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.
Season summary
[edit]Ulf Karlson would claim his first World trials championship in 1980, the first World Championship for Montesa. [1]
1980 World trials season calendar
[edit]| 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
[edit]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
[edit]| Pos | Rider | Machine | IRL
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GBR
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BEL
|
SPA
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FRA
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GER
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USA
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CAN
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SWE
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FIN
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CZE
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SWI
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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
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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
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Montesa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | |
| 22 | Ettore Baldini
|
Bultaco | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 3 | |
| 22 | Fulvio Adamoli
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Montesa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 22 | Fred Michaud
|
Ossa | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 26 |  Kiyoteru Hattori
|
HRC Honda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | |
| 26 | Claude Goset
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SWM | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| 28 | Xavier Miguel
|
Fantic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | |
| 28 | Pedro Olle
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Montesa | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 28 | Nigel Birkett
|
Montesa | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
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