1978 FIM World Motorcycle Trials Season

The 1978 World trials season consisted of twelve trials events. It began on 11 February, with round one in Newtownards, Ireland and ended with round twelve in Ricany, Czechoslovakia on 24 September.

Season summary[]

Yrjo Vesterinen would claim his third World trials championship in 1978, repeating his 1976 and 1977 titles. ^[1]

1978 World trials season calendar[]

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Round	Date	Trial	Venue	Trial GP
1	11 February	Ireland	Newtownards	1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Rob Shepherd
2	18 February	Great Britain	Rhayader	1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Mick Andrews
3	26 February	Belgium	Bilstain	1) Martin Lampkin 2) Rob Shepherd 3) Yrjo Vesterinen
4	5 March	France	Sommieres	1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Yrjo Vesterinen
5	12 March	Spain	Matadepera	1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Mick Andrews
6	28 May	Germany	Gefrees	1) Martin Lampkin 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Ulf Karlson
7	11 June	United States	Roaring Branch	1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Ulf Karlson
8	16 July	Italy	Pinerolo	1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Antonio Gorgot
9	23 July	Austria	Spital Am Semmering	1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Ulf Karlson
10	20 August	Sweden	Molndal	1) Ulf Karlson 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Bernie Schreiber
11	27 August	Finland	Ekenas	1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Timo Ryysy
12	24 September	Czechoslovakia	Ricany	1) Martin Lampkin 2) Bernie Schreiber 3)Yrjo Vesterinen

Scoring system[]

Points were awarded to the top ten finishers. All twelve rounds counted for the World Trials class.

World Trials final standings[]

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Pos Rider Machine IRL GBR BEL FRA SPA GER USA ITA AUT SWE FIN CZE Pts Notes 1 Yrjo Vesterinen Bultaco 1 1 3 3 6 8 2 5 1 2 1 3 128 1978 Finnish champion [1] 2 Martin Lampkin Bultaco 2 4 1 2 2 1 4 2 6 7 4 1 126 1978 British champion [4] 3 Bernie Schreiber Bultaco 9 8 - 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 6 2 116 1978 US NATC Champion [5] 4 Ulf Karlson Montesa 6 2 6 5 4 3 3 6 3 1 2 5 104 1978 Swedish Champion [6] 5 Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 3 - 2 6 5 4 - - 5 6 5 6 63 6 Mick Andrews Yamaha / Ossa 4 3 7 7 3 6 8 - - - - - 44 7 Antonio Gorgot Bultaco - - - 8 9 7 9 3 - - - 4 29 1978 Spanish Champion [7] 8 Jean Marie LeJeune Montesa 8 - 4 - - 5 - - 4 - - - 25 1978 Belgian champion [8] 9 Jaime Subira Montesa - - - 4 - - - 7 - 4 10 7 25 10 Manuel Soler Bultaco - - - - - - - 4 7 5 7 - 22 11 Timo Ryysy SWM - - - - - 9 - - 9 8 3 10 18 12 Charles Coutard SWM 5 - - - 10 - 10 - 8 10 9 - 14 13 Joe Wallman Bultaco 7 9 - - - - - 10 - 9 8 - 12 14 Malcolm Rathmell Suzuki 10 10 8 9 - - 7 - - - - - 11 15 Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - 5 - 7 - - - - - - - 10 16 Marland Whaley Montesa - - - - - - 5 8 10 - - - 10 17 Nigel Birkett Montesa - - 9 - 8 - - 9 - - - 8 10 18 John Reynolds Suzuki - 5 - - - - - - - - - - 6 19 Curt Comer Montesa - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 5 19 Rob Edwards Montesa - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 5 21 Christian Desnoyers Montesa - 7 - - - - - - - - - - 4 1978 French Champion [9] 22 Ettore Baldini Bultaco - - - - - - - - - - - 9 2 23 Felix Krahnstover KTM - - - - - 10 - - - - - - 1 1978 German Champion 23 Joaquim Abad Ossa - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 1 23 Claude Goset Montesa - - 10 - - - - - - - - - 1 References[] ^ a b "all time best trials riders". redbull.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020. ^ "world trials 1977 schedule". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 September 2020. ^ "World 1978 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 September 2020. ^ "martin lampkin". fim-live.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020. ^ "schreiber hall of fame". motorcyclemuseum.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020. ^ "ulf karlson story". issuu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020. ^ "toni gorgot interview". retrotrials.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020. ^ "jean marie lejeune stats". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 September 2020. ^ "french national champion". magazine.cyclenews.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.