1970 FIM Motocross World Championship

1970 FIM Motocross World Championship
1970 FIM Motocross World Championship
	1970 500cc World Champion Bengt Åberg from Sweden.
Organizer	FIM
Duration	12 April/9 August (500cc)
Number of races	12 (500cc)
Number of manufacturers	6 (500cc)
Champions
500cc	Bengt Åberg
250cc	Joël Robert

The 1970 Motocross World Championship was the 14th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.^[1]

Summary

Husqvarna factory supported rider Arne Kring led the 500cc world championship points standings after the first nine rounds however, he broke his back while competing in a non-championship race, forcing him to withdraw from the remaining races. Maico factory team rider Åke Jonsson posted consistent podium results and took the championship points lead going into the final round, but he failed to score any points at the season ending Luxembourg Grand Prix, which allowed Bengt Åberg to overtake him and claim his second consecutive 500cc world championship for the Husqvarna factory racing team.^[2]^[3]

The Suzuki team hired the two top finishers in last years' 250cc World Championship, Joël Robert and Sylvain Geboers. The two Suzuki teammates dominated the 1970 championship with each rider claiming four Grand Prix victories apiece.^[4]^[5] As with the previous year, the championship wasn't decided until the final round in Austria where Robert prevailed over his teammate by a slim two point margin. In just the third Grand Prix race of his career 21-year-old Husqvarna rider Torleif Hansen scores a surprising victory at the 250cc French Grand Prix. Heikki Mikkola, another Husqvarna rider, surged in the second half of the season to claim three of the final four Grands Prix to finish just one point behind third-placed Roger De Coster riding for the ČZ factory racing team.^[4]^[5] Robert's victory marked the first motocross World Championship for a Japanese manufacturer.

Grands Prix

500cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner	Report
1	April 12	Swiss Grand Prix	Payerne	Bengt Åberg	Paul Friedrichs	Bengt Åberg	Report
2	April 19	Austrian Grand Prix	Sittendorf	Bengt Åberg	Paul Friedrichs	Bengt Åberg	Report
3	May 3	Dutch Grand Prix	Lichtenvoorde	Arne Kring	Christer Hammargren	Arne Kring	Report
4	May 10	French Grand Prix	Vesoul	Arne Kring	Arne Kring	Arne Kring	Report
5	May 24	Finnish Grand Prix	Ruskeasanta	Arne Kring	Arne Kring	Arne Kring	Report
6	May 31	Swedish Grand Prix	Västerås	Christer Hammargren	Jan Johansson	Christer Hammargren	Report
7	June 14	Czechoslovak Grand Prix	Holice	Bengt Åberg	Arne Kring	Arne Kring	Report
8	June 21	Russian Grand Prix	Kharkiv	Paul Friedrichs	Paul Friedrichs	Paul Friedrichs	Report
9	July 12	West German Grand Prix	Beuern	Bengt Åberg	Adolf Weil	Bengt Åberg	Report
10	July 26	East German Grand Prix	Apolda	Bengt Åberg	Paul Friedrichs	Åke Jonsson	Report
11	August 2	Belgian Grand Prix	Namur	Roger De Coster	Åke Jonsson	Roger De Coster	Report
12	August 9	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Ettelbruck	Adolf Weil	Paul Friedrichs	Bengt Åberg	Report
Sources:^[3]^[6]

250cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner	Report
1	April 12	Spanish Grand Prix	Sabadell	Joël Robert	Joël Robert	Joël Robert	Report
2	April 19	French Grand Prix	Pernes-les-Fontaines	Miroslav Halm	Torleif Hansen	Torleif Hansen	Report
3	April 26	Belgian Grand Prix	Paal	Joël Robert	Sylvain Geboers	Sylvain Geboers	Report
4	May 10	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Orehova vas	Joël Robert	Joël Robert	Joël Robert	Report
5	May 24	Italian Grand Prix	San Severino	Joël Robert	Sylvain Geboers	Joël Robert	Report
6	May 31	Russian Grand Prix	Lvov	Sylvain Geboers	Sylvain Geboers	Sylvain Geboers	Report
7	June 7	Polish Grand Prix	Szczecin	Sylvain Geboers	Sylvain Geboers	Sylvain Geboers	Report
8	June 28	British Grand Prix	Bristol	Joël Robert	Joël Robert	Joël Robert	Report
9	August 9	Finnish Grand Prix	Hyvinkää	Heikki Mikkola	Joël Robert	Heikki Mikkola	Report
10	August 23	East German Grand Prix	Gumpelstadt	Sylvain Geboers	Sylvain Geboers	Sylvain Geboers	Report
11	August 30	Swiss Grand Prix	Wohlen	Joël Robert	Heikki Mikkola	Heikki Mikkola	Report
12	September 27	Austrian Grand Prix	Launsdorf	Heikki Mikkola	Heikki Mikkola	Heikki Mikkola	Report
Sources:^[5]^[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	CH		AUT		NED		FRA		FIN		SWE		TCH		USSR		GER		GDR		BEL		LUX		Points
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
1	Bengt Åberg	Husqvarna	1	2	1	2	2	29	4	15	5	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	2	1	-	8	4	2	2	88
2	Arne Kring	Husqvarna	3	-	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	-	2	2	1	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	80
3	Åke Jonsson	Maico	8	5	2	6	6	3	-	-	2	3	-	-	5	3	-	-	2	4	2	2	3	1	-	-	77
4	Paul Friedrichs	ČZ	9	1	6	1	-	28	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	1	1	6	6	8	1	-	-	-	1	60
5	Christer Hammargren	Husqvarna	6	6	4	9	1	9	3	23	3	6	1	4	7	5	-	-	9	5	7	-	10	-	3	4	59
6	Adolf Weil	Maico	-	-	8	10	5	30	2	3	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	3	1	3	3	2	3	1	-	55
7	Jeff Teuwissen	Husqvarna	4	3	10	8	4	2	5	2	-	5	2	5	4	22	-	-	4	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	50
8	Otakar Toman	ČZ	-	-	5	7	10	20	7	4	-	-	8	7	21	10	3	2	7	10	6	5	-	6	-	-	40
9	Jaak van Velthoven	Husqvarna	11	4	14	11	8	4	10	20	13	9	9	8	13	6	-	-	10	8	12	8	4	5	8	5	35
10	Gerrit Wolsink	Husqvarna	7	7	-	-	9	5	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	7	13	-	6	3	28
11	Heinz Hoppe	ČZ	-	-	12	14	21	15	9	6	7	4	-	-	14	23	9	8	14	15	13	9	9	9	13	8	21
12	Vic Allan	Greeves	12	-	9	4	16	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	7	-	-	8	-	9	4	-	-	9	6	18
13	Roger De Coster	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	15
14	Willy Bauer	Maico	-	-	13	13	-	-	13	9	-	-	-	-	15	16	-	-	13	12	4	6	7	10	5	-	13
15	Keith Hickman	BSA	10	9	7	5	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	6	16	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	12
16	Oldrich Hamrsmid	ČZ	-	-	-	-	24	21	6	10	8	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	11	-	-	-	-	11	7	11
17	Vladimir Ovchinikov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
	Andy Roberton	AJS	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
	Jan Johansson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
20	Jan Erik Sallqvist	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	4	-	24	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
21	Arnis Angers	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	17	4	4	-	-	26	11	-	-	-	-	8
22	Viatcheslav Krasnotchekov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	13	6	3	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	8
23	Willy van Loon	ČZ	-	-	-	15	15	10	12	22	-	-	-	9	22	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	8	7	12	7
24	Frans Sigmans	Greeves	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
	Mikhail Rastvortsev	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
	Gaston Rahier	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	5
27	Walter Van Den Broeck	Maico	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	12	9	5
28	Vlastimil Valek	Jawa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
28	Antonin Klavinsh	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
30	Zdenek Strnad	ČZ	-	-	11	12	19	12	-	-	9	11	-	-	11	12	-	-	11	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	4
31	Manfred Stein	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	17	14	-	-	-	-	3
	Jo Keizer	ČZ	-	-	15	-	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	25	15	13	-	-	-	-	3
	Hasse Hansson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
34	Pierre Karsmakers	ČZ	-	10	-	-	12	7	15	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Hans Henriksson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Miroslav Halm	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
37	Josef Loetscher	Montesa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10	1
	Joël Queirel	Husqvarna	15	11	-	-	-	-	24	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Lars Nord	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Helmut Schadenberg	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	10	10	-	-	20	17	-	-	-	-	1
-	John Banks	BSA	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Sources:^[2]^[6]

250cc

(Results in italics indicate overall winner)

Pos	Rider	Machine	ESP		FRA		BEL		YUG		ITA		USSR		POL		UK		FIN		GDR		CH		AUT		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
1	Joël Robert	Suzuki	1	1	4	-	1	2	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	2	3	1	5	2	3	96
2	Sylvain Geboers	Suzuki	2	3	12	2	2	1	5	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	-	-	4	1	1	-	2	3	-	94
3	Roger De Coster	ČZ	8	4	2	4	3	3	-	7	2	-	-	-	2	2	3	2	4	5	4	2	3	4	7	2	74
4	Heikki Mikkola	Husqvarna	10	12	-	-	-	-	4	3	5	6	2	9	-	-	5	6	1	2	-	-	2	1	1	1	73
5	Miroslav Halm	ČZ	28	18	1	3	5	6	2	4	4	4	9	2	4	5	4	4	5	7	17	7	-	6	5	4	70
6	Uno Palm	Husqvarna	13	11	6	9	-	-	7	5	6	5	3	-	3	3	13	-	6	9	7	-	5	3	9	-	43
7	Olle Pettersson	Suzuki	5	8	7	6	10	4	9	6	12	8	4	8	-	-	6	-	12	6	8	4	6	7	6	5	42
8	Torleif Hansen	Husqvarna	-	-	3	1	4	14	11	-	-	3	5	-	5	-	7	3	3	3	9	-	4	-	-	-	35
9	Jiri Stodulka	ČZ	7	7	13	-	8	9	12	8	8	10	17	4	6	6	-	15	-	-	5	10	8	8	10	-	31
10	Vladimir Kavinov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	7	-	-	11	10	3	5	-	-	-	-	26
11	Torsten Hallman	Husqvarna	6	2	5	-	-	-	10	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	17
12	Malcolm Davis	AJS	4	5	11	7	21	-	-	-	10	7	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
13	Håkan Andersson	Husqvarna	-	-	9	8	-	-	6	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	17	7	12
14	Bryan Wade	Greeves	3	6	-	-	-	-	8	-	11	-	6	15	8	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
15	Gennady Moiseyev	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	-	-	-	6	9	4	-	-	8	-	6	16	-	-	-	-	10
16	Gaston Rahier	ČZ	11	9	10	5	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
17	Karel Konecny	ČZ	17	15	14	10	-	16	-	-	9	11	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
18	Marcel Wiertz	Bultaco	27	10	8	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	6
19	Jeff Teuwissen	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
19	Viatcheslav Krasnotchekov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
21	Helmut Schumann	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	5
22	Adolf Weil	Maico	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Mikhail Rastvortsev	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Helmut Schadenberg	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	-	-	-	-	4
25	Erling Rasmussen	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Kalevi Vehkonen	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	8	12	9	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	3
	Heinz Hoppe	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	8	-	-	-	-	3
	Willy Bauer	Maico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	3
29	Eugeniusz Straczek	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Soren Lodal	ČZ	29	30	27	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Jean-Claude Nowack	Husqvarna	20	25	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	11	2
32	Pavel Rulev	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
32	Jyrki Storm	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	15	10	2
34	Anatoly Mandritchenko	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Michel Combes	AJS	21	22	17	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	17	-	-	-	-	1
	Dick Clayton	Greeves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Vlastimil Hlous	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	9	-	-	-	-	1
	Bengt Arne Bonn	AJS	9	-	15	32	12	11	-	-	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	Paul Friedrichs	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	0
	Jaak van Velthoven	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
	Andy Roberton	AJS	-	-	16	11	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Sources:^[4]^[7]

References

^ "Championnat du monde 500cc - 1970" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "1970 500cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b "1970 500cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1970 250cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1970 250cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b "1970 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b "1970 250cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

External links

Official website

[RESULTS-1] "Championnat du monde 500cc - 1970" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

[1970_500cc_motocross_world_championship_final_standings-2] "1970 500cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

[1970_500cc_motocross_world_championship_race_winners-3] "1970 500cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

[1970_250cc_motocross_world_championship_final_standings-4] "1970 250cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

[1970_250cc_motocross_world_championship_race_winners-5] "1970 250cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

[1970_500cc_motocross_world_championship_results-6] "1970 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

[1970_250cc_motocross_world_championship_results-7] "1970 250cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

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