1977 FIM Motocross World Championship

The 1977 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 21st F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.

1977 Motocross World Championship
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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. Akira Watanabe became the first Japanese rider to win an overall victory in an FIM Motocross Grand Prix race when he won the 125cc Italian Grand Prix on April 17.

Grands Prix

500cc
Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Overall Winner Report
1 April 17 Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf Roger De Coster Gerrit Wolsink Roger De Coster Report
2 May 8 Dutch Grand Prix Norg Heikki Mikkola Heikki Mikkola Heikki Mikkola Report
3 May 15 Swedish Grand Prix Edsbyn Brad Lackey Heikki Mikkola Heikki Mikkola Report
4 May 22 Finnish Grand Prix Ruskeasanta Heikki Mikkola Heikki Mikkola Heikki Mikkola Report
5 June 5 West German Grand Prix Bielstein Heikki Mikkola Gerrit Wolsink Heikki Mikkola Report
6 June 12 Italian Grand Prix Lombardore Heikki Mikkola Roger De Coster Heikki Mikkola Report
7 June 19 United States Grand Prix Carlsbad Jim Pomeroy Heikki Mikkola Gerrit Wolsink Report
8 June 26 Canadian Grand Prix Mosport Heikki Mikkola Gerrit Wolsink Heikki Mikkola Report
9 July 3 British Grand Prix Farleigh Castle Brad Lackey Heikki Mikkola Brad Lackey Report
10 August 7 Belgian Grand Prix Namur Roger De Coster Heikki Mikkola Heikki Mikkola Report
11 August 14 Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck Bengt Åberg Heikki Mikkola Heikki Mikkola Report
12 August 28 Swiss Grand Prix Wohlen Jaak van Velthoven Roger De Coster Roger De Coster Report

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250cc
Round Date Grand Prix Location Winner Team Report
1 April 3 Spanish Grand Prix Sabadell Raymond Boven Montesa Report
2 April 17 Swiss Grand Prix Payerne Guennady Moisseev KTM Report
3 April 24 Belgian Grand Prix Borgloon Guennady Moisseev KTM Report
4 April 30 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Holice Antonin Baborowski ČZ Report
5 May 8 Italian Grand Prix Apiro Guennady Moisseev KTM Report
6 May 15 Austrian Grand Prix Schwanenstadt Torao Suzuki Suzuki Report
7 May 22 Russian Grand Prix Chișinău Guennady Moisseev KTM Report
8 June 5 Yugoslavian Grand Prix Karlovac Daniel Péan Maico Report
9 June 19 West German Grand Prix Beuern André Malherbe KTM Report
10 June 31 British Grand Prix Hawkstone Park Guennady Moisseev KTM Report
11 August 14 Swedish Grand Prix Uddevalla Vladimir Kavinov KTM Report
12 August 21 Finnish Grand Prix Hyvinkää Guennady Moisseev KTM Report

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125cc
Round Date Grand Prix Location Winner Team Report
1 April 10 French Grand Prix Metz Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
2 April 17 Italian Grand Prix Lovolo Akira Watanabe Suzuki Report
3 May 1 Belgian Grand Prix Retinne Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
4 May 30 Danish Grand Prix Nissebjerget Gérard Rond Yamaha Report
5 June 5 Polish Grand Prix Szczecin Gérard Rond Yamaha Report
6 June 12 Yugoslavian Grand Prix Zabok Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
7 June 19 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Dalečín Gérard Rond Yamaha Report
8 July 3 West German Grand Prix Schrecksbach Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
9 July 10 Swiss Grand Prix Roggenburg Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
10 July 17 United States Grand Prix Lexington Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
11 July 24 Canadian Grand Prix Mosport André Massant Yamaha Report
12 August 14 Spanish Grand Prix Montgai Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report

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Final standings

References
  1. Race Watch. Cycle World. October 1977. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  2. "Torsten Hallman 2005". mxworksbike.com. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  3. "1977 500cc motocross world championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. "1977 500cc motocross world championship". jwvanessen.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  5. "1977 250cc motocross world championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  6. "1977 125cc motocross world championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  7. "1977 500cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  8. "1977 500cc motocross world championship final standings". jwvanessen.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  9. "1977 250cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  10. "1977 125cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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