The 1957 Motocross World Championship was the 1st edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.
Summary After five editions of the European Championship, from 1952 to 1956, the championship from 1957 took the name of the World Championship, at least for the 500cc class. The 250cc class, introduced this season, will also dispute five running-in seasons, from 1957 to 1961, a period in which it will take on the name of the European Cup, to become World Championship as well starting from the 1962 season.
From May 5 to August 25 the 500cc class held 9 grands prix which awarded points to the first six classified competitors, respectively: 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1. The score in the final classification of each competitor was calculated on the best four results.
Grands Prix 500cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationWinnerTeamReport 1 May 5 Swiss Grand Prix Geneva Nic Jansen Matchless Report 2 May 19 French Grand Prix Montreuil Les Archer Jr. Norton Report 3 June 2 Swedish Grand Prix Saxtorp Bill Nilsson Crescent-AJS Report 4 June 9 Italian Grand Prix Imola Bill Nilsson Crescent-AJS Report 5 July 7 British Grand Prix Hawkstone Park Jeff Smith BSA Report 6 July 28 Dutch Grand Prix Lichtenvoorde Bill Nilsson Crescent-AJS Report 7 August 4 Belgian Grand Prix Namur Sten Lundin Monark Report 8 August 11 Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck Sten Lundin Monark Report 9 August 25 Danish Grand Prix Næstved René Baeten FN ReportSources:
250cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationWinnerTeamReport 1 May 5 Swiss Grand Prix Geneva Jaromír Čížek Jawa Report 2 May 19 French Grand Prix Montreuil Alex Colin NSU Report 3 May 30 German Grand Prix Brühl Marcel Verhaegen BSA Report 4 June 15 German Grand Prix Reutlingen Fritz Betzelbacher Maico Report 5 August 4 Belgian Grand Prix Namur Willi Oesterle Maico Report 6 August 11 Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck Fritz Betzelbacher Maico Report 7 August 18 Belgian Grand Prix Genk Willi Oesterle Maico Report 8 September 22 Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf Fritz Betzelbacher Maico ReportSources:
Final standings
Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Points 8 6 4 3 2 1
500cc Pos Rider Machine CH FRA SWE ITA GBR NED BEL LUX DEN Pts 1 Bill Nilsson Crescent-AJS 2 1 1 5 1 3 3 34 2 René Baeten FN 3 2 4 2 2 1 30 3 Sten Lundin Monark 4 4 6 1 1 2 28 4 Jeff Smith BSA 3 2 1 5 4 23 5 Les Archer Jr. Norton 5 1 2 3 20 6 Auguste Mingels Saroléa 2 3 5 6 3 17 7 Nic Jansen Matchless 1 4 6 5 5 16 8 John Draper BSA 6 5 3 4 10 9 Hubert Scaillet FN 6 2 7 10 Broer Dirkx BSA 3 4 11 Gunnar Johansson BSA 4 6 4 12 Rolf Tibblin BSA 4 3 13 Lars Gustavsson BSA 4 3 14 René Klym BSA 5 2 15 Mogens Rasmussen Matchless 5 2 16 Geoff Ward Norton 6 1 17 Sten Hammerstedt Matchless 6 1 18 Herman De Soete Matchless 6 1Source:
250cc
Pos Rider Machine CH FRA GER GER BEL LUX BEL AUT Pts 1 Fritz Betzelbacher Maico 5 1 2 1 2 1 36 2 Willi Oesterle Maico 3 2 1 5 1 4 29 3 Jaromír Čížek Jawa 1 2 5 4 3 3 25 4 Alex Colin NSU 3 1 6 3 6 18 5 Marcel Verhaegen BSA 1 4 4 5 16 6 Rolf Müller Maico 4 2 2 15 7 Brian Stonebridge Greeves 2 6 8 Albert Voreux NSU 2 6 9 Maurice Bloquet NSU 3 4 10 Otto Walz Maico 3 4 11 Herbert Hubert Maico 3 4 12 Klaus Kamper Maico 4 3 Marcel Scharbano Monet Goyon 4 3 14 Jaroslav Kmoch Jawa 4 3 15 Mobi Vierdag Maico 5 2 Maurice Houssonloge Maico 5 2 17 Michel Heuqueville Gnome Rhone 5 2 18 John Avery Greeves 5 2 Alfred Jegge Motosacoche 6 6 2 20 Georges Romailler Zündapp 6 1 Oldrich Hamrsmid ČZ 6 1 Norbert René Monet Goyon 6 1 Daniel Brixner Maico 6 1Source:
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