1977 FIM Motocross World Championship

The 1977 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 21st F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.

1977 Motocross World Championship

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Summary

Heikki Mikkola rejoined the 500cc class in 1977 after winning the 1976 250cc world championship. Now riding for the Yamaha factory racing team, he continued his old rivalry with Suzuki's Roger De Coster. Mikkola won 12 motos to clinch the title ahead of Suzuki teammates De Coster and Gerrit Wolsink. Brad Lackey switched to the Honda racing team and became the first American to score an overall victory in a 500cc motocross world championship Grand Prix when he won the British Grand Prix.^[1]

Bengt Åberg competed in the 500cc world championship on a highly modified four stroke Yamaha XT500 built in collaboration with former world champions Torsten Hallman and Sten Lundin.^[2] Åberg rode the bike to a victory in the first moto of the 1977 500cc Luxembourg Grand Prix and ended the season ranked 9th in the final world championship standings.^[2] After five seasons racing in the 250cc class, Håkan Andersson competed in the 500cc class for Montesa and finished the season in fifth place.

Gennady Moiseyev won his second 250cc world championship as KTM swept the top three positions with Vladimir Kavinov finishing in second place and André Malherbe taking third place in the final standings. Suzuki's Gaston Rahier won the 125cc class for a third consecutive year.

Grands Prix

500cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner	Report
1	April 17	Austrian Grand Prix	Sittendorf	Roger De Coster	Gerrit Wolsink	Roger De Coster	Report
2	May 8	Dutch Grand Prix	Norg	Heikki Mikkola	Heikki Mikkola	Heikki Mikkola	Report
3	May 15	Swedish Grand Prix	Edsbyn	Brad Lackey	Heikki Mikkola	Heikki Mikkola	Report
4	May 22	Finnish Grand Prix	Ruskeasanta	Heikki Mikkola	Heikki Mikkola	Heikki Mikkola	Report
5	June 5	West German Grand Prix	Bielstein	Heikki Mikkola	Gerrit Wolsink	Heikki Mikkola	Report
6	June 12	Italian Grand Prix	Lombardore	Heikki Mikkola	Roger De Coster	Heikki Mikkola	Report
7	June 19	United States Grand Prix	Carlsbad	Jim Pomeroy	Heikki Mikkola	Gerrit Wolsink	Report
8	June 26	Canadian Grand Prix	Mosport	Heikki Mikkola	Gerrit Wolsink	Heikki Mikkola	Report
9	July 3	British Grand Prix	Farleigh Castle	Brad Lackey	Heikki Mikkola	Brad Lackey	Report
10	August 7	Belgian Grand Prix	Namur	Roger De Coster	Heikki Mikkola	Heikki Mikkola	Report
11	August 14	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Ettelbruck	Bengt Åberg	Heikki Mikkola	Heikki Mikkola	Report
12	August 28	Swiss Grand Prix	Wohlen	Jaak van Velthoven	Roger De Coster	Roger De Coster	Report

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250cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Winner	Team	Report
1	April 3	Spanish Grand Prix	Sabadell	Raymond Boven	Montesa	Report
2	April 17	Swiss Grand Prix	Payerne	Gennady Moiseyev	KTM	Report
3	April 24	Belgian Grand Prix	Borgloon	Gennady Moiseyev	KTM	Report
4	April 30	Czechoslovak Grand Prix	Holice	Antonin Baborowski	ČZ	Report
5	May 8	Italian Grand Prix	Apiro	Gennady Moiseyev	KTM	Report
6	May 15	Austrian Grand Prix	Schwanenstadt	Torao Suzuki	Suzuki	Report
7	May 22	Russian Grand Prix	Chișinău	Gennady Moiseyev	KTM	Report
8	June 5	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Karlovac	Daniel Péan	Maico	Report
9	June 19	West German Grand Prix	Beuern	André Malherbe	KTM	Report
10	June 31	British Grand Prix	Hawkstone Park	Gennady Moiseyev	KTM	Report
11	August 14	Swedish Grand Prix	Uddevalla	Vladimir Kavinov	KTM	Report
12	August 21	Finnish Grand Prix	Hyvinkää	Gennady Moiseyev	KTM	Report

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125cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Winner	Team	Report
1	April 10	French Grand Prix	Metz	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	Report
2	April 17	Italian Grand Prix	Lovolo	Akira Watanabe	Suzuki	Report
3	May 1	Belgian Grand Prix	Retinne	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	Report
4	May 30	Danish Grand Prix	Nissebjerget	Gérard Rond	Yamaha	Report
5	June 5	Polish Grand Prix	Szczecin	Gérard Rond	Yamaha	Report
6	June 12	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Zabok	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	Report
7	June 19	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Dalečín	Gérard Rond	Yamaha	Report
8	July 3	West German Grand Prix	Schrecksbach	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	Report
9	July 10	Swiss Grand Prix	Roggenburg	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	Report
10	July 17	United States Grand Prix	Lexington	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	Report
11	July 24	Canadian Grand Prix	Mosport	André Massant	Yamaha	Report
12	August 14	Spanish Grand Prix	Montgai	Gaston Rahier	Suzuki	Report

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Final standings

500cc[7][8] Pos Rider Team Points 1 Heikki Mikkola Yamaha 272 2 Roger De Coster Suzuki 222 3 Gerrit Wolsink Suzuki 202 4 Brad Lackey Honda 168 5 Håkan Andersson Montesa 85 6 Herbert Schmitz Maico 85 7 Jaak van Velthoven KTM 81 8 Graham Noyce Maico 74 9 Bengt Åberg Yamaha 62 10 Adolf Weil Maico 45 11 John Banks CCM 41 12 Pierre Karsmakers Yamaha 30 13 Willy Bauer KTM 29 14 Yvan van den Broeck Maico 18 15 Arne Lindfors Husqvarna 15 16 Jim Pomeroy Honda 15 17 Tommy Croft Honda 11 17 Siegfried Lerner KTM 11 17 Gaylon Mosier Maico 11 20 Peter Herlings Maico 10 20 Arne Lodal Husqvarna 10 22 Alberto Angiolini Maico 9 22 Tony DiStefano Suzuki 9 22 Åke Jonsson Maico 9 25 Ove Hogberg Beta 6 25 Afro Rustignoli Montesa 6 27 Jimmy Ellis Can-Am 5 27 Italo Forni Montesa 5 27 Frans Sigmans Husqvarna 5 27 André Vromans Suzuki 5 31 Oldrich Hamrsmid ČZ 4 31 Math Hensen Maico 4 33 Billy Grossi Suzuki 3 33 Marty Smith Honda 3 33 Bob Wright CCM 3 36 Vic Eastwood CCM 2 36 Fritz Köbele Maico 2 36 Frank Svendsen Husqvarna 2 36 Sylvain Geboers Maico 2 40 Vic Allan Husqvarna 1 40 Yves Bertrand Suzuki 1 40 Bob Levy Husqvarna 1

250cc[9] Pos Rider Team Points 1 Gennady Moiseyev KTM 245 2 Vladimir Kavinov KTM 203 3 André Malherbe KTM 150 4 Harry Everts Bultaco 121 5 Hans Maisch Maico 100 6 Antonin Baborowsky ČZ 98 7 Raymond Boven Montesa 75 8 Jean-Paul Mingels Montesa 71 9 Jaroslav Falta ČZ 64 10 Jean-Jacques Bruno KTM 61 11 Torleif Hansen Kawasaki 58 12 Torao Suzuki Suzuki 58 13 Neil Hudson Maico 51 14 Anatoly Ovchinikov KTM 45 15 Rolf Dieffenbach Kramer-Rotax 35 16 Daniel Péan Maico 28 17 Håkan Carlqvist Husqvarna 23 18 Erkki Sundström Husqvarna 17 19 Marty Moates Ossa 13 20 Afro Rustignoli Montesa 10 21 Fritz Schneider KTM 10 22 Rob Hooper Husqvarna 9 23 Yuri Khudiakov ČZ 8 24 Stanislav Janecek ČZ 7 25 Geoff Mayes Kawasaki 6 26 Tapani Pikkarainen KTM 4 27 Matti Tarkkonen Yamaha 4 28 Kees van der Ven Husqvarna 4 29 Miroslav Halm ČZ 3 30 Miroslav Jirka ČZ 1 31 Christophe Husser Yamaha 1 32 Tommy Olsson Montesa 1

125cc[10] Pos Rider Team Points 1 Gaston Rahier Suzuki 292 2 Gérard Rond Yamaha 201 3 André Massant Yamaha 149 4 Jiry Churavy ČZ 137 5 Göte Liljegren KTM 93 6 Yuri Khudiakov ČZ 85 7 Gilbert De Roover Beta 81 8 Matti Autio KTM 74 9 Paolo Piron Beta 54 9 Akira Watanabe Suzuki 54 11 Pavel Rulev ČZ 46 12 Zdeneck Velky ČZ 37 13 François Minne Aprilia 34 14 Corrado Maddii Aspes [it] 30 15 Warren Reid Honda 25 16 Koji Masuda Suzuki 24 17 Pat Ritcher Honda 16 17 Roger Harvey Husqvarna 16 19 Ivan Alborghetti Aprilia 15 20 Andy Ainsworth Husqvarna 12 21 Walter Kalberer Husqvarna 10 21 Gerhard Huber Can-Am 10 23 Patrick Boniface KTM 9 23 Gary Ogden Honda 9 23 Dario Nani Gilera 9 23 Dinand Ziljlstra Kawasaki 9 27 Jorma Rautiainen Maico 8 28 Frank Stacy Suzuki 7 28 Dieudonne Stouvenakers Derbi 7 30 Joe MacIntosch Yamaha 5 31 Jay Kimber Yamaha 4 32 Danny LaPorte Suzuki 3 32 Michael Weiss Can-Am 3 32 Edi Hau Zündapp 3 35 Stellan Andersson Honda 2 35 Mike Jones Honda 2 35 Karel Kasten ČZ 2 35 Mike Van der Beken Honda 2 39 Ivano Bessone Gilera 1 39 Tony Elias Bultaco 1 39 Alain Fura Yamaha 1 39 Robert Greisch Yamaha 1 39 David James Suzuki 1 39 Joseph Loetscher Honda 1