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.

1978 FIM World motorcycle trials season
Previous: 1977 Next: 1979

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

[2]

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.

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]

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

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  5. "schreiber hall of fame". motorcyclemuseum.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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