1980 FIM World Motorcycle Trials Season

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The 1980 World trials season consisted of twelve trials events. It began on 9 February, with round one in Newtownards, Ireland and ended with round twelve in Ricany, Czechoslovakia on 14 September.

Season summary[]

Ulf Karlson would claim his first World trials championship in 1980, the first World Championship for Montesa. [1]

1980 World trials season calendar[]

[2]

Round Date Trial Venue Trial GP
1 9 February Republic of Ireland Ireland Newtownards 1) Ulf Karlson
2) Rob Shepherd
3) Yrjo Vesterinen
2 16 February United Kingdom Great Britain Bovey Tracy 1) Mick Andrews
2) Ulf Karlson
3) Malcolm Rathmell
3 24 February Belgium Belgium Bilstain 1) Eddy Lejeune
2) Martin Lampkin
3) Yrjo Vesterinen
4 9 March Spain Spain Olot 1) Bernie Schreiber
2) Ulf Karlson
3) Yrjo Vesterinen
5 20 April Austria Austria Heinrich Am Weitra 1) Eddy Lejeune
2) Ulf Karlson
3) Martin Lampkin
6 1 June France France St.Christophe 1) Bernie Schreiber
2) Manuel Soler
3) Yrjo Vesterinen
7 23 June Switzerland Switzerland Fully 1) Eddy Lejeune
2) Ulf Karlson
3) Christian Desnoyers
8 30 June Germany Germany Kiefersfelden 1) Yrjo Vesterinen
2) Martin Lampkin
3) Ulf Karlson
9 13 July Italy Italy Chiesa Valdemanco 1) Bernie Schreiber
2) Martin Lampkin
3) Ulf Karlson
10 24 August Finland Finland Tervakovski 1) Bernie Schreiber
2) Ulf Karlson
3) Manuel Soler
11 31 August Sweden Sweden Karlskoga 1) Bernie Schreiber
2) Ulf Karlson
3) Eddy Lejeune
12 14 September Czech Republic Czechoslovakia Ricany 1) Bernie Schreiber
2) Jaime Subira
3) Antonio Gorgot

Scoring system[]

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

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

World Trials final standings[]

[3] [4]

Pos Rider Machine IRL
Republic of Ireland
GBR
United Kingdom
BEL
Belgium
SPA
Spain
FRA
Austria
GER
France
USA
Switzerland
CAN
Germany
SWE
Italy
FIN
Finland
CZE
Sweden
SWI
Czech Republic
Pts Notes
1 Sweden Ulf Karlson Montesa 1 2 4 2 2 10 2 3 3 2 2 6 121
2 United States Bernie Schreiber Bultaco 4 8 5 1 7 1 - - 1 1 1 1 111
3 Finland Yrjo Vesterinen Montesa 3 6 3 3 6 3 - 1 4 6 4 4 94 1980 Finnish Champion[5]
4 Belgium Eddy Lejeune HRC Honda - 10 1 8 1 4 1 6 7 7 3 5 86 1980 Belgian Champion[6]
5 United Kingdom Martin Lampkin Bultaco 5 - 2 - 3 - 6 2 2 - 7 - 61 1980 British Champion[7]
6 Spain Manuel Soler Bultaco 9 4 7 5 8 2 - - - 3 9 - 47
7 Spain Antonio Gorgot Bultaco - - - 4 4 - - 8 - 5 5 3 41 1980 Spanish Champion[8]
8 United Kingdom Malcolm Rathmell Montesa 6 3 8 7 5 - 5 5 - - - - 40
9 United Kingdom Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 2 5 - 10 9 - 4 - 5 - - 7 39
10 Spain Jaime Subira Fantic - 9 - 6 - 9 9 10 6 - - 2 29
11 Belgium Gilles Burgat SWM - - - - - 5 8 7 - - 6 - 18 1980 French Champion[9]
12 United Kingdom Mick Andrews Yamaha - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 15
13 France Christian Desnoyers SWM - - - - - 7 3 - - - - - 14
14 France Charles Coutard SWM / Montesa 8 - - 9 - 6 - 9 10 - - - 13
15 Austria Joe Wallman Bultaco - - - - - - 10 4 - - - - 9
16 Italy Danilo Galeazzi SWM - - - - - - 7 - 9 9 10 - 9 1980 Italian Champion[10]
17 Spain Alberto Juvanteny Ossa - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 8
18 Belgium Jean Marie Lejeune Montesa - - 6 - - - - - - - - - 5
19 United Kingdom John Reynolds Suzuki - 7 - - - - - - - - - - 4
19 United Kingdom Chris Myers Bultaco 7 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
21 Finland Timo Ryysy Bultaco - - - - - - - - - 10 8 4
22 Belgium Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - - - - - - - - - - 8 3
22 Italy Ettore Baldini Bultaco - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 3
22 Italy Fulvio Adamoli Montesa - - - - - - - - 8 - - - 3
22 France Fred Michaud Ossa - - - - - 8 - - - - - - 3
26 Japan Kiyoteru Hattori HRC Honda - - - - - - - - - - - 9 2
26 Belgium Claude Goset SWM - - 9 - - - - - - - - - 2
28 Spain Xavier Miguel Fantic - - - - - - - - - - - 10 1
28 Spain Pedro Olle Montesa - - - - 10 - - - - - - - 1
28 United Kingdom Nigel Birkett Montesa 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 1

References[]

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  8. ^ "toni gorgot interview". retrotrials.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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