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1977 FIM Motocross World Championship

The 1977 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 21st F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.

Summary edit

Heikki Mikkola rejoined the 500cc class in 1977 after winning the 1976 250cc world championship. Now riding for the Yamaha factory racing team, he continued his old rivalry with Suzuki's Roger De Coster. Mikkola won 12 motos to clinch the title ahead of Suzuki teammates De Coster and Gerrit Wolsink. Brad Lackey switched to the Honda racing team and became the first American to score an overall victory in a 500cc motocross world championship Grand Prix when he won the British Grand Prix.[1]

Bengt Åberg competed in the 500cc world championship on a highly modified four stroke Yamaha XT500 built in collaboration with former world champions Torsten Hallman and Sten Lundin.[2] Åberg rode the bike to a victory in the first moto of the 1977 500cc Luxembourg Grand Prix and ended the season ranked 9th in the final world championship standings.[2] After five seasons racing in the 250cc class, Håkan Andersson competed in the 500cc class for Montesa and finished the season in fifth place.

Gennady Moiseyev won his second 250cc world championship as KTM swept the top three positions with Vladimir Kavinov finishing in second place and André Malherbe taking third place in the final standings. Suzuki's Gaston Rahier won the 125cc class for a third consecutive year.

Grands Prix edit

500cc edit

Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Overall Winner Report
1 April 17   Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf   Roger De Coster   Gerrit Wolsink   Roger De Coster Report
2 May 8   Dutch Grand Prix Norg   Heikki Mikkola   Heikki Mikkola   Heikki Mikkola Report
3 May 15   Swedish Grand Prix Edsbyn   Brad Lackey   Heikki Mikkola   Heikki Mikkola Report
4 May 22   Finnish Grand Prix Ruskeasanta   Heikki Mikkola   Heikki Mikkola   Heikki Mikkola Report
5 June 5   West German Grand Prix Bielstein   Heikki Mikkola   Gerrit Wolsink   Heikki Mikkola Report
6 June 12   Italian Grand Prix Lombardore   Heikki Mikkola   Roger De Coster   Heikki Mikkola Report
7 June 19   United States Grand Prix Carlsbad   Jim Pomeroy   Heikki Mikkola   Gerrit Wolsink Report
8 June 26   Canadian Grand Prix Mosport   Heikki Mikkola   Gerrit Wolsink   Heikki Mikkola Report
9 July 3   British Grand Prix Farleigh Castle   Brad Lackey   Heikki Mikkola   Brad Lackey Report
10 August 7   Belgian Grand Prix Namur   Roger De Coster   Heikki Mikkola   Heikki Mikkola Report
11 August 14   Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck   Bengt Åberg   Heikki Mikkola   Heikki Mikkola Report
12 August 28   Swiss Grand Prix Wohlen   Jaak van Velthoven   Roger De Coster   Roger De Coster Report

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250cc edit

Round Date Grand Prix Location Winner Team Report
1 April 3   Spanish Grand Prix Sabadell   Raymond Boven Montesa Report
2 April 17   Swiss Grand Prix Payerne   Gennady Moiseyev KTM Report
3 April 24   Belgian Grand Prix Borgloon   Gennady Moiseyev KTM Report
4 April 30   Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Holice   Antonin Baborowski ČZ Report
5 May 8   Italian Grand Prix Apiro   Gennady Moiseyev KTM Report
6 May 15   Austrian Grand Prix Schwanenstadt   Torao Suzuki Suzuki Report
7 May 22   Russian Grand Prix Chișinău   Gennady Moiseyev KTM Report
8 June 5   Yugoslavian Grand Prix Karlovac   Daniel Péan Maico Report
9 June 19   West German Grand Prix Beuern   André Malherbe KTM Report
10 June 31   British Grand Prix Hawkstone Park   Gennady Moiseyev KTM Report
11 August 14   Swedish Grand Prix Uddevalla   Vladimir Kavinov KTM Report
12 August 21   Finnish Grand Prix Hyvinkää   Gennady Moiseyev KTM Report

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125cc edit

Round Date Grand Prix Location Winner Team Report
1 April 10   French Grand Prix Metz   Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
2 April 17   Italian Grand Prix Lovolo   Akira Watanabe Suzuki Report
3 May 1   Belgian Grand Prix Retinne   Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
4 May 30   Danish Grand Prix Nissebjerget   Gérard Rond Yamaha Report
5 June 5   Polish Grand Prix Szczecin   Gérard Rond Yamaha Report
6 June 12   Yugoslavian Grand Prix Zabok   Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
7 June 19   Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Dalečín   Gérard Rond Yamaha Report
8 July 3   West German Grand Prix Schrecksbach   Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
9 July 10   Swiss Grand Prix Roggenburg   Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
10 July 17   United States Grand Prix Lexington   Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
11 July 24   Canadian Grand Prix Mosport   André Massant Yamaha Report
12 August 14   Spanish Grand Prix Montgai   Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report

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Final standings edit

References edit

  1. ^ Race Watch. October 1977. Retrieved 18 December 2015. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b "Torsten Hallman 2005". mxworksbike.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  3. ^ "1977 500cc motocross world championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ^ "1977 500cc motocross world championship". jwvanessen.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  5. ^ "1977 250cc motocross world championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  6. ^ "1977 125cc motocross world championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  7. ^ "1977 500cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  8. ^ "1977 500cc motocross world championship final standings". jwvanessen.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  9. ^ "1977 250cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  10. ^ "1977 125cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 3 February 2016.

External links edit

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