1977 FIM Motocross World Championship

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

Summary

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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

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500cc

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

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250cc

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Round Date Grand Prix Location Winner Team Report
1 April 3 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Sabadell Belgium Raymond Boven Montesa Report
2 April 17 Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix Payerne Soviet Union Gennady Moiseyev KTM Report
3 April 24 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Borgloon Soviet Union Gennady Moiseyev KTM Report
4 April 30 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Holice Czechoslovakia Antonin Baborowski ČZ Report
5 May 8 Italy Italian Grand Prix Apiro Soviet Union Gennady Moiseyev KTM Report
6 May 15 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Schwanenstadt Japan Torao Suzuki Suzuki Report
7 May 22 Soviet Union Russian Grand Prix Chișinău Soviet Union Gennady Moiseyev KTM Report
8 June 5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix Karlovac France Daniel Péan Maico Report
9 June 19 Germany West German Grand Prix Beuern Belgium André Malherbe KTM Report
10 June 31 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Hawkstone Park Soviet Union Gennady Moiseyev KTM Report
11 August 14 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Uddevalla Soviet Union Vladimir Kavinov KTM Report
12 August 21 Finland Finnish Grand Prix Hyvinkää Soviet Union Gennady Moiseyev KTM Report

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125cc

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Round Date Grand Prix Location Winner Team Report
1 April 10 France French Grand Prix Metz Belgium Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
2 April 17 Italy Italian Grand Prix Lovolo Japan Akira Watanabe Suzuki Report
3 May 1 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Retinne Belgium Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
4 May 30 Denmark Danish Grand Prix Nissebjerget Netherlands Gérard Rond Yamaha Report
5 June 5 Poland Polish Grand Prix Szczecin Netherlands Gérard Rond Yamaha Report
6 June 12 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix Zabok Belgium Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
7 June 19 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Dalečín Netherlands Gérard Rond Yamaha Report
8 July 3 Germany West German Grand Prix Schrecksbach Belgium Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
9 July 10 Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix Roggenburg Belgium Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
10 July 17 United States United States Grand Prix Lexington Belgium Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
11 July 24 Canada Canadian Grand Prix Mosport Belgium André Massant Yamaha Report
12 August 14 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Montgai Belgium Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report

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Final standings

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References

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  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.
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