1972 FIM Motocross World Championship season

The 1972 FIM Motocross World Championship season was the 16th F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.

Summary

Roger De Coster won his second consecutive 500cc world championship for Suzuki ahead of East German rider, Paul Friedrichs and Finnish rider Heikki Mikkola. Joël Robert, claimed his sixth 250cc title, and fifth in a row for the Suzuki factory racing team.

Grands Prix

500cc^[1]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Winner	Team	Report
1	April 23	Austrian Grand Prix	Sittendorf	Roger De Coster	Suzuki	Report
2	April 30	Swiss Grand Prix	Payerne	Heikki Mikkola	Husqvarna	Report
3	May 7	Italian Grand Prix	Pinerolo	Cancelled	-	Report
4	May 14	Swedish Grand Prix	Vasteras	Roger De Coster	Suzuki	Report
5	May 24	French Grand Prix	Corseul	Paul Friedrichs	ČZ	Report
6	June 4	Russian Grand Prix	Poltava	Roger De Coster	Suzuki	Report
7	June 11	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Prerov	Heikki Mikkola	Husqvarna	Report
8	July 9	British Grand Prix	Farleigh Castle	Roger De Coster	Suzuki	Report
9	July 16	West German Grand Prix	Beuern	Roger De Coster	Suzuki	Report
10	July 23	East German Grand Prix	Apolda	Paul Friedrichs	ČZ	Report
11	August 6	Belgian Grand Prix	Namur	Roger De Coster	Suzuki	Report
12	August 13	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Ettelbruck	Jaak van Velthoven	Yamaha	Report

Final Standings

500cc^[1]

Pos	Rider	Team	Points
1	Roger De Coster	Suzuki	90
2	Paul Friedrichs	ČZ	62
3	Heikki Mikkola	Husqvarna	61
4	Åke Jonsson	Maico	60
5	Jaak van Velthoven	Yamaha	57
6	Jiri Stodulka	ČZ	45
7	Bengt Åberg	Husqvarna	44
8	Adolf Weil	Maico	42
9	Willy Bauer	Maico	33
10	Gerrit Wolsink	Husqvarna	32

250cc

Pos	Rider	Team	Points
1	Joël Robert	Suzuki	102
2	Håkan Andersson	Yamaha	82
3	Sylvain Geboers	Suzuki	62
4	Kalevi Vehkonen	Montesa	54
5	Uno Palm	Husqvarna
6	Miroslav Halm	CZ
7	Alexej Kibirin	CZ
8	Arne Kring	Husqvarna
9	Jaroslav Falta	CZ
10	Pavel Rulev	CZ / KTM

References

External links

• Official website

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