1979 FIM World Motorcycle Trials season

The 1979 World trials season consisted of twelve trials events. It began on 10 February, with round one in Newtownards, Ireland and ended with round twelve in Ricany, Czechoslovakia on 16 September.

1979 FIM World motorcycle trials season

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Season summary

Bernie Schreiber would claim his first World trials championship in 1979, the first American to win the FIM World Trials Championship. ^[1]

1979 World trials season calendar

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Round	Date	Trial	Venue	Trial GP
1	10 February	Ireland	Newtownards	1) Rob Shepherd 2) John Reynolds 3) Martin Lampkin
2	17 February	Great Britain	Rhayader	1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Martin Lampkin
3	25 February	Belgium	Bilstain	1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Malcolm Rathmell
4	4 March	Netherlands	Norg	1) Ulf Karlson 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Nigel Birkett
5	11 March	Spain	Matadepera	1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Jaime Subira 3) Marlan Whaley
6	18 March	France	Montbelliard	1) Ulf Karlson 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Charles Coutard
7	10 June	Canada	Calgary	1) Malcolm Rathmell 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Bernie Schreiber
8	17 June	United States	Pueblo	1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Rob Shepherd 3) Martin Lampkin
9	15 July	Italy	Mezzo Lago	1) Charles Coutard 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Rob Shepherd
10	19 August	Sweden	Boras	1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Antonio Gorgot
11	26 August	Finland	Espoo	1) Manuel Soler 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Yrjo Vesterinen
12	16 September	Czechoslovakia	Ricany	1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Martin Lampkin

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

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Pos	Rider	Machine	IRL	GBR	BEL	NED	SPA	FRA	CAN	USA	ITA	SWE	FIN	CZE	Pts	Notes
1	Bernie Schreiber	Bultaco	-	7	6	4	1	2	3	1	2	1	7	1	115	first American to win a trials world championship
2	Yrjo Vesterinen	Bultaco	5	2	1	2	4	4	4	6	6	4	3	4	105	1979 Finnish champion
3	Ulf Karlson	Montesa	9	-	9	1	6	1	7	5	4	2	2	2	93	1979 Swedish Champion
4	Martin Lampkin	Bultaco	3	3	2	6	5	5	2	3	-	5	-	3	87
5	Malcolm Rathmell	Montesa	4	1	3	7	-	7	1	4	8	9	4	-	77	1979 British champion
6	Rob Shepherd	HRC Honda	1	-	8	-	7	6	6	2	3	8	9	-	59
7	Charles Coutard	SWM	-	5	4	9	-	3	9	10	1	-	-	10	45	1979 French Champion
8	Manuel Soler	Bultaco	10	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	5	7	1	9	30
9	Marland Whaley	Montesa	-	-	10	-	3	9	5	8	9	-	-	-	24	1979 US NATC Champion[4]
10	Jean-Marie Lejeune	Montesa	8	9	5	5	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	24
11	Jaime Subira	Montesa	-	8	-	-	2	-	-	-	10	-	10	6	22
12	Nigel Birkett	Montesa	7	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
13	Antonio Gorgot	Bultaco	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	21	1979 Spanish Champion
14	John Reynolds	Suzuki	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
15	Eddy Lejeune	HRC Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	-	6	-	7	12
16	Mick Andrews	Ossa	-	-	7	-	-	8	-	-	-	10	-	8	11
17	Timo Ryysy	SWM	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	7
18	Jean-Luc Colson	Montesa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	1979 Belgian Champ
19	Joe Wallman	Bultaco	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
20	Danilo Galeazzi	SWM	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	4
21	Anttoni Vesterinen	Bultaco	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8		3
21	Jo Jose	Bultaco	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
21	Claude Goset	Montesa	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
24	Ettore Baldini	Bultaco	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1979 Italian Champion[5]
24	Felix Krahnstover	Montesa	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1979 German Champion[6]