The 1954 Motocross European Championship was the 3rd 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 25 |  Swiss Grand Prix
|
Geneva |  Auguste Mingels
|
FN | Report | |
| 2 | June 6 |  Italian Grand Prix
|
Imola | Auguste Mingels
|
FN | Report | |
| 3 | June 13 |  Dutch Grand Prix
|
Markelo |  Jeff Smith
|
BSA | Report | |
| 4 | July 4 | British Grand Prix
|
Hawkstone Park | Phil Nex
|
BSA | Report | |
| 5 | August 1 |  Luxembourg Grand Prix
|
Ettelbruck | Auguste Mingels
|
FN | Report | |
| 6 | August 8 | Belgian Grand Prix
|
Namur | René Baeten
|
Saroléa | Report | |
| 7 | August 22 |  Swedish Grand Prix
|
Saxtorp | Bill Nilsson
|
BSA | Report | |
| 8 | September 12 |  French Grand Prix
|
Montreuil | René Baeten
|
Saroléa | Report | |
| Sources:[4][5] | |||||||
Final standings
editPoints 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
|
ITA
|
NED
|
GBR
|
LUX
|
BEL
|
SWE
|
FRA
|
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auguste Mingels
|
Matchless/FN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 30 | |||
| 2 | René Baeten
|
Saroléa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | |||||
| 3 | Jeff Smith
|
BSA | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |||||
| 4 | Victor Leloup
|
FN | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | ||
| 5 | Phil Nex
|
BSA | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |||||
| 6 | Brian Stonebridge
|
BSA | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| 7 | Bill Nilsson
|
BSA | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| 8 | André Van Heuverzwijn
|
Saroléa | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| 9 | John Avery
|
BSA | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| 10 | Les Archer Jr.
|
Norton | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| 11 | David Curtis
|
Matchless | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 12 | Nic Jansen
|
Saroléa | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 13 | David Tye
|
BSA | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 14 | Gunnar Johansson
|
BSA | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| Piet Vanden Oeve
|
BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Basil Hall
|
BSA | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 15 | Gosta Nilsson
|
BSA | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| Marcel Meunier
|
Saroléa | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Jan Rombouts
|
Saroléa | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Terry Cheshire
|
BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| John Draper
|
BSA | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Carlo Molinari
|
Gilera | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 23 | Harold Lines
|
Ariel | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| Firmin Eeckhout
|
BSA | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Frans Baudoin
|
BSA | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jean Somja
|
FN | 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.
- ^ "1954 500cc European motocross championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1954 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.