1971 FIM Motocross World Championship

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1971 FIM Motocross World Championship
OrganizerFIM
Duration18 April/3 October
Number of races24
Number of manufacturers10
Champions
500ccBelgium Roger De Coster
250ccBelgium Joël Robert
FIM Motocross World Championship seasons

The 1971 Motocross World Championship was the 15th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.

Summary

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The Suzuki factory won the premier 500cc class in their first attempt with rider Roger De Coster winning five of the 12 Grand Prix events to become the first Japanese manufacturer to win the 500cc World Championship.[1] De Coster faced strong opposition from Maico factory team rider Åke Jonsson who won three rounds and was leading the championship going into the final event of the season in Holland.[1]

At the season ending Dutch Grand Prix, Jonsson had built a sizeable lead over De Coster when his motorcycle’s spark plug came loose, allowing De Coster to take the lead and go to win the 1971 500 World Championship.[1][2][3][4] For the second consecutive year, Jonsson had the World Championship slip from his grasp in the final round of the championship.[1] De Coster became the first Belgian to claim the 500 division since Rene Baeten won in 1958.[1]

In the middle of the 1971 season, the BSA factory announced that they were ceasing operations, leaving their team rider John Banks without a motorcycle.[5] Banks would finish the season riding a privateer Husqvarna motorcycle.[5] The BSA team remained competitive up to the end with Banks placing third at the British Grand Prix.

Suzuki also claimed the 250cc World Championship where Joël Robert dominated the smaller class, winning eight of the twelve Grand Prix events to clinch the title ahead of Husqvarna factory rider, Håkan Andersson.[6][7] It would be Robert's fourth consecutive 250cc title, and second since joining the Suzuki factory racing team. It was his fifth 250cc world championship overall in his career. Four-time World Champion, Torsten Hallman, scored the Yamaha factory's first motocross world championship points with a 7th place at the 1971 250cc Dutch Grand Prix.[8] Hallman retired at the end of the season. Siegfried Lerner scored the first motocross world championship points for the KTM factory with a 10th place at the 1971 250cc East German Grand Prix.

Grands Prix

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500cc

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Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Overall Winner Report
1 April 18 Italy Italian Grand Prix Macerata Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Report
2 May 2 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs East Germany Paul Friedrichs Report
3 May 16 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Huskvarna Belgium Roger De Coster Sweden Christer Hammargren Belgium Roger De Coster Report
4 May 23 Finland Finnish Grand Prix Ruskeasanta East Germany Paul Friedrichs Sweden Åke Jonsson East Germany Paul Friedrichs Report
5 June 13 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Grand Prix Stříbro Belgium Roger De Coster Germany Adolf Weil Belgium Roger De Coster Report
6 June 20 Soviet Union Russian Grand Prix Chișinău Sweden Bengt Åberg Sweden Åke Jonsson Sweden Åke Jonsson Report
7 June 27 East Germany East German Grand Prix Schwerin Sweden Bengt Åberg Sweden Åke Jonsson Sweden Bengt Åberg Report
8 July 11 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Farleigh Castle Sweden Åke Jonsson East Germany Paul Friedrichs Sweden Åke Jonsson Report
9 July 18 Germany West German Grand Prix Bielstein Germany Adolf Weil Sweden Åke Jonsson Germany Adolf Weil Report
10 August 1 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Namur Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Belgium Roger De Coster Report
11 August 8 Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck Belgium Roger De Coster Sweden Åke Jonsson Sweden Åke Jonsson Report
12 August 22 Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix Sint Anthonis Belgium Roger De Coster Sweden Åke Jonsson Belgium Roger De Coster Report
Sources:[4][9][10]

250cc

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Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Overall Winner Report
1 April 18 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Sabadell Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report
2 April 25 Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix Payerne Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report
3 May 2 Poland Polish Grand Prix Szczecin Finland Heikki Mikkola Finland Kalevi Vehkonen Finland Kalevi Vehkonen Report
4 May 9 Germany West German Grand Prix Beuren Belgium Joël Robert Sweden Torleif Hansen Finland Heikki Mikkola Report
5 May 16 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix Karlovac Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report
6 May 23 Italy Italian Grand Prix Busca Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report
7 June 20 Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix Bergharen Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Sylvain Geboers Belgium Sylvain Geboers Report
8 July 4 East Germany East German Grand Prix Teutschenthal Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report
9 August 8 Finland Finnish Grand Prix Hyvinkää Belgium Sylvain Geboers Belgium Sylvain Geboers Belgium Sylvain Geboers Report
10 August 15 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Ulricehamn Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report
11 August 22 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Bristol Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Belgium Joël Robert Report
12 October 3 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Launsdorf Sweden Håkan Andersson Finland Heikki Mikkola Belgium Joël Robert Report
Sources:[7][11][12]

Final standings

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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

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(Results in italics indicate overall winner)

Pos Rider Machine ITA
Italy 		AUT
Austria 		SWE
Sweden 		FIN
Finland 		CZE
Czech Republic 		USSR
Soviet Union 		GDR
East Germany 		UK
United Kingdom 		GER
West Germany 		BEL
Belgium 		LUX
Luxembourg 		NED
Netherlands 		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 Belgium Roger De Coster Suzuki 1 1 2 - 1 2 4 6 1 2 4 3 - - 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 97
2 Sweden Åke Jonsson Maico - 3 5 28 5 4 3 1 4 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 10 1 93
3 West Germany Adolf Weil Maico 2 2 3 2 3 5 2 3 3 1 3 4 5 - - - 1 2 4 - 3 18 2 6 81
4 East Germany Paul Friedrichs ČZ 4 - 1 1 2 3 1 2 - - - - 6 6 4 1 - - - - 6 3 - - 70
5 Sweden Bengt Åberg Husqvarna - - 7 24 - - - - 2 5 1 2 1 2 3 - - - 3 3 8 4 - - 52
6 Sweden Christer Hammargren Husqvarna - - 8 6 4 1 5 8 9 8 - - 4 4 - - - - 10 8 4 5 - - 45
7 United Kingdom John Banks BSA 11 10 12 3 - - 8 - 8 - 5 - 3 3 9 3 10 8 - - - - - - 37
Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 4 9 9 - -
8 West Germany Willy Bauer Maico - - 6 4 12 8 9 - 7 6 6 5 - 7 7 9 4 - 7 9 7 8 7 8 36
9 Belgium Jaak van Velthoven Husqvarna 7 - 4 27 16 6 22 5 6 3 - - 9 5 6 5 9 7 - 5 - - 4 4 32
10 Czechoslovakia Jiří Stodůlka ČZ 5 4 21 11 15 12 - - 5 - - - - - 10 6 6 - 5 7 5 6 14 10 27
11 Sweden Jan Johansson Husqvarna 9 6 9 5 7 11 - - - - - - 8 8 - - 8 6 - - - - 6 11 27
12 Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink Husqvarna 6 8 - - 9 - - 4 10 - - - - - - - - - 8 6 10 - 3 3 21
13 Belgium Willy van Loon Husqvarna 10 5 13 8 20 15 - - 15 - - - - - 14 11 - - - - 14 10 5 5 16
14 Sweden Arne Kring Husqvarna 8 7 10 7 6 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14
15 Czechoslovakia Karel Konečný ČZ 3 - 14 9 - 19 - - 11 7 - - - - - 7 - - 12 10 11 7 17 - 12
16 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Homola ČZ 17 - - 15 8 13 6 10 12 9 - - - - 8 10 - - 11 - 12 - 18 - 10
17 Sweden Bert-Ove Wallner Husqvarna - - - - - - 7 7 - - - 10 - - - - - 10 - - - - - - 9
18 West Germany Hans Maisch Maico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 - - - - - - 8
19 West Germany Herbert Schmitz Maico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 4 - - - - - - 6
20 East Germany Heinz Hoppe ČZ 12 18 16 12 13 10 - - 19 10 7 6 - - 12 15 - - - - - - - - 5
21 Sweden Jan Erik Sallqvist Husqvarna - - - - 10 9 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5
Soviet Union Mikhail Rastvortsev ČZ - - - - 18 16 - - - - 9 - 7 13 - - - - - - - - - - 5
23 Soviet Union Viatcheslav Krasnotchekov ČZ - - - - 21 - - - 14 14 8 7 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
Netherlands Peter Willems Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 7 4
25 Italy Giuseppe Cavallero ČZ 14 9 19 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
United Kingdom Jim Aird Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 12 - - - - - - - - 2
Belgium Riik Van Hoof Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 11 - 11 - - 2
28 East Germany Manfred Stein ČZ 13 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 17 - - - - - - - - 1
Austria Siegfried Lerner KTM - - 11 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Czechoslovakia Vlastimil Válek ČZ - - - - - - - - 13 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Soviet Union Anatoly Botchkov ČZ - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Soviet Union Vladimir Ovchinnikov ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - 8 11 10 - - - - - - - - - - 1
Switzerland Walter Kalberer Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - - - - 1
Netherlands Jo Keizer Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 12 - - 9 9 1
- Finland Pauli Pippola Husqvarna - - 15 10 11 - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 12 0
United Kingdom Andy Roberton BSA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 8 - - - - - - - - 0
Sources:[3][9][10]

250cc

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(Results in italics indicate overall winner)

Pos Rider Machine ESP
Spain 		CH
Switzerland 		POL
Poland 		GER
West Germany 		YUG
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 		ITA
Italy 		NED
Netherlands 		GDR
East Germany 		FIN
Finland 		SWE
Sweden 		UK
United Kingdom 		AUT
Austria 		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 Belgium Joël Robert Suzuki 1 1 1 1 4 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 105
2 Sweden Håkan Andersson Husqvarna 5 3 9 8 5 2 6 3 - - 5 9 - - 2 3 3 3 3 2 5 4 1 - 72
3 Belgium Sylvain Geboers Suzuki - - - - 12 8 - - 2 2 - - 2 1 3 2 1 1 - - 2 2 - - 66
4 Finland Heikki Mikkola Husqvarna - - 2 3 1 3 2 2 - - 2 3 - - - - - - 2 - - - 3 1 63
5 Sweden Olle Pettersson Suzuki 4 2 7 5 6 6 7 11 - 4 - 7 3 3 7 5 4 6 - - 3 3 - - 59
6 Sweden Uno Palm Husqvarna 14 - 5 4 7 4 - - 5 3 4 5 5 5 - - 9 4 - - 10 7 5 9 53
7 Czechoslovakia Miroslav Halm ČZ - - 4 6 11 9 8 4 7 5 8 2 - 8 4 10 5 - - 5 4 5 4 4 46
8 Soviet Union Vladimir Kavinov ČZ 8 4 6 2 8 5 5 8 - - - 4 6 - 6 6 6 7 - - 8 6 6 - 41
9 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Falta ČZ - - 8 10 - - 3 7 3 7 6 6 9 - 9 7 - 10 - - 13 - 7 3 36
10 Finland Kalevi Vehkonen Husqvarna 6 - 12 7 2 1 - - - - - - 4 4 - - 7 5 4 - 11 10 8 - 33
11 Belgium Gaston Rahier ČZ 3 6 11 9 - - 18 6 - - 3 10 - - - - - - 8 7 - - - - 20
12 Sweden Torleif Hansen Husqvarna 7 - - - - - 4 1 8 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17
13 Soviet Union Pavel Rulev ČZ 22 11 - - - - 11 9 6 9 - - 7 6 - - - 8 - - 12 13 - 7 16
14 Belgium Marcel Wiertz Bultaco 9 7 - 14 - - - - 10 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 6 13
15 Soviet Union Gennady Moiseyev ČZ 2 - 3 - 3 - 9 5 9 - 7 8 - - 10 4 8 - - - 6 - - - 12
16 Sweden Bengt Arne Bonn Husqvarna 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 3 16 - - - 10
17 Soviet Union Alexej Kibirine ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 6 17 - 10 8 10
18 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 4 - - - - 8
19 United Kingdom Bryan Wade Husqvarna 12 5 - - 9 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 - - - 8
20 Czechoslovakia Otakar Toman ČZ - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 5 9 - - - 9 - - - 5 7
21 Austria Siegfried Lerner KTM - - 13 - - - - - - - - - 10 12 8 8 - - - 10 - - - - 5
22 Sweden Torsten Hallman Yamaha - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 10 - - - - - - - - - - 4
23 Belgium François Minne Ossa 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
Finland Jyrki Storm Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - 9 - 11 9 - - - - - - 20 - - - 3
Sweden Stig Pettersson Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 9 7 - - - - - 3
United Kingdom Andy Roberton Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 9 - - 3
27 East Germany Helmut Schadenberg ČZ - - - 13 - 10 - - - - - - - - - 12 - - - - - - - - 3
28 Belgium George Houssonlonge Montesa 17 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Austria Friedrich Schiechtl Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 2
30 Sweden Lars Forsberg Montesa 15 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
United Kingdom Malcolm Davis Bultaco - - - - - - - - 15 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Czechoslovakia Oldřich Hamršmíd ČZ - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Denmark Erling Rasmussen Husqvarna - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 - 22 15 - - 1
Czechoslovakia Jiří Churavý ČZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 1
Belgium Harry Everts Puch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 1
- Japan Taichi Yoshimura Suzuki 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0
Sources:[6][11][12]

Notes

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References

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