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1978 FIM World Motorcycle Trials season

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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 Říčany, Czechoslovakia on 24 September.

Season summary

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

Scoring system

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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

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Pos Rider Machine IRL
Republic of Ireland
GBR
United Kingdom
BEL
Belgium
FRA
France
SPA
Spain
GER
Germany
USA
United States
ITA
Italy
AUT
Austria
SWE
Sweden
FIN
Finland
CZE
Czech Republic
Pts Notes
1 Finland Yrjo Vesterinen Bultaco 1 1 3 3 6 8 2 5 1 2 1 3 128 1978 Finnish champion [1]
2 United Kingdom Martin Lampkin Bultaco 2 4 1 2 2 1 4 2 6 7 4 1 126 1978 British champion [4]
3 United States Bernie Schreiber Bultaco 9 8 - 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 6 2 116 1978 US NATC Champion [5]
4 Sweden Ulf Karlson Montesa 6 2 6 5 4 3 3 6 3 1 2 5 104 1978 Swedish Champion [6]
5 United Kingdom Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 3 - 2 6 5 4 - - 5 6 5 6 63
6 United Kingdom Mick Andrews Yamaha / Ossa 4 3 7 7 3 6 8 - - - - - 44
7 Spain Antonio Gorgot Bultaco - - - 8 9 7 9 3 - - - 4 29 1978 Spanish Champion [7]
8 Belgium Jean Marie LeJeune Montesa 8 - 4 - - 5 - - 4 - - - 25 1978 Belgian champion [8]
9 Spain Jaime Subira Montesa - - - 4 - - - 7 - 4 10 7 25
10 Spain Manuel Soler Bultaco - - - - - - - 4 7 5 7 - 22
11 Finland Timo Ryysy SWM - - - - - 9 - - 9 8 3 10 18
12 France Charles Coutard SWM 5 - - - 10 - 10 - 8 10 9 - 14
13 Austria Joe Wallman Bultaco 7 9 - - - - - 10 - 9 8 - 12
14 United Kingdom Malcolm Rathmell Suzuki 10 10 8 9 - - 7 - - - - - 11
15 Belgium Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - 5 - 7 - - - - - - - 10
16 United States Marland Whaley Montesa - - - - - - 5 8 10 - - - 10
17 United Kingdom Nigel Birkett Montesa - - 9 - 8 - - 9 - - - 8 10
18 United Kingdom John Reynolds Suzuki - 5 - - - - - - - - - - 6
19 United States Curt Comer Montesa - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 5
19 United Kingdom Rob Edwards Montesa - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 5
21 France Christian Desnoyers Montesa - 7 - - - - - - - - - - 4 1978 French Champion [9]
22 Italy Ettore Baldini Bultaco - - - - - - - - - - - 9 2
23 Germany Felix Krahnstover KTM - - - - - 10 - - - - - - 1 1978 German Champion
23 Spain Joaquim Abad Ossa - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 1
23 Belgium Claude Goset Montesa - - 10 - - - - - - - - - 1

References

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  1. ^ a b "all time best trials riders". redbull.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ "world trials 1977 schedule". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ "World 1978 standings". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. ^ "martin lampkin". fim-live.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  5. ^ "schreiber hall of fame". motorcyclemuseum.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  6. ^ "ulf karlson story". issuu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  7. ^ "toni gorgot interview". retrotrials.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  8. ^ "jean marie lejeune stats". trialonline.org. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  9. ^ "french national champion". magazine.cyclenews.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.