Coupe d'Europe 1961

The Coupe d'Europe 1961 was the forerunner of the 50 cc class of the motorcycle road world championship introduced by the FIM from the 1962 World Cup season and was held as a European championship. European champion was the later three-time world champion Hans Georg Anscheidt from Germany on Kreidler . A total of eight races were held.

Distribution of points

Scoring
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3
1	04/30	3rd Prix De Mouscron	Mouscron	Pierrot Vervroegen	Louis Hemptinne	Joseph Dellelio
2	07.05.	International Prize of the Saarland	St. Wendel	Hans Georg Anscheidt	Heinrich Rosenbusch	Wolfgang Gedlich
3	14.05.	25th German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Miro Zelnik	Hans Georg Anscheidt	Karl Kronmüller
4th	04.06.	3. Prijs Zolder Center	Zolder	Hans Georg Anscheidt	Raymond Hanset	Wolfgang Gedlich
5	09.07.	Grand Prix of Yugoslavia	Opatija	Hans Georg Anscheidt	Wolfgang Gedlich	Stanko Stepancic
6th	08/20	Circuit van Zandvoort	Zandvoort	Hans Georg Anscheidt	Heinrich Rosenbusch	Wolfgang Gedlich
7th	16.09.	Prix ​​de Bruxelles	Brussels	Wolfgang Gedlich	Hans Georg Anscheidt	Pierrot Vervroegen
8th	15.10.	10. Zaragoza Grand Prix	Zaragoza	César Gracía	Aurelio Torres	Manuel Dato

Driver ranking

1  Hans Georg Anscheidt Kreidler 44 (38) 2  Wolfgang Gedlich Kreidler 27 (26) 3  Pierrot Vervroegen Itom 12 4th  Heinrich Rosenbusch Tomos 12 5  Miro Zelnik Tomos 10 6th  Raymond Hanset Kreidler 10 7th  César Gracía Ducson 8th 8th  Louis Hemptinne Itom 6th 9  Aurelio Torres Derbi 6th 10  Joseph Dellelio Itom 6th 11  Stanko Stepancic Tomos 6th 12  Willi Scheidhauer Kreidler 6th 13  Cees van Dongen Dürkopp 5 14th  François Moisson Benelli / Kreidler 5

15th  Karl Kronmüller Tomos 4th 16  Manuel Dato Ducson 4th 17th  Erwin Lechner Tomos 3 18th  Cees van Koeveringe Kreidler 3 19th  Pierre Kemperman Itom 3 20th  Roland Marquis Itom 2 21st  Manfred Petry Petry special 2 22nd  Timothy Lake Itom 2 23  Franz Geissinger JLO 2 24  Roby Chauderlot Itom / Kreidler 2 25th  Dieter Kramer KDW 1 26th "Puma" Ducson 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Web links

• Detailed statistics for the 1961 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)
• Race in St. Wendel 1961 (German)