Rickman	Bultaco	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
22	Pierre Karsmakers	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
23	Gunnar Nilsson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	10
24	Jan Roessink	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	5	7	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
25	Frans Sigmans	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Arthur Browning	Greeves	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Angus Angers	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	8
28	Roger Smestad	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	16	-	11	12	-	-	8	7	-	-	7
29	Ton van Heugten	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
	Bryan Goss	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
	Mikhail Rastvortsev	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5
	Pavel Rulev	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	8	-	-	-	8	5
33	Willy Bauer	Maico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
34	Malcolm Davis	AJS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Helmut Schumann	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	3
	Anatoly Mandritchenko	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3
37	Michel Combes	Husqvarna	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Gaston Rahier	Ossa	-	-	13	11	-	-	-	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Jim Aird	AJS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Jack Johansson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	2
41	José Sanchez	Bultaco	12	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Soren Lodal	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	20	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Harry Driessen	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Gerhard Teubner	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	9	-	-	-	-	1
	Antonin Klavinsh	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	1
-	Vic Allan	Greeves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
	Chris Horsfield	Bultaco	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Sources: [3] [7]

References

1. "1969 500cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
2. "1969 500cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
3. "1969 250cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
4. "1969 250cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
5. "Torsten Hallman at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame". motorcyclemuseum.org. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
6. "1969 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
7. "1969 250cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 13 January 2025.