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]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | ||
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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] |
Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.[1]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
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Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Rider | Machine | CH | ITA | NED | GBR | LUX | BEL | SWE | FRA | Pts | |
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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 | |||||||||
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