1980 FIM World Motorcycle Trials Season

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[]

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

World Trials final standings[]

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Pos Rider Machine IRL GBR BEL SPA FRA GER USA CAN SWE FIN CZE SWI Pts Notes 1 Ulf Karlson Montesa 1 2 4 2 2 10 2 3 3 2 2 6 121 2 Bernie Schreiber Bultaco 4 8 5 1 7 1 - - 1 1 1 1 111 3 Yrjo Vesterinen Montesa 3 6 3 3 6 3 - 1 4 6 4 4 94 1980 Finnish Champion[5] 4 Eddy Lejeune HRC Honda - 10 1 8 1 4 1 6 7 7 3 5 86 1980 Belgian Champion[6] 5 Martin Lampkin Bultaco 5 - 2 - 3 - 6 2 2 - 7 - 61 1980 British Champion[7] 6 Manuel Soler Bultaco 9 4 7 5 8 2 - - - 3 9 - 47 7 Antonio Gorgot Bultaco - - - 4 4 - - 8 - 5 5 3 41 1980 Spanish Champion[8] 8 Malcolm Rathmell Montesa 6 3 8 7 5 - 5 5 - - - - 40 9 Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 2 5 - 10 9 - 4 - 5 - - 7 39 10 Jaime Subira Fantic - 9 - 6 - 9 9 10 6 - - 2 29 11 Gilles Burgat SWM - - - - - 5 8 7 - - 6 - 18 1980 French Champion[9] 12 Mick Andrews Yamaha - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 15 13 Christian Desnoyers SWM - - - - - 7 3 - - - - - 14 14 Charles Coutard SWM / Montesa 8 - - 9 - 6 - 9 10 - - - 13 15 Joe Wallman Bultaco - - - - - - 10 4 - - - - 9 16 Danilo Galeazzi SWM - - - - - - 7 - 9 9 10 - 9 1980 Italian Champion[10] 17 Alberto Juvanteny Ossa - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 8 18 Jean Marie Lejeune Montesa - - 6 - - - - - - - - - 5 19 John Reynolds Suzuki - 7 - - - - - - - - - - 4 19 Chris Myers Bultaco 7 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 21 Timo Ryysy Bultaco - - - - - - - - - 10 8 4 22 Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - - - - - - - - - - 8 3 22 Ettore Baldini Bultaco - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 3 22 Fulvio Adamoli Montesa - - - - - - - - 8 - - - 3 22 Fred Michaud Ossa - - - - - 8 - - - - - - 3 26 Kiyoteru Hattori HRC Honda - - - - - - - - - - - 9 2 26 Claude Goset SWM - - 9 - - - - - - - - - 2 28 Xavier Miguel Fantic - - - - - - - - - - - 10 1 28 Pedro Olle Montesa - - - - 10 - - - - - - - 1 28 Nigel Birkett Montesa 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 References[] ^ "ulf karlson 1952-2018". hondaracingcorporation.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020. ^ "world trials 1980 schedule". Retrieved 10 August 2020.[permanent dead link] ^ "World 1980 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 August 2020. ^ "World 1980 standings". the-sport.org. Retrieved 11 August 2020. ^ "Yrjo Vesterinen Bio". trialsguru.net. Retrieved 11 August 2020. ^ "Honda Racing Corp". trialsguru.net. Retrieved 11 August 2020. ^ "english trials rider". historygreatest.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020. ^ "toni gorgot interview". retrotrials.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020. ^ "burgat fim trials legend". fim-awards.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020. ^ "Italian 1980 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 11 August 2020.