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.

1980 FIM World motorcycle trials season
Previous: 1979 Next: 1981

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 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.

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
 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

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