1977 FIM Motocross World Championship
The 1977 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 21st F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.
Summary[]
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.
Guennady Moisseev 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[]
500cc[]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Overall Winner | Report |
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1 | April 17 | ![]() |
Sittendorf | ![]() |
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2 | May 8 | ![]() |
Norg | ![]() |
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3 | May 15 | ![]() |
Edsbyn | ![]() |
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4 | May 22 | ![]() |
Ruskeasanta | ![]() |
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5 | June 5 | ![]() |
Bielstein | ![]() |
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6 | June 12 | ![]() |
Lombardore | ![]() |
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7 | June 19 | ![]() |
Carlsbad | ![]() |
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8 | June 26 | ![]() |
Mosport | ![]() |
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9 | July 3 | ![]() |
Farleigh Castle | ![]() |
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10 | August 7 | ![]() |
Namur | ![]() |
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11 | August 14 | ![]() |
Ettelbruck | ![]() |
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12 | August 28 | ![]() |
Wohlen | ![]() |
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250cc[]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report |
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1 | April 3 | ![]() |
Sabadell | ![]() |
Montesa | |
2 | April 17 | ![]() |
Payerne | ![]() |
KTM | |
3 | April 24 | ![]() |
Borgloon | ![]() |
KTM | |
4 | April 30 | ![]() |
Holice | ![]() |
ČZ | |
5 | May 8 | ![]() |
Apiro | ![]() |
KTM | |
6 | May 15 | ![]() |
Schwanenstadt | ![]() |
Suzuki | |
7 | May 22 | ![]() |
Chișinău | ![]() |
KTM | |
8 | June 5 | ![]() |
Karlovac | ![]() |
Maico | |
9 | June 19 | ![]() |
Beuern | ![]() |
KTM | |
10 | June 31 | ![]() |
Hawkstone Park | ![]() |
KTM | |
11 | August 14 | ![]() |
Uddevalla | ![]() |
KTM | |
12 | August 21 | ![]() |
Hyvinkää | ![]() |
KTM |
125cc[]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report |
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1 | April 10 | ![]() |
Metz | ![]() |
Suzuki | |
2 | April 17 | ![]() |
Lovolo | ![]() |
Suzuki | |
3 | May 1 | ![]() |
Retinne | ![]() |
Suzuki | |
4 | May 30 | ![]() |
Nissebjerget | ![]() |
Yamaha | |
5 | June 5 | ![]() |
Szczecin | ![]() |
Yamaha | |
6 | June 12 | ![]() |
Zabok | ![]() |
Suzuki | |
7 | June 19 | ![]() |
Dalečín | ![]() |
Yamaha | |
8 | July 3 | ![]() |
Schrecksbach | ![]() |
Suzuki | |
9 | July 10 | ![]() |
Roggenburg | ![]() |
Suzuki | |
10 | July 17 | ![]() |
Lexington | ![]() |
Suzuki | |
11 | July 24 | ![]() |
Mosport | ![]() |
Yamaha | |
12 | August 14 | ![]() |
Montgai | ![]() |
Suzuki |
Final standings[]
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References[]
- ^ Race Watch. Cycle World. October 1977. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Torsten Hallman 2005". mxworksbike.com. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- ^ "1977 500cc motocross world championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "1977 500cc motocross world championship". jwvanessen.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "1977 250cc motocross world championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "1977 125cc motocross world championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "1977 500cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "1977 500cc motocross world championship final standings". jwvanessen.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "1977 250cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ "1977 125cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
External links[]
- 1977 in motorcycle sport
- Motocross World Championship seasons