1965 FIM Motocross World Championship
| 1965 FIM Motocross World Championship | |
|---|---|
| Organizer | FIM |
| Duration | 28 March/3 October |
| Number of races | 28 |
| Number of manufacturers | 12 |
| Champions | |
| 500cc |  Jeff Smith |
| 250cc |  Victor Arbekov |
The 1965 Motocross World Championship was the 9th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.
Summary
[edit]Jeff Smith won his second consecutive 500cc motocross world championship for the BSA factory racing team with six Grand Prix victories. Paul Friedrichs took three victories to claim second place for the ČZ factory ahead of former world champion Rolf Tibblin.[1][2]
Smith's win riding a BSA Victor would mark the last time that a four-stroke engine powered motorcycle would win the 500cc motocross world championship for the next several decades as, two-stroke engine technology began to dominate off-road motorcycle racing until 2003 when, mounting government environmental regulations caused the FIM implemented new rules favoring environmentally friendlier four-stroke engines.
In the 250cc division, Russian ČZ rider Victor Arbekov won five Grand Prix races to claim the world championship ahead of the defending champion, Joël Robert.[3][4]
Grands Prix
[edit]500cc
[edit]| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner[2] | Team | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 4 |  Austrian Grand Prix
|
Sittendorf |  Sten Lundin
|
Matchless-Métisse | Report |
| 2 | April 11 |  Swiss Grand Prix
|
Wohlen | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report |
| 3 | April 25 |  French Grand Prix
|
Tarare | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report |
| 4 | May 9 |  Finnish Grand Prix
|
Tikkurila | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report |
| 5 | May 30 | Swedish Grand Prix
|
Knutstorp | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report |
| 6 | June 6 |  East German Grand Prix
|
Gumpelstadt | Paul Friedrichs
|
ČZ | Report |
| 7 | June 20 |  Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
|
Sedlčany | Paul Friedrichs
|
ČZ | Report |
| 8 | June 27 | Russian Grand Prix
|
Kyiv | Igor Grigoriev
|
ČZ | Report |
| 9 | July 4 | British Grand Prix
|
Hawkstone Park | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report |
| 10 | July 11 |  Italian Grand Prix
|
Imola | Rolf Tibblin
|
ČZ | Report |
| 11 | July 18 |  West German Grand Prix
|
Bielstein | Rolf Tibblin
|
ČZ | Report |
| 12 | July 25 |  Dutch Grand Prix
|
Bergharen | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report |
| 13 | August 8 |  Luxembourg Grand Prix
|
Ettelbruck | Paul Friedrichs
|
ČZ | Report |
250cc
[edit]| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner[3] | Team | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 28 |  Spanish Grand Prix
|
Sabadell | Dave Bickers
|
Greeves | Report |
| 2 | April 4 | Italian Grand Prix
|
Masserano | Victor Arbekov
|
ČZ | Report |
| 3 | April 11 | French Grand Prix
|
Saint-Quentin | Victor Arbekov
|
ČZ | Report |
| 4 | April 25 |  Belgian Grand Prix
|
Hechtel-Eksel | Dave Bickers
|
Greeves | Report |
| 5 | May 9 | Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
|
Holice | Vlastimil Valek
|
Jawa | Report |
| 6 | May 16 | West German Grand Prix
|
Beuren | Victor Arbekov
|
ČZ | Report |
| 7 | May 23 | Dutch Grand Prix
|
Makkinga | Victor Arbekov
|
ČZ | Report |
| 8 | May 30 | Luxembourg Grand Prix
|
Schifflange | Joël Robert
|
ČZ | Report |
| 9 | June 27 |  Polish Grand Prix
|
Kielce | Victor Arbekov
|
ČZ | Report |
| 10 | July 4 | Russian Grand Prix
|
Moscow | Joël Robert
|
ČZ | Report |
| 11 | July 11 | East German Grand Prix
|
Apolda | Paul Friedrichs
|
ČZ | Report |
| 12 | July 18 | British Grand Prix
|
Glastonbury | Dave Bickers
|
Greeves | Report |
| 13 | July 25 | Swedish Grand Prix
|
Hedemora | Torsten Hallman
|
Husqvarna | Report |
| 14 | August 1 | Finnish Grand Prix
|
Hyvinkää | Torsten Hallman
|
Husqvarna | Report |
| 15 | October 3 | Austrian Grand Prix
|
Launsdorf | Joël Robert
|
ČZ | Report |
Final standings
[edit]Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
500cc
[edit]| Pos | Rider | Machine | AUT
|
CH
|
FRA
|
FIN
|
SWE
|
DDR
|
CZE
|
USR
|
UK
|
ITA
|
GER
|
NED
|
LUX
|
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 54 | |||||
| 2 | Paul Friedrichs
|
ČZ | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 36 | |||||||
| 3 | Rolf Tibblin
|
ČZ | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 | ||||||||
| Vic Eastwood
|
BSA | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 32 | |||||
| 5 | Sten Lundin
|
Matchless-Métisse | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 27 | ||||||||
| 6 | Per Olaf Persson
|
Hedlund | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |||||||||
| 7 | Arthur Lampkin
|
BSA | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||||||||
| 8 | Jerry Scott
|
BSA | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Gunnar Johansson
|
AMC-Métisse | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Chris Horsfield
|
Matchless | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Josef Hrebecek
|
ČZ | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Igor Grigoriev
|
ČZ/ESO | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Ove Lundell
|
Hedlund/Husqvarna | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Antonin Klavinsh
|
ESO | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Herman De Soete
|
Matchless | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jan Johansson
|
Lindstrom | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Karel Pilar
|
ČZ | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | Broer Dirkx
|
Lito | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Ervín Krajčovič
|
ESO | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Josef Teuwissen
|
Triumph-Métisse | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Pierre-André Rapin
|
Monark | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Vladimír Dubšík
|
ČZ | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Joachim Helmhold
|
ČZ | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| John Giles
|
Triumph | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Erwin Schmider
|
Maico | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 26 | Jan Němeček
|
ESO | 6 | 1 |
Source:[5]
250cc
[edit]| Pos | Rider | Machine | ESP
|
ITA
|
FRA
|
BEL
|
CZE
|
GER
|
NED
|
LUX
|
POL
|
USR
|
GDR
|
UK
|
SWE
|
FIN
|
AUT
|
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Arbekov
|
ČZ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 52 | |||||||
| 2 | Joël Robert
|
ČZ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||
| 3 | Dave Bickers
|
Greeves | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 42 | |||||
| 4 | Torsten Hallman
|
Husqvarna | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35 | |||||||||
| 5 | Åke Jonsson
|
Husqvarna | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 30 | |||||
| 6 | Vlastimil Valek
|
Jawa | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 28 | |||||||
| 7 | Gunnar Draougs
|
ČZ | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 25 | ||||||||
| 8 | Karel Pilar
|
ČZ | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |||||||
| 9 | Don Rickman
|
Bultaco | 5 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Igor Grigoriev
|
ČZ | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Friedrichs
|
ČZ | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | Fritz Selling
|
Greeves | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Jorma Jarvinen
|
Husqvarna | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Fred Willamowski
|
ČZ | 3 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | Juri Ageyev
|
ČZ | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Kalevi Vehkonen
|
Husqvarna | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | Jan Blomqvist
|
Husqvarna | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Olle Pettersson
|
Bultaco-Métisse | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Alex Yakolev
|
ČZ | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Bryan Goss
|
Husqvarna | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| John Griffith
|
Greeves | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Antonin Hrach
|
Jawa/ČZ | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | Ton van Heugten
|
Husqvarna | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ivan Polas
|
Jawa/ČZ | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Cenneth Loof
|
Husqvarna | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Andrei Dezhinov
|
ČZ | 6 | 1 |
Source:[6]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1965 500cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ a b "1965 500cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ a b "1965 250cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "1965 250cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "1965 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "1965 250cc motocross championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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