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
Ulf Karlson would claim his first World trials championship in 1980, the first World Championship for Montesa. [1]
1980 World trials season calendar
| 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
| 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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