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1971 FIM Motocross World Championship

Motocross championship season

Field	Value
title	1971 FIM Motocross World Championship
organizer	FIM
duration	18 April/3 October
no_of_races	24
no_of_mfrs	10
champions_title	Champions
award1_title	500cc
award1_champ	BEL Roger De Coster
award2_title	250cc
award2_champ	BEL Joël Robert
seasonslistnames	FIM Motocross World Championship
prevseason_year	1970
prevseason_link	1970 FIM Motocross World Championship
nextseason_year	1972
nextseason_link	1972 FIM Motocross World Championship

The 1971 Motocross World Championship was the 15th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.

Summary

The Suzuki factory won the premier 500cc class in their first attempt with rider Roger De Coster winning five of the 12 Grand Prix events to become the first Japanese manufacturer to win the 500cc World Championship. De Coster faced strong opposition from Maico factory team rider Åke Jonsson who won three rounds and was leading the championship going into the final event of the season in Holland.

At the season ending Dutch Grand Prix, Jonsson had built a sizeable lead over De Coster when his motorcycle’s spark plug came loose, allowing De Coster to take the lead and go to win the 1971 500 World Championship. For the second consecutive year, Jonsson had the World Championship slip from his grasp in the final round of the championship. De Coster became the first Belgian to claim the 500 division since Rene Baeten won in 1958.

In the middle of the 1971 season, the BSA factory announced that they were ceasing operations, leaving their team rider John Banks without a motorcycle. Banks would finish the season riding a privateer Husqvarna motorcycle. The BSA team remained competitive up to the end with Banks placing third at the British Grand Prix.

Suzuki also claimed the 250cc World Championship where Joël Robert dominated the smaller class, winning eight of the twelve Grand Prix events to clinch the title ahead of Husqvarna factory rider, Håkan Andersson. It would be Robert's fourth consecutive 250cc title, and second since joining the Suzuki factory racing team. It was his fifth 250cc world championship overall in his career. Four-time World Champion, Torsten Hallman, scored the Yamaha factory's first motocross world championship points with a 7th place at the 1971 250cc Dutch Grand Prix. Hallman retired at the end of the season. Siegfried Lerner scored the first motocross world championship points for the KTM factory with a 10th place at the 1971 250cc East German Grand Prix.

Grands Prix

500cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner
April 18	Italy Italian Grand Prix	Macerata	Belgium Roger De Coster	Belgium Roger De Coster	Belgium Roger De Coster	Report
May 2	Austria Austrian Grand Prix	Sittendorf	East Germany Paul Friedrichs	East Germany Paul Friedrichs	East Germany Paul Friedrichs	Report
May 16	Sweden Swedish Grand Prix	Huskvarna	Belgium Roger De Coster	Sweden Christer Hammargren	Belgium Roger De Coster	Report
May 23	Finland Finnish Grand Prix	Ruskeasanta	East Germany Paul Friedrichs	Sweden Åke Jonsson	East Germany Paul Friedrichs	Report
June 13	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Grand Prix	Stříbro	Belgium Roger De Coster	Germany Adolf Weil	Belgium Roger De Coster	Report
June 20	USSR Russian Grand Prix	Chișinău	Sweden Bengt Åberg	Sweden Åke Jonsson	Sweden Åke Jonsson	Report
June 27	East Germany East German Grand Prix	Schwerin	Sweden Bengt Åberg	Sweden Åke Jonsson	Sweden Bengt Åberg	Report
July 11	UK British Grand Prix	Farleigh Castle	Sweden Åke Jonsson	East Germany Paul Friedrichs	Sweden Åke Jonsson	Report
July 18	Germany West German Grand Prix	Bielstein	Germany Adolf Weil	Sweden Åke Jonsson	Germany Adolf Weil	Report
August 1	Belgium Belgian Grand Prix	Namur	Belgium Roger De Coster	Belgium Roger De Coster	Belgium Roger De Coster	Report
August 8	Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Prix	Ettelbruck	Belgium Roger De Coster	Sweden Åke Jonsson	Sweden Åke Jonsson	Report
August 22	Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix	Sint Anthonis	Belgium Roger De Coster	Sweden Åke Jonsson	Belgium Roger De Coster	Report

250cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner
April 18	Spain Spanish Grand Prix	Sabadell	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Report
April 25	Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix	Payerne	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Report
May 2	Poland Polish Grand Prix	Szczecin	Finland Heikki Mikkola	Finland Kalevi Vehkonen	Finland Kalevi Vehkonen	Report
May 9	Germany West German Grand Prix	Beuren	Belgium Joël Robert	SWE Torleif Hansen	Finland Heikki Mikkola	Report
May 16	Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Karlovac	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Report
May 23	Italy Italian Grand Prix	Busca	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Report
June 20	Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix	Bergharen	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Report
July 4	East Germany East German Grand Prix	Teutschenthal	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Report
August 8	Finland Finnish Grand Prix	Hyvinkää	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Report
August 15	Sweden Swedish Grand Prix	Ulricehamn	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Report
August 22	UK British Grand Prix	Bristol	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Report
October 3	Austria Austrian Grand Prix	Launsdorf	SWE Håkan Andersson	Finland Heikki Mikkola	Belgium Joël Robert	Report

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	ITA
ITA	AUT
AUT	SWE
SWE	FIN
FIN	CZE
CZE	USSR
USSR	GDR
GDR	UK
UK	GER
RFA	BEL
BEL	LUX
LUX	NED
NED	Points	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	97	2	93	3	81	4	70	5	52	6	45	7	37	8	36	9	32	10	27	11	27	12	21	13	16	14	14	15	12	16	10	17	9	18	8	19	6	20	5	21	5	5	23	4	4	25	2	2	2	28	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	0	0	Sources:
BEL Roger De Coster	Suzuki	1	1	2	-	1	2	4	6	1	2	4	3	-	-	2	4	2	3	1	1	1	2	1	2
SWE Åke Jonsson	Maico	-	3	5	28	5	4	3	1	4	4	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	1	10	1
RFA Adolf Weil	Maico	2	2	3	2	3	5	2	3	3	1	3	4	5	-	-	-	1	2	4	-	3	18	2	6
GDR Paul Friedrichs	ČZ	4	-	1	1	2	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	1	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-
SWE Bengt Åberg	Husqvarna	-	-	7	24	-	-	-	-	2	5	1	2	1	2	3	-	-	-	3	3	8	4	-	-
SWE Christer Hammargren	Husqvarna	-	-	8	6	4	1	5	8	9	8	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	10	8	4	5	-	-
UK John Banks	BSA	11	10	12	3	-	-	8	-	8	-	5	-	3	3	9	3	10	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	9	9	-	-
RFA Willy Bauer	Maico	-	-	6	4	12	8	9	-	7	6	6	5	-	7	7	9	4	-	7	9	7	8	7	8
BEL Jaak van Velthoven	Husqvarna	7	-	4	27	16	6	22	5	6	3	-	-	9	5	6	5	9	7	-	5	-	-	4	4
CSK Jiří Stodůlka	ČZ	5	4	21	11	15	12	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	6	-	5	7	5	6	14	10
SWE Jan Johansson	Husqvarna	9	6	9	5	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	6	11
NED Gerrit Wolsink	Husqvarna	6	8	-	-	9	-	-	4	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	10	-	3	3
BEL Willy van Loon	Husqvarna	10	5	13	8	20	15	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	14	11	-	-	-	-	14	10	5	5
SWE Arne Kring	Husqvarna	8	7	10	7	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CSK Karel Konečný	ČZ	3	-	14	9	-	19	-	-	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	12	10	11	7	17	-
CSK Jaroslav Homola	ČZ	17	-	-	15	8	13	6	10	12	9	-	-	-	-	8	10	-	-	11	-	12	-	18	-
SWE Bert-Ove Wallner	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
RFA Hans Maisch	Maico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
RFA Herbert Schmitz	Maico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
GDR Heinz Hoppe	ČZ	12	18	16	12	13	10	-	-	19	10	7	6	-	-	12	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SWE Jan Erik Sallqvist	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	10	9	14	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USSR Mikhail Rastvortsev	ČZ	-	-	-	-	18	16	-	-	-	-	9	-	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USSR Viatcheslav Krasnotchekov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	14	14	8	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NED Peter Willems	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7
ITA Giuseppe Cavallero	ČZ	14	9	19	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UK Jim Aird	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BEL Riik Van Hoof	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	11	-	11	-	-
GDR Manfred Stein	ČZ	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
AUT Siegfried Lerner	KTM	-	-	11	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CSK Vlastimil Válek	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USSR Anatoly Botchkov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USSR Vladimir Ovchinnikov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CH Walter Kalberer	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
NED Jo Keizer	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	-	-	9	9
FIN Pauli Pippola	Husqvarna	-	-	15	10	11	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	12
UK Andy Roberton	BSA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

250cc

(Results in italics indicate overall winner)

Pos	Rider	Machine	ESP
ESP	CH
CH	POL
POL	GER
RFA	YUG
YUG	ITA
ITA	NED
NED	GDR
GDR	FIN
FIN	SWE
SWE	UK
UK	AUT
AUT	Pts	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	105	2	72	3	66	4	63	5	59	6	53	7	46	8	41	9	36	10	33	11	20	12	17	13	16	14	13	15	12	16	10	17	10	18	8	19	8	20	7	21	5	22	4	23	3	3	3	3	27	3	28	2	2	30	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	0	Sources:
BEL Joël Robert	Suzuki	1	1	1	1	4	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
SWE Håkan Andersson	Husqvarna	5	3	9	8	5	2	6	3	-	-	5	9	-	-	2	3	3	3	3	2	5	4	1	-
BEL Sylvain Geboers	Suzuki	-	-	-	-	12	8	-	-	2	2	-	-	2	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	2	2	-	-
FIN Heikki Mikkola	Husqvarna	-	-	2	3	1	3	2	2	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	1
SWE Olle Pettersson	Suzuki	4	2	7	5	6	6	7	11	-	4	-	7	3	3	7	5	4	6	-	-	3	3	-	-
SWE Uno Palm	Husqvarna	14	-	5	4	7	4	-	-	5	3	4	5	5	5	-	-	9	4	-	-	10	7	5	9
CSK Miroslav Halm	ČZ	-	-	4	6	11	9	8	4	7	5	8	2	-	8	4	10	5	-	-	5	4	5	4	4
USSR Vladimir Kavinov	ČZ	8	4	6	2	8	5	5	8	-	-	-	4	6	-	6	6	6	7	-	-	8	6	6	-
CSK Jaroslav Falta	ČZ	-	-	8	10	-	-	3	7	3	7	6	6	9	-	9	7	-	10	-	-	13	-	7	3
FIN Kalevi Vehkonen	Husqvarna	6	-	12	7	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	7	5	4	-	11	10	8	-
BEL Gaston Rahier	ČZ	3	6	11	9	-	-	18	6	-	-	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-
SWE Torleif Hansen	Husqvarna	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USSR Pavel Rulev	ČZ	22	11	-	-	-	-	11	9	6	9	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	8	-	-	12	13	-	7
BEL Marcel Wiertz	Bultaco	9	7	-	14	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6
USSR Gennady Moiseyev	ČZ	2	-	3	-	3	-	9	5	9	-	7	8	-	-	10	4	8	-	-	-	6	-	-	-
SWE Bengt Arne Bonn	Husqvarna	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	16	-	-	-
USSR Alexej Kibirine	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	17	-	10	8
SWE Gunnar Nilsson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-
UK Bryan Wade	Husqvarna	12	5	-	-	9	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-
CSK Otakar Toman	ČZ	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	5
AUT Siegfried Lerner	KTM	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	12	8	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-
SWE Torsten Hallman	Yamaha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BEL François Minne	Ossa	13	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
FIN Jyrki Storm	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-
SWE Stig Pettersson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	7	-	-	-	-	-
UK Andy Roberton	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-
GDR Helmut Schadenberg	ČZ	-	-	-	13	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BEL George Houssonlonge	Montesa	17	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
AUT Friedrich Schiechtl	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
SWE Lars Forsberg	Montesa	15	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UK Malcolm Davis	Bultaco	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CSK Oldřich Hamršmíd	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DEN Erling Rasmussen	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	22	15	-	-
CSK Jiří Churavý	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
BEL Harry Everts	Puch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
JAP Taichi Yoshimura	Suzuki	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes

References

(December 1, 1971). "Continental Report". Cycle World.
"1971 500cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr.
"1971 500cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr.
Westlake, John. (2022). "John Banks". Mortons Motorcycle Media Ltd.
"1971 250cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr.
"1971 250cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr.
"Torsten Totte Hallman". silverpilen.net.
"1971 500cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr.
"1971 500cc motocross world championship complete results". memotocross.fr.
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"1971 250cc motocross world championship complete results". memotocross.fr.

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