1953 Motocross European Championship
The 1953 Motocross European Championship was the 2nd edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.[1]
Since 1957 this championship has then become the current Motocross World Championship.[2]
It should not be confused with the European Motocross Championship, now organized by the FIM Europe, whose first edition was held in 1988.[3]
Grands Prix
[edit]| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 26 |  Swiss Grand Prix | Geneva |  Basil Hall | BSA | Report | |
| 2 | May 14 | Dutch Grand Prix | Norg |  Auguste Mingels | Matchless | Report | |
| 3 | May 31 |  French Grand Prix | Lyon | Auguste Mingels | Matchless | Report | |
| 4 | June 14 |  Italian Grand Prix | Imola | Auguste Mingels | Matchless | Report | |
| 5 | July 5 | British Grand Prix | Brands Hatch | Brian Stonebridge | Greeves | Report | |
| 6 | August 2 | Belgian Grand Prix | Namur | René Baeten | Saroléa | Report | |
| 7 | August 8 |  Luxembourg Grand Prix | Ettelbruck | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | Report | |
| 8 | August 30 |  Swedish Grand Prix | Saxtorp | René Baeten | Saroléa | Report | |
| Sources:[4][5] | |||||||
Final standings
[edit]500cc
[edit]Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.[1]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Machine | CH | NED | FRA | ITA | GBR | BEL | LUX | SWE | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auguste Mingels | Matchless/FN | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 | |||
| 2 | René Baeten | Saroléa | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19 | |||||
| 3 | Victor Leloup | FN | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||
| 4 | Basil Hall | BSA | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | |||||
| 5 | Les Archer Jr. | Norton | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||||
| 6 | Geoff Ward | AJS | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| 7 | Phil Nex | Saroléa | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | |||||
| 8 | Nic Jansen | Saroléa | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
| Brian Stonebridge | BSA | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 10 | Frans Baudoin | Matchless | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| Henri Frantz | BSA | 5 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| Kuno Johansson | BSA | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 13 | Marcel Cox | Matchless | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Bill Nilsson | AJS | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Gaston Prieur | FN | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Don Rickman | BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| André Van Heuverzwijn | Saroléa | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | John Avery | BSA | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| Eric Cheney | Norton | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| René Collee | BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Carlo Molinari | BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Monty Banks | BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 23 | Jacques Charrier | BSA | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| Albert Cordonnier | FN | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gunnar Johansson | BSA | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Albert Koning | AJS | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bob Manns | AJS | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Source:[5] | |||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Championnat de Europe 500cc" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "MXoN History". mxgp.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "FIM Europe - 2021 Yearbook" (PDF). fim-europe.com. p. 100. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "1953 500cc European motocross championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1953 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
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