1970 FIM Motocross World Championship season

The 1970 FIM Motocross World Championship season was the 14th F.I.M.

Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme is the governing body of motorcycle racing. It represents 103 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regional continental unions....

Motocross Racing World Championship season.

Summary

Bengt Åberg

Bengt Åberg is a former Swedish motocross racer. He was one of the top riders in the Motocross Grand Prix World Championships during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968 he was part of the Swedish team that won the Trophée des Nations. He was the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1969...

won his second consecutive 500cc world championship for Husqvarna

Husqvarna Motorcycles

Husqvarna Motorcycles, a subsidiary of BMW, is a company manufacturing motocross, enduro and supermoto motorcycles. The company began producing motorcycles in 1903 at Huskvarna, Sweden, as a branch of the Husqvarna armament firm which had supplied the Swedish army with rifles since 1689.-History:As...

. Joël Robert

Joël Robert

Joël Robert is a Belgian motocross racer who won the 250cc Motocross World Championship six times including five times in a row....

claimed the 250cc title for Suzuki

Suzuki

is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

, marking the first championship for a Japanese manufacturer in the motocross world championships.

500cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Winner	Team	Report
1	April 12	Swiss Grand Prix	Payerne Payerne Payerne is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the seat of the district of Payerne, and is now part of the district of Broye-Vully....	Bengt Åberg Bengt Åberg Bengt Åberg is a former Swedish motocross racer. He was one of the top riders in the Motocross Grand Prix World Championships during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968 he was part of the Swedish team that won the Trophée des Nations. He was the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1969...	Husqvarna Husqvarna Motorcycles Husqvarna Motorcycles, a subsidiary of BMW, is a company manufacturing motocross, enduro and supermoto motorcycles. The company began producing motorcycles in 1903 at Huskvarna, Sweden, as a branch of the Husqvarna armament firm which had supplied the Swedish army with rifles since 1689.-History:As...	Report
2	April 19	Austrian Grand Prix	Sittendorf	Bengt Åberg	Husqvarna	Report
3	May 3	Dutch Grand Prix	Lichtenvoorde Lichtenvoorde Lichtenvoorde is a town in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Oost Gelre.Until 1 January 2005, Lichtenvoorde was an independent municipality. It includes also four small villages: Lievelde, Zieuwent, Vragender and Harreveld. The number of inhabitants in this municipality is about 20,000.The...	Arne Kring Arne Kring Arne Kring is a Swedish former motocross racer. His greatest successes came in the 1970s and after. Like many Swedes of his time, he rode Husqvarna bikes. The Austrian Erich Glavitza described Kring's remarkable style in his book Moto-Cross: Härte ohne Grenzen, published in 1974...	Husqvarna	Report
4	May 10	French Grand Prix	Vesoul Vesoul Vesoul is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.The town is the capital of the department, its inhabitants are known in French as Vésuliens.-Notable people:...	Arne Kring	Husqvarna	Report
5	May 24	Finnish Grand Prix	Ruskensanta	Arne Kring	Husqvarna	Report
6	May 31	Swedish Grand Prix	Vasteras Västerås Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm...	Christer Hammargren	Husqvarna	Report
7	June 14	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Holice Holice (Pardubice District) Holice, Holice v Čechách is a town in Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic.- History :Holice was first mentioned in 1336. It obtained the town status in the 15th century.- Holice microregion :...	Arne Kring	Husqvarna	Report
8	June 21	Russian Grand Prix	Kharkov	Paul Friedrichs Paul Friedrichs Paul Friedrichs was an East German motocross racer. He won three consecutive FIM 500cc motocross world championships from 1966 to 1968....	ČZ Ceská Zbrojovka Strakonice Česká zbrojovka is a Czech firearms manufacturer also known for making ČZ motorcycles. ČZ was established as a branch of the Škoda Works Armament in Strakonice, Czechoslovakia in September 1919.-History:...	Report
9	July 12	West German Grand Prix	Beuern	Bengt Åberg	Husqvarna	Report
10	July 26	East German Grand Prix	Apolda Apolda Apolda is a town in central Thuringia, Germany, the capital of the Weimarer Land district. It is situated in the center of the triangle Weimar - Jena - Naumburg near the river Ilm, c. 15 km east by north from Weimar, on the main line of railway from Berlin via Halle, to...	Åke Jonsson Åke Jonsson Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...	Maico Maico For the manga series, see Maico 2010.Maicowerk A.G. was founded in 1926, originally assembling 98 and 123 cc Ilo two stroke motors. After World War II the West German motorcycle manufacturer began producing its own unit construction two stroke engines, selling engines and complete motorcycles...	Report
11	August 2	Belgian Grand Prix	Namur Namur (city) Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....	Roger De Coster	ČZ	Report
12	August 9	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Ettelbruck Ettelbruck Ettelbruck is a commune with city status in central Luxembourg, with a population of approximately 7,500. As of 2005, the town of Ettelbruck itself, which lies in the east of the commune, has a population of 6,191. The town of Warken and Grentzingen are also within the commune...	Bengt Åberg	Husqvarna	Report

250cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Winner	Team	Report
1	April 12	Spanish Grand Prix	Sabadell Sabadell Sabadell is the second largest city in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the comarca, on the River Ripoll, 20 km north-west of Barcelona...	Joël Robert Joël Robert Joël Robert is a Belgian motocross racer who won the 250cc Motocross World Championship six times including five times in a row....	Suzuki Suzuki is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...	Report
2	April 19	French Grand Prix	Pernes-les-Fontaines Pernes-les-Fontaines Pernes-les-Fontaines is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...	Torleif Hansen	Husqvarna	Report
3	April 26	Belgian Grand Prix	Paal Paal, Belgium Paal is a town and borough in the municipality of Beringen, in the Belgian Limburg Campine. Once known as Pael, the town has a long history.The town plays an important role in both the industry and tourism of Beringen...	Sylvain Geboers Sylvain Geboers Sylvain Geboers is a Belgian former professional motocross racer and current motocross team manager.Geboers was one of the top motocross racers of the late 1960s and early 1970s, finishing in the top three of the F.I.M. 250cc motocross World Championships for five consecutive years from 1968 to...	Suzuki	Report
4	May 10	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Orehova vas Orehova vas Orehova vas is a settlement in the Hoče-Slivnica municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the edge of the flatlands on the right bank of the river Drava to the south of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria...	Joël Robert	Suzuki	Report
5	May 24	Italian Grand Prix	San Severino San Severino -Places in Italy:Mercato San Severino, a commune of the Province of SalernoSan Severino Lucano, a commune of the Province of PotenzaSan Severino Marche, a commune in the Province of MacerataSan Severino, an hamlet of Centola in the Province of Salerno...	Joël Robert	Suzuki	Report
6	May 31	Russian Grand Prix	Lvov	Sylvain Geboers	Suzuki	Report
7	June 7	Polish Grand Prix	Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....	Sylvain Geboers	Suzuki	Report
8	June 28	British Grand Prix	Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...	Joël Robert	Suzuki	Report
9	August 9	Finnish Grand Prix	Hyvinkää Hyvinkää Hyvinkää is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in Uusimaa region, approximately north of the capital Helsinki. The town was chartered in 1960. Hyvinkää belongs to the Province of Southern Finland. The population of Hyvinkää is ....	Heikki Mikkola Heikki Mikkola Heikki Antero Mikkola was a four-time World Champion motocross racer. Known as the "Flying Finn", and characterized by a fierce, determined style, he was the first Finn to win a motocross world championship....	Husqvarna	Report
10	August 23	West German Grand Prix	Kali Merkers	Sylvain Geboers	Suzuki	Report
11	August 30	Swiss Grand Prix	Wohlen	Heikki Mikkola	Husqvarna	Report
12	September 27	Austrian Grand Prix	Launsdorf	Heikki Mikkola	Husqvarna	Report

500cc

Pos	Rider	Team	Points
1	Bengt Åberg Bengt Åberg Bengt Åberg is a former Swedish motocross racer. He was one of the top riders in the Motocross Grand Prix World Championships during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968 he was part of the Swedish team that won the Trophée des Nations. He was the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1969...	Husqvarna Husqvarna Motorcycles Husqvarna Motorcycles, a subsidiary of BMW, is a company manufacturing motocross, enduro and supermoto motorcycles. The company began producing motorcycles in 1903 at Huskvarna, Sweden, as a branch of the Husqvarna armament firm which had supplied the Swedish army with rifles since 1689.-History:As...	88
2	Arne Kring Arne Kring Arne Kring is a Swedish former motocross racer. His greatest successes came in the 1970s and after. Like many Swedes of his time, he rode Husqvarna bikes. The Austrian Erich Glavitza described Kring's remarkable style in his book Moto-Cross: Härte ohne Grenzen, published in 1974...	Husqvarna	80
3	Åke Jonsson Åke Jonsson Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...	Maico Maico For the manga series, see Maico 2010.Maicowerk A.G. was founded in 1926, originally assembling 98 and 123 cc Ilo two stroke motors. After World War II the West German motorcycle manufacturer began producing its own unit construction two stroke engines, selling engines and complete motorcycles...	77
4	Paul Friedrichs Paul Friedrichs Paul Friedrichs was an East German motocross racer. He won three consecutive FIM 500cc motocross world championships from 1966 to 1968....	ČZ Ceská Zbrojovka Strakonice Česká zbrojovka is a Czech firearms manufacturer also known for making ČZ motorcycles. ČZ was established as a branch of the Škoda Works Armament in Strakonice, Czechoslovakia in September 1919.-History:...	60
5	Christer Hammargren	Husqvarna	59
6	Adolf Weil Adolf Weil (motorcyclist) Adolf Weil was a German motocross racer. He competed in the FIM 250cc and 500cc Motocross Grand Prix world championships as a rider for the Maico factory racing team during the 1960s and 1970s....	Maico	55
7	Josef Teuwissen	Husqvarna	50
8	Otakar Toman	ČZ	40
9	Jaak van Velthoven Jaak Van Velthoven Jaak van Velthoven is a Belgian former professional motocross racer. He competed in the F.I.M. 500cc motocross world championships during the 1970s. Van Velthoven's best individual performance was a third place in the 500cc World Championship in 1973 with the Yamaha factory racing team...	Husqvarna	35
10	Gerrit Wolsink Gerrit Wolsink Gerrit Wolsink is a Dutch former Grand Prix motocross racer who competed in motocross Grand Prix world championships in the mid- to late 1970s. He is best remembered for being a five-time winner of the 500cc United States Grand Prix of motocross.A dentist by training, Gerrit Wolsink chose a career...	Husqvarna	35

250cc

Pos	Rider	Team	Points
1	Joël Robert Joël Robert Joël Robert is a Belgian motocross racer who won the 250cc Motocross World Championship six times including five times in a row....	Suzuki Suzuki is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...	96
2	Sylvain Geboers Sylvain Geboers Sylvain Geboers is a Belgian former professional motocross racer and current motocross team manager.Geboers was one of the top motocross racers of the late 1960s and early 1970s, finishing in the top three of the F.I.M. 250cc motocross World Championships for five consecutive years from 1968 to...	Suzuki	94
3	Roger De Coster	ČZ Ceská Zbrojovka Strakonice Česká zbrojovka is a Czech firearms manufacturer also known for making ČZ motorcycles. ČZ was established as a branch of the Škoda Works Armament in Strakonice, Czechoslovakia in September 1919.-History:...	77
4	Heikki Mikkola Heikki Mikkola Heikki Antero Mikkola was a four-time World Champion motocross racer. Known as the "Flying Finn", and characterized by a fierce, determined style, he was the first Finn to win a motocross world championship....	Husqvarna Husqvarna Husqvarna , originally a military arsenal founded in 1689 to produce muskets for the Swedish Army.The company Husqvarna has since grown, and its production has changed from weapons, sewing machines, kitchen equipment, bicycles and motorcycles to lawn mowers, chainsaws and construction products. The...	74
5	Miroslav Halm	ČZ	70
6	Uno Palm	Husqvarna	43
7	Ollie Petterson	Suzuki	42
8	Torleif Hansen	Husqvarna	35
9	Jiri Stodulka	ČZ	26
10	Vladimir Kavinov	ČZ	25

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