1963 FIM Motocross World Championship

OrganizerFIM

Duration22 March/8 September

Number of races26

Number of manufacturers16

1963 FIM Motocross World Championship
Action from the 500cc Dutch Grand Prix on 19 May 1963 in Markelo, Holland.
Organizer	FIM
Duration	22 March/8 September
Number of races	26
Number of manufacturers	16
Champions
500cc	Rolf Tibblin
250cc	Torsten Hallman
Motocross World Championship seasons
← 1962 1964 →

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.

Rolf Tibblin overtook the early championship points leader, Jeff Smith, to claim his second consecutive 500cc motocross world championship, with his countryman Sten Lundin taking second place. Tibblin took five Grand Prix victories riding for the Husqvarna factory racing team.^[1]^[2]

A significant moment in motocross history occurred when ČZ factory rider Vlastimil Válek rode a 263cc two-stroke motorcycle to win the first moto of the 500cc Czechoslovak Grand Prix.^[3] The victory marked a turning point in motocross history, as it was the first win by a two-stroke powered motorcycle in the premier division of the Motocross World Championships.^[3] The FIM responded to protests from four-stroke manufacturers by increasing the minimum allowable displacement for two-stroke engines to 350cc.

Tibblin's Husqvarna teammate Torsten Hallman also claimed his second consecutive 250cc motocross world championship in dominating fashion by winning 8 of the 14 Grand Prix races. The ČZ factory continued to refine and improve their motorcycles, with riders Vlastimil Válek, Igor Grigoriev, and Karel Pilař finishing second, third, and fourth in the 250cc class final points standings.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Grands Prix

500cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner	Report
1	April 21	Austrian Grand Prix	Sittendorf	Rolf Tibblin	Sten Lundin	Sten Lundin	Report
2	May 5	Swiss Grand Prix	Wohlen	Bill Nilsson	Sten Lundin	Sten Lundin	Report
3	May 12	Danish Grand Prix	Volk Mølle	Jeff Smith	Jeff Smith	Jeff Smith	Report
4	May 19	Dutch Grand Prix	Markelo	Jeff Smith	Rolf Tibblin	Rolf Tibblin	Report
5	May 20	French Grand Prix	Saint-Quentin	Rolf Tibblin	Rolf Tibblin	Rolf Tibblin	Report
6	June 9	Italian Grand Prix	Imola	Rolf Tibblin	Rolf Tibblin	Rolf Tibblin	Report
7	June 23	Czechoslovak Grand Prix	Divoká Šárka	Vlastimil Válek	Rolf Tibblin	Rolf Tibblin	Report
8	June 30	Russian Grand Prix	Lviv	Ove Lundell	Ove Lundell	Ove Lundell	Report
9	July 7	British Grand Prix	Hawkstone Park	Jeff Smith	Don Rickman	Jeff Smith	Report
10	August 3	Belgian Grand Prix	Namur	Rolf Tibblin	Rolf Tibblin	Rolf Tibblin	Report
11	August 11	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Ettelbruck	Ove Lundell	Per Olaf Persson	Sten Lundin	Report
12	September 8	East German Grand Prix	Gumpelstadt	Jeff Smith	Jeff Smith	Jeff Smith	Report
Sources:^[1]

250cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner	Report
1	March 22	Spanish Grand Prix	Ruta	Dave Bickers	Torsten Hallman	Dave Bickers	Report
2	March 31	Italian Grand Prix	Gallarate	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
3	April 14	French Grand Prix	Pernes-les-Fontaines	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
4	April 21	Swiss Grand Prix	Payerne	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
5	May 12	West German Grand Prix	Bielstein	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
6	May 26	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Schifflange	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
7	June 9	Dutch Grand Prix	Bergharen	Vlastimil Válek	Torsten Hallman	Vlastimil Válek	Report
8	June 16	British Grand Prix	Shrubland Park	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
9	June 30	Swedish Grand Prix	Vännäs	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
10	July 7	Finnish Grand Prix	Vantaa	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Torsten Hallman	Report
11	July 14	Russian Grand Prix	Moscow	Vlastimil Válek	Torsten Hallman	Vlastimil Válek	Report
12	July 21	Polish Grand Prix	Kielce	Vlastimil Válek	Karel Pilař	Vlastimil Válek	Report
13	July 27	Czechoslovak Grand Prix	Holice	Vlastimil Válek	Vlastimil Válek	Vlastimil Válek	Report
14	August 4	East German Grand Prix	Apolda	Paul Friedrichs	Vlastimil Válek	Karel Pilař	Report
Sources:^[4]

Final standings

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers. For the final 500cc championship standings, half of the competitors' results + 1 are retained. Thus with 12 500cc Grand Prix, the 7 best results are retained. For the final 250cc championship standings, the 7 best results are retained.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc

(Results in italics indicate overall winner)

Pos	Rider	Machine	AUT		CH		DEN		NED		FRA		ITA		TCH		USSR		UK		BEL		LUX		GDR		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	Pts
1	Rolf Tibblin	Husqvarna	1	4	2	7	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	-	1	1	4	-	-	-	52
2	Sten Lundin	Lito	3	1	3	1	3	4	4	3	5	6	2	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	2	2	3	48
3	Jeff Smith	BSA	8	6	4	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	NC	NC	9	4	5	4	1	2	3	3	6	4	1	1	44
4	Per Olaf Persson	Husqvarna	6	5	6	4	8	6	7	4	10	10	4	4	-	-	2	-	-	-	8	6	9	1	3	2	20
5	Arthur Lampkin	BSA	12	9	-	-	4	5	8	10	12	34	5	3	5	9	4	5	3	3	7	-	8	5	-	-	18
6	Bill Nilsson	BSA	2	2	1	3	10	3	3	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
7	Ove Lundell	Monark	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	3	14	6	-	1	1	-	-	4	4	1	-	-	-	13
8	John Burton	BSA	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	21	7	5	13	6	-	-	17	-	11	15	5	3	-	-	9
9	Vlastimil Válek	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
10	Ervín Krajčovič	ESO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5
11	Derek Rickman	Triumph-Métisse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
12	André Chuchard	Triumph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
13	Mogens Rasmussen	Matchless	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
14	Karel Pilař	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
15	Josef Hřebeček	ESO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3
16	Nic Jansen	Matchless-Métisse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	7	7	-	-	3
17	Heinz Krech	ESO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	2
18	Chris Horsfield	Matchless	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
19	Antonin Klavinsh	ESO	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	2
20	Hubert Scaillet	Triumph-Métisse	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	8	3	NC	NC	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	2	-	-	-	2
21	Broer Dirkx	Lito	10	23	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	1
22	Igor Kazakov	ESO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	17	5
23	Emilio Ostorero	Husqvarna	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	11	29	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
24	Walter Baeten	Jawa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
-	Fritz Betzelbacher	Maico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
	Don Rickman	Triumph-Métisse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
	Vic Eastwood	Matchless	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	13	33	NC	6	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Source:^[7]

250cc

(Results in italics indicate overall winner)

Pos	Rider	Machine	ESP		ITA		FRA		CH		GER		LUX		NED		UK		SWE		FIN		USSR		POL		TCH		GDR		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	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Torsten Hallman	Husqvarna	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	2	2	-	-	56
2	Vlastimil Válek	ČZ	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	-	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	-	-	2	2	1	3	1	2	1	1	-	1	50
3	Igor Grigoriev	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	9	6	5	3	-	-	-	-	4	5	2	4	2	3	7	5	2	3	32
4	Karel Pilař	ČZ	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	4	5	3	7	3	7	8	4	-	-	5	-	5	2	11	1	4	6	3	2	24
5	Jan Johansson	Lindstrom	6	5	3	4	31	32	-	-	-	-	6	-	2	4	5	7	5	3	-	-	7	5	-	-	3	4	-	-	21
6	Cenneth Loof	Greeves	-	-	5	-	4	10	-	-	-	-	4	4	8	-	4	5	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
7	Dave Bickers	Greeves	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
8	Alan Clough	Greeves	21	4	2	2	2	4	4	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
9	Olle Pettersson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
10	Arne Kring	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
11	Pentti Kalteva	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	16	26	13	5	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	4	9	-	-	-	5
12	Fritz Selling	Greeves	-	-	7	6	10	5	10	4	12	13	13	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	15	5
13	John Banks	Dot	10	13	-	-	9	28	8	3	-	-	-	13	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
14	Christoph Specht	Maico	3	6	-	-	32	8	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	4
	Paul Friedrichs	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	4
	Fritz Betzelbacher	Maico	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Don Rickman	Bultaco-Métisse	19	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Zdeněk Polánka	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	4	4	4
	Fred Willamowski	MZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	5	7	4
20	Victor Arbekov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	John Griffith	Dot	4	-	-	5	5	3	5	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Vladimir Gorulko	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	3
	Raimo Rein	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	8	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Petr Dobrý	Jawa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	3
25	Chris Horsfield	James	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Emilio Ostorero	Husqvarna	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Ulrich Gerster	Greeves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	2
	Joël Robert	Greeves	9	8	9	10	-	-	-	-	17	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Sivert Eriksson	Greeves	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	9	12	8	5	-	-	-	6	9	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
30	Oriol Puig Bulto	Bultaco	8	9	-	-	17	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Jussi Norrena	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Lars Olsson	Greeves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Ernst Wolff	MZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	7	6	1
-	Aarno Erola	Montesa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Sources:^[5]^[8]

1963 FIM Motocross World Championship

Grands Prix

500cc

250cc

Final standings

500cc

250cc

Notes

References

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