1980 FIM World Motorcycle Trials season

Newtownards, Ireland August 2020 1980 FIM World motorcycle trials season 1979 1981 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. https://trial.hondaracingcorporation.com/report/ulf-karlson-1952-2018/#:~:text=Ulf%20Karlson%20was%20the%20first%20world%20champion%20with,triumphed%20in%20three%20Scandinavia%20championships%20all%20with%20Montesa. hondaracingcorporation.com ulf karlson 1952-2018 7 February 2018 11 August 2020 1980 World trials season calendar http://trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/100.MONDE/104.INDEX.ANNEES/AA%201970/INDEX_1980_MONDE.htm world trials 1980 schedule 10 August 2020 February 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Round Date Trial Venue Trial GP 1 9 February IRL Ireland Newtownards 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Rob Shepherd 3) Yrjo Vesterinen 2 16 February GBR Great Britain Bovey Tracy 1) Mick Andrews 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Malcolm Rathmell 3 24 February BEL Belgium Bilstain 1) Eddy Lejeune 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Yrjo Vesterinen 4 9 March SPA Spain Olot 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Yrjo Vesterinen 5 20 April AUT Austria Heinrich Am Weitra 1) Eddy Lejeune 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Martin Lampkin 6 1 June FRA France St.Christophe 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Manuel Soler 3) Yrjo Vesterinen 7 23 June SWI Switzerland Fully 1) Eddy Lejeune 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Christian Desnoyers 8 30 June GER Germany Kiefersfelden 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Ulf Karlson 9 13 July ITA Italy Chiesa in Valmalenco 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Ulf Karlson 10 24 August FIN Finland Tervakovski 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Manuel Soler 11 31 August SWE Sweden Karlskoga 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Eddy Lejeune 12 14 September CZE 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 http://trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/100.MONDE/101.INDEX.GENERAL/01%20101%20INDEX%20GENERAL.htm trialonline.org World 1980 standings 10 August 2020 https://www.the-sports.org/motor-sport-1980-world-championships-epr45873.html the-sport.org World 1980 standings 11 August 2020 Pos Rider Machine IRLIRL GBRGBR BELBEL SPASPA FRAAUT GERFRA USASWI CANGER SWEITA FINFIN CZESWE SWICZE Pts Notes 1 SWE Ulf Karlson Montesa 1 2 4 2 2 10 2 3 3 2 2 6 121 2 USA Bernie Schreiber Bultaco 4 8 5 1 7 1 - - 1 1 1 1 111 3 FIN Yrjo Vesterinen Montesa 3 6 3 3 6 3 - 1 4 6 4 4 94 1980 Finnish Championhttps://trialsguru.net/yrjo-vesterinen/#:~:text=During%20a%20trials%20career%20that%20would%20include%20three,to%20chance%20in%20the%20quest%20for%20his%20victories. trialsguru.net Yrjo Vesterinen Bio 15 January 2016 11 August 2020 4 BEL Eddy Lejeune HRC Honda - 10 1 8 1 4 1 6 7 7 3 5 86 1980 Belgian Championhttps://trialsguru.net/2015/07/26/honda-rtl300-short-stroke-from-1977-photo-copyright-heath-brindley-england/ trialsguru.net Honda Racing Corp 26 July 2015 11 August 2020 5 GBR Martin Lampkin Bultaco 5 - 2 - 3 - 6 2 2 - 7 - 61 1980 British Championhttps://historygreatest.com/martin-lampkin-english-motorcycle-trials-rider-died-at-65 historygreatest.com english trials rider 11 August 2020 6 SPA Manuel Soler Bultaco 9 4 7 5 8 2 - - - 3 9 - 47 7 SPA Antonio Gorgot Bultaco - - - 4 4 - - 8 - 5 5 3 41 1980 Spanish Championhttps://www.retrotrials.com/toni-gorgot-interview---exclusive1.html retrotrials.com toni gorgot interview 11 August 2020 8 GBR Malcolm Rathmell Montesa 6 3 8 7 5 - 5 5 - - - - 40 9 GBR Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 2 5 - 10 9 - 4 - 5 - - 7 39 10 SPA Jaime Subira Fantic - 9 - 6 - 9 9 10 6 - - 2 29 11 BEL Gilles Burgat SWM - - - - - 5 8 7 - - 6 - 18 1980 French Championhttp://fim-awards.com/legends/2016/11/14/gilles-burgat fim-awards.com burgat fim trials legend 11 August 2020 7 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190707091611/http://fim-awards.com/legends/2016/11/14/gilles-burgat dead 12 GBR Mick Andrews Yamaha - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 15 13 FRA Christian Desnoyers SWM - - - - - 7 3 - - - - - 14 14 FRA Charles Coutard SWM / Montesa 8 - - 9 - 6 - 9 10 - - - 13 15 AUT Joe Wallman Bultaco - - - - - - 10 4 - - - - 9 16 ITA Danilo Galeazzi SWM - - - - - - 7 - 9 9 10 - 9 1980 Italian Championhttp://trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/300.PAYS.CHAMPIONNATS/22%20101%20EUROPE/22%20100%20ITALIE/22%20100%20ITALIE%20ANNEE/22%20100%20ITALIE%201980/22.06%20ITALIE%201980.htm trialonline.org Italian 1980 standings 11 August 2020 17 SPA Alberto Juvanteny Ossa - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 8 18 BEL Jean Marie Lejeune Montesa - - 6 - - - - - - - - - 5 19 GBR John Reynolds Suzuki - 7 - - - - - - - - - - 4 19 GBR Chris Myers Bultaco 7 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 21 FIN Timo Ryysy Bultaco - - - - - - - - - 10 8 4 22 BEL Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - - - - - - - - - - 8 3 22 ITA Ettore Baldini Bultaco - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 3 22 ITA Fulvio Adamoli Montesa - - - - - - - - 8 - - - 3 22 FRA Fred Michaud Ossa - - - - - 8 - - - - - - 3 26 Japan Kiyoteru Hattori HRC Honda - - - - - - - - - - - 9 2 26 BEL Claude Goset SWM - - 9 - - - - - - - - - 2 28 SPA Xavier Miguel Fantic - - - - - - - - - - - 10 1 28 SPA Pedro Olle Montesa - - - - 10 - - - - - - - 1 28 GBR Nigel Birkett Montesa 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 References Category:Motorcycle trials Category:1980 in motorcycle sport