| 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 |
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.
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]
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 which only recognizes the top six 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]
| 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] | |||||||
| 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] | |||||||
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 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 | Husqvarna | - | - | 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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Rider | Machine | ESP | CH | YUG | CZE | POL | GER | NED | FRA | UK | SWE | FIN | USR | 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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Georges Jobé was a Belgian professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1979 to 1992. Jobé is notable for being a five-time FIM motocross world champion and a nine-time Belgian motocross national champion. He was named Belgian Sportsman of the year in 1987 and 1992.
Eric Geboers was a Belgian professional motocross racer and racing driver. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1980 to 1990.
Åke Jonsson is a Swedish former professional motocross racer. He was one of the top riders in the Motocross World Championships during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Jonsson came close to winning the world championship title in 1968, 1970 and in 1971 when he led the championship going into the final round when, a mechanical failure ruined his bid.
Rolf Tibblin is a Swedish former professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1957 to 1967, most prominently as a member of the Husqvarna factory racing team where he was a two-time 500cc Motocross World Champion. His motorcycle racing career spanned the transition from the heavy, four-stroke motorcycles of the 1950s, to the lightweight two-stroke motorcycles of the 1960s. He was one of the first motocross competitors to stress the importance of a rigorous physical fitness training routine.
Arne Kring is a Swedish former professional motocross racer. He was a top contender in the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Championship from 1963 to 1975.
The 1969 Motocross World Championship was the 14th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.
David Geoffrey Bickers was an English professional motocross racer from Coddenham, Suffolk. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1959 to 1969. Bickers won two European motocross championships, and was a member of British motocross teams that won two Motocross des Nations events as well as two Trophée des Nations events. Bickers was awarded the Motorcycle News 'Man of the Year' award in 1960.
The 1973 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 17th F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.
The 1979 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 23rd F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.
The 1961 Motocross World Championship was the 5th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.
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.
The 1963 Motocross World Championship was the 7th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.
The 1964 Motocross World Championship was the 8th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.
The 1966 Motocross World Championship was the 10th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.
The 1967 Motocross World Championship was the 11th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.
The 1968 Motocross World Championship was the 12th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.
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