# Wereldkampioenschap motorcross 1957

Het seizoen 1957 van het Wereldkampioenschap motorcross was de 1e editie van dit kampioenschap, georganiseerd door de FIM. De officiële kalender bestond uit 9 Grand Prix, gehouden tussen 5 mei en 25 augustus.

## Score systeem

| Positie | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Punten | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

## Wedstrijden en Uitslagen
### 500cc

| Ronde | Datum | Grand Prix | Locatie | Winnaar Grand Prix | Motor |
| 1 | 5 mei | Zwitserland | Genève | Nic Jansen | Matchless |
| 2 | 19 mei | Frankrijk | Montreuil | Leslie Archer | Norton |
| 3 | 2 juni | Zweden | Saxtorp | Bill Nilsson | AJS |
| 4 | 9 juni | Italië | Imola | Bill Nilsson | AJS |
| 5 | 7 juli | Verenigd Koninkrijk | Hawkstone Park | Jeffrey Smith | BSA |
| 6 | 28 juli | Nederland | Lichtenvoorde | Bill Nilsson | AJS |
| 7 | 4 augustus | België | Namen | Sten Lundin | Monark |
| 8 | 11 augustus | Luxemburg | Ettelbruck | Sten Lundin | Monark |
| 9 | 25 augustus | Denemarken | Næstved | René Baeten | FN |

## Deelnemerslijst

| Aantal | Constructeur | Nr | Coureur | Wedstrijden |
| 1 | Saroléa | | Auguste Mingels | 1-2, 4, 7-8 |
| 2 | Matchless | | Nic Jansen | 1-2, 5, 7-8 |
| 3 | Matchless | | André van Heuverswijn | 2 |
| 4 | Matchless | | Arthur Nuytz | 3, 6 |
| 5 | Matchless | | Pol Bresselers | 6-7 |
| 6 | Matchless | | Herman de Soete | 7-8 |
| 7 | Matchless | | Jean Somja | 7 |
| 8 | Matchless | | Dave Curtis | 5 |
| 9 | Matchless | | Manfred Wolter | 9 |
| 10 | Matchless | | Per Olaf Persson | 3, 9 |
| 11 | Matchless | | Sven Hammarstedt | 3 |
| 12 | Matchless | | Ejvind Hansen | 4-5, 7 |
| 13 | Matchless | | Mogens Rasmussen | 9 |
| 14 | Matchless | | Jan Clynk | 6-8 |
| 15 | Matchless | | Willy van den Elzen | 6 |
| 16 | Matchless | | Frans Baudouin | 7-8 |
| 17 | BSA | | Jan Rombouts | 1 |
| 18 | BSA | | Alfons Rombauts | 7 |
| 19 | BSA | | Fernand Nery | 7-8 |
| 20 | BSA | | Albert Cordonnier | 8 |
| 21 | BSA | | Jean Crosset | 8 |
| 22 | BSA | | John Draper | 2-7, 9 |
| 23 | BSA | E2 | Jeffrey Smith | 2-7, 9 |
| 24 | BSA | | Bryan Sharp | 4 |
| 25 | BSA | | Phil Nex | 4-5 |
| 26 | BSA | | Brian Martin | 5 |
| 27 | BSA | | Arthur Lampkin | 5 |
| 28 | BSA | | Derek Rickman | 5 |
| 29 | BSA | | Terry Cheshire | 6 |
| 30 | BSA | | Florian Thevenaz | 1, 4 |
| 31 | BSA | | Pierre André Rapin | 1 |
| 32 | BSA | | Albert Courajod | 1, 4 |
| 33 | BSA | | Frédy Von Arx | 4 |
| 34 | BSA | | Bartl Kohler | 1-2, 4 |
| 35 | BSA | | Giovani Casagrande | 4 |
| 36 | BSA | | Gunnar Johansson | 2, 6, 9 |
| 37 | BSA | | Eje Bergman | 3 |
| 38 | BSA | | Arne Larsson | 3 |
| 39 | BSA | | Rolf Tibblin | 3, 5 |
| 40 | BSA | | Kaj Bornebusch | 3, 9 |
| 41 | BSA | | Lars Gustafsson | 5-6, 8-9 |
| 42 | BSA | | René Klym | 1-2 |
| 43 | BSA | | Gilbert Brassine | 1 |
| 44 | BSA | | Jacques Schmid | 2, 7 |
| 45 | BSA | | André Chuchart | 2 |
| 46 | BSA | | Paul Vouillon | 2 |
| 47 | BSA | | Henri Frantz | 2 |
| 48 | BSA | | Jacques Charrier | 7 |
| 49 | BSA | | Raimo Rein | 3 |
| 50 | BSA | | Tarkko Honkala | 3 |
| 51 | BSA | | Boris Rasbro | 3, 9 |
| 52 | BSA | | Palle Andersen | 9 |
| 53 | BSA | | Broer Dirkx | 5-6 |
| 54 | BSA | | Joep Jansen | 5-6 |
| 55 | BSA | | Jan van der Meil | 6 |
| 56 | BSA | | Piet van den Oever | 6 |
| 57 | BSA | | Robert Klym | 2 |
| 58 | FN | 5 | René Baeten | 1-7, 9 |
| 59 | FN | | Hubert Scaillet | 1, 4, 7-8 |
| 60 | FN | | Lucien Donnay | 1, 7-8 |
| 61 | Norton | 1 | Leslie Archer | 1-6 |
| 62 | Norton | | Geoff Ward | 1, 5 |
| 63 | Norton | | Eric Cheney | 2, 4 |
| 64 | Velocette | | Michel Metraux | 1 |
| 65 | Velocette | | Théo Witberg | 6 |
| 66 | Maico | | Willi Oesterle | 7 |
| 67 | Gilera | | Vincenzo Soletti | 1 |
| 68 | Gilera | | Jacques Melioli | 4 |
| 69 | Monark | 44 | Sten Lundin | 1, 3, 5-9 |
| 70 | Monark | | Allan Eklund | 3 |
| 71 | Monark | | Ove Lundel | 3-4 |
| 72 | AJS | 32 | Bill Nilsson | 2-7, 9 |
| 73 | AJS | | Inge Johansson | 3 |
| 74 | AJS | | Gosta Nilsson | 3 |
| 75 | AJS | | Gunnar Eriksson | 3 |
| 76 | AJS | | Tord Strand | 3 |
| 77 | AJS | | Niels Blumensaadt | 4 |
| 78 | AJS | | Hans Christian Pedersen | 9 |
| 79 | Ariel | | Lars Andersson | 3 |
| 80 | Ariel | | Bertil Anserson | 9 |
| 81 | Ariel | | Fritz Selling | 6 |
| 82 | Ariel | | Robert Selling | 9 |
| 83 | Eso | | Miroslav Soucek | 1 |
| 84 | Triumph | | Jacob Lynegaard | 3 |
| 85 | / | | Sven Age Hansen | 9 |

## 500 cc
### Eindstand

De beste 5 resultaten telden mee voor de eindstand.
| Positie | Coureur | Motor | ZWI | FRA | ZWE | ITA | GBR | NED | BEL | LUX | DEN | Punten |
| 1 | Bill Nilsson | AJS | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | | 3 | 34 |
| 2 | René Baeten | FN | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | / | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 30 |
| 3 | Sten Lundin | Monark | 4 | | / | | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| 4 | Jeff Smith | BSA | | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Leslie Archer | Norton | 5 | 1 | / | / | 2 | 3 | | | | 20 |
| 6 | Auguste Mingels | Saroléa | 2 | 3 | | 5 | | | 6 | 3 | | 17 |
| 7 | Nic Jansen | Matchless | 1 | 4 | | 7 | 6 | | 5 | 5 | | 16 |
| 8 | John Draper | BSA | | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | 12 | | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | Hubert Scaillet | FN | / | | | 6 | | | DNF | 2 | | 7 |
| 10 | Broer Dirkx | BSA | | | | | 3 | 7 | | | | 4 |
| 11 | Gunnar Johansson | BSA | | 8 | | | | 4 | | | 6 | 4 |
| 12 | Rolf Tibblin | BSA | | | 4 | | 11 | | | | | 3 |
| 13 | Lars Gustafsson | BSA | | | | | 9 | 8 | | 4 | | 3 |
| 14 | Robert Klym | BSA | | 5 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 15 | Mogens Rasmussen | Matchless | | | | | | | | | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | Geoff Ward | Norton | 6 | | | | 8 | | | | | 1 |
| 17 | Sven Hammerstedt | Matchless | | | 6 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 18 | Herman de Soete | Matchless | | | | | | | 11 | 6 | | 1 |
| 19 | René Klym | BSA | 7 | / | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 20 | Ove Lundel | Monark | | | 7 | / | | | | | | 0 |
| 21 | Brian Martin | BSA | | | | | 7 | | | | | 0 |
| 22 | Alfons Rombauts | BSA | | | | | | | 7 | | | 0 |
| 23 | Albert Cordonnier | BSA | | | | | | | | 7 | | 0 |
| 24 | Boris Rasbro | BSA | | | / | | | | | | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | Lucien Donnay | FN | 8 | | | | | | 8 | 11 | | 0 |
| 26 | Arthur Nuytz | Matchless | | | 8 | | | / | | | | 0 |
| 27 | Phil Nex | BSA | | | | 8 | 10 | | | | | 0 |
| 28 | Jan Clynk | Matchless | | | | | | 14 | 9 | 8 | | 0 |
| 29 | Florian Thevenaz | BSA | 9 | | | / | | | | | | 0 |
| 30 | André Van Heuverswijn | Matchless | | 9 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Kaj Bornebusch | BSA | | | 9 | | | | | | 14 | 0 |
| 32 | Albert Courajod | BSA | / | | | 9 | | | | | | 0 |
| 33 | Terry Cheshire | BSA | | | | | | 9 | | | | 0 |
| 34 | Jean Crosset | BSA | | | | | | | | 9 | | 0 |
| 35 | Bertil Anserson | Ariel | | | | | | | | | 9 | 0 |
| 36 | Pierre André Rapin | BSA | 10 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 37 | Inge Johnasson | AJS | | | 10 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 38 | Jacques Melioli | Gilera | | | | 10 | | | | | | 0 |
| 39 | Joep Jansen | BSA | | | | | / | 10 | | | | 0 |
| 40 | Fernand Nery | BSA | | | | | | | 10 | 10 | | 0 |
| 41 | Per Olaf Persson | Matchless | | | / | | | | | | 10 | 0 |
| 42 | Michel Metraux | Velocette | 11 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 43 | Bartl Kohler | BSA | / | 11 | | / | | | | | | 0 |
| 44 | Fritz Selling | Ariel | | | | | | 11 | | | | 0 |
| 45 | Sven Age Hansen | / | | | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| 46 | Arthur Lampkin | BSA | | | | | 12 | | | | | 0 |
| 47 | Willy van den Elzen | Matchless | | | | | | 12 | | | | 0 |
| 48 | Frans Baudouin | Matchless | | | | | | | 14 | 12 | | 0 |
| 49 | Manfred Wolter | Matchless | | | | | | | | | 12 | 0 |
| 50 | Théo Witberg | Velocette | | | | | | 13 | | | | 0 |
| 51 | Jean Somja | Matchless | | | | | | | 13 | | | 0 |
| 52 | Hans Christian Pedersen | AJS | | | | | | | | | 13 | 0 |
| 53 | Jacques Schmid | BSA | | / | | | | | 15 | | | 0 |
| 54 | Robert Selling | Ariel | | | | | | | | | 15 | 0 |
| 55 | Jacques Charrier | BSA | | | | | | | 16 | | | 0 |
| 56 | Ejvind Hansen | Matchless | | | | / | / | | 17 | | | 0 |
| 57 | Willi Oesterle | Maico | | | | | | | 18 | | | 0 |
| 58 | Pol Bresselers | Matchless | | | | | | / | 19 | | | 0 |
| NC | Jan Rombouts | BSA | / | | | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Vincenzo Soletti | Gilera | / | | | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Miroslav Soucek | Eso | / | | | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Gilbert Brassine | BSA | / | | | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Eric Cheney | Norton | | / | | / | | | | | | - |
| NC | André Chuchart | BSA | | / | | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Paul Vouillon | BSA | | / | | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Henri Frantz | BSA | | DNQ | | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Allan Eklund | Monark | | | / | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Raimo Rein | BSA | | | / | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Jacob Lynegaard | Triumph | | | / | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Eje Bergman | BSA | | | / | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Arne Larsson | BSA | | | / | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Gosta Nilsson | AJS | | | / | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Gunnar Eriksson | AJS | | | / | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Tarkko Honkala | BSA | | | / | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Lars Andersson | Ariel | | | / | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Tord Strand | AJS | | | / | | | | | | | - |
| NC | Bryan Sharp | BSA | | | | / | | | | | | - |
| NC | Frédy von Arx | | | | | / | | | | | | - |