The 1977 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 21st F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.
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.
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. 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. 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. Daniel Péan became the first French rider to win an overall victory in an FIM Motocross Grand Prix race when he won the 250cc Yugoslav Grand Prix on 5 June 1977.
Grands Prix 500cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 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 ReportSources:
250cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 3 Spanish Grand Prix Sabadell Raymond Boven Hans Maisch Raymond Boven Report 2 April 17 Swiss Grand Prix Payerne Vladimir Kavinov Raymond Boven Gennady Moiseyev Report 3 April 24 Belgian Grand Prix Borgloon Gennady Moiseyev Gennady Moiseyev Gennady Moiseyev Report 4 April 30 Czechoslovak Grand Prix Holice Antonin Baborovski Jaroslav Falta Antonin Baborovski Report 5 May 8 Italian Grand Prix Apiro Gennady Moiseyev Gennady Moiseyev Gennady Moiseyev Report 6 May 15 Austrian Grand Prix Schwanenstadt Gennady Moiseyev Vladimir Kavinov Torao Suzuki Report 7 May 22 Russian Grand Prix Chișinău Gennady Moiseyev Gennady Moiseyev Gennady Moiseyev Report 8 June 5 Yugoslav Grand Prix Karlovac Anatoly Ovchinnikov Antonin Baborovski Daniel Péan Report 9 June 19 West German Grand Prix Beuern Gennady Moiseyev Vladimir Kavinov André Malherbe Report 10 June 31 British Grand Prix Hawkstone Park Gennady Moiseyev Gennady Moiseyev Gennady Moiseyev Report 11 August 14 Swedish Grand Prix Uddevalla Vladimir Kavinov Vladimir Kavinov Vladimir Kavinov Report 12 August 21 Finnish Grand Prix Hyvinkää Gennady Moiseyev Gennady Moiseyev Gennady Moiseyev ReportSources:
125cc RoundDateGrand PrixLocationRace 1 WinnerRace 2 WinnerOverall WinnerReport 1 April 10 French Grand Prix Metz Gaston Rahier Akira Watanabe Gaston Rahier Report 2 April 17 Italian Grand Prix Lovolo Gaston Rahier Akira Watanabe Akira Watanabe Report 3 May 1 Belgian Grand Prix Retinne Gaston Rahier Gaston Rahier Gaston Rahier Report 4 May 30 Danish Grand Prix Nissebjerget Gérard Rond Gérard Rond Gérard Rond Report 5 June 5 Polish Grand Prix Szczecin Gaston Rahier Gérard Rond Gérard Rond Report 6 June 12 Yugoslav Grand Prix Zabok Gaston Rahier Gaston Rahier Gaston Rahier Report 7 June 19 Czechoslovak Grand Prix Dalečín Gaston Rahier Gérard Rond Gérard Rond Report 8 July 3 West German Grand Prix Schrecksbach Gaston Rahier Gaston Rahier Gaston Rahier Report 9 July 10 Swiss Grand Prix Roggenburg Gaston Rahier Gaston Rahier Gaston Rahier Report 10 July 17 United States Grand Prix Lexington Gérard Rond Gaston Rahier Gaston Rahier Report 11 July 24 Canadian Grand Prix Mosport André Massant Warren Reid André Massant Report 12 August 14 Spanish Grand Prix Montgai Gaston Rahier Gaston Rahier Gaston Rahier ReportSources:
Final standings
Points are awarded based on the results of each individual heat race. The top 10 classified finishers in each heat race score points according to the following scale;
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
500cc (Results in italics indicate overall winner) Pos Rider Machine AUT NED SWE FIN GER ITA USA CAN UK BEL LUX CH Points 1 Heikki Mikkola Yamaha 3 5 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 272 2 Roger De Coster Suzuki 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 2 3 4 1 2 2 4 1 2 2 2 1 222 3 Gerrit Wolsink Suzuki 7 1 5 2 8 2 2 3 6 1 2 4 3 2 5 1 8 2 9 2 6 6 5 202 4 Brad Lackey Honda 7 2 4 1 3 2 4 7 7 4 3 2 4 1 3 3 4 5 7 168 5 Herbert Schmitz Maico 9 4 7 6 5 3 8 9 5 4 6 4 5 9 7 5 85 Håkan Andersson Montesa 9 4 6 8 4 6 9 5 6 7 6 5 4 3 4 85 7 Jaak van Velthoven KTM 5 4 8 7 9 7 6 10 7 9 8 7 6 8 1 2 81 8 Graham Noyce Maico 6 2 4 5 10 3 4 5 4 3 74 9 Bengt Åberg Yamaha 8 3 3 3 7 1 3 72 10 Adolf Weil Maico 9 7 9 6 10 5 6 4 7 8 6 45 11 John Banks CCM 9 10 8 6 5 10 7 5 2 10 41 12 Pierre Karsmakers Yamaha 2 6 9 8 4 30 13 Willy Bauer KTM 4 10 6 5 9 9 6 29 14 Yvan van den Broeck Maico 7 7 7 8 10 10 10 18 15 Jim Pomeroy Honda 1 15 Arne Lindfors Husqvarna 10 8 5 9 8 15 17 Siegfrid Lerner KTM 8 6 8 11 Gaylon Mosier Maico 10 3 11 Tommy Croft Honda 5 6 11 20 Arne Lodal Husqvarna 10 5 8 10 Peter Herlings Maico 6 7 10 10 22 Åke Jonsson Maico 6 10 8 9 Alberto Angiolini Maico 10 10 8 7 9 Tony DiStefano Suzuki 6 7 9 25 Ove Hogberg Beta 5 6 Afro Rustignoli Montesa 5 6 27 Frans Sigmans Husqvarna 7 10 5 Jimmy Ellis Can-Am 9 8 5 André Vromans Suzuki 9 8 5 Italo Forni Montesa 7 10 5 31 Oldrich Hamrsmid ČZ 9 9 4 Math Hensen Maico 10 8 4 33 Marty Smith Honda 8 3 Billy Grossi Suzuki 8 3 Bob Wright CCM 10 9 3 36 Frank Svendsen Husqvarna 9 2 Fritz Köbele Maico 9 2 Vic Eastwood CCM 9 2 Sylvain Geboers Maico 9 2 40 Vic Allan CCM 10 1 Bob Levy Husqvarna 10 1 Yves Bertrand Suzuki 10 1Sources:
250cc
(Results in italics indicate overall winner)
Pos Rider Machine ESP SUI BEL TCH ITA AUT USR YUG GER GBR SWE FIN Points 1 Gennady Moiseyev KTM 2 9 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 6 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 245 2 Vladimir Kavinov KTM 3 1 10 3 2 2 9 2 7 1 2 2 4 8 1 2 1 1 3 4 203 3 André Malherbe KTM 7 4 3 8 7 7 4 3 6 4 2 3 2 2 5 3 2 2 150 4 Harry Everts Bultaco 5 3 1 8 2 5 3 2 8 8 6 5 2 5 2 121 5 Hans Maisch Maico 1 4 4 4 4 3 8 3 6 5 8 3 9 7 100 6 Antonin Baborovsky ČZ 9 7 5 9 1 3 2 5 6 1 10 10 4 6 5 98 7 Raymond Boven Montesa 1 5 6 5 6 7 6 10 7 9 7 7 9 7 8 6 75 8 Jean-Paul Mingels Montesa 8 8 2 6 4 10 6 7 9 5 3 10 4 8 71 9 Jaroslav Falta ČZ 6 2 1 10 6 6 6 3 8 10 9 64 10 Jean-Jacques Bruno KTM 10 9 8 9 4 4 8 7 3 5 4 6 10 61 11 Torao Suzuki Suzuki 8 2 6 8 5 2 8 4 5 58 Torleif Hansen Kawasaki 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 58 13 Neil Hudson Maico 7 7 7 8 8 9 7 9 5 7 9 9 8 4 51 14 Anatoly Ovchinikov KTM 5 5 4 3 1 45 15 Rolf Dieffenbach Kramer-Rotax 10 10 9 6 6 5 6 3 35 16 Daniel Péan Maico 2 7 4 7 28 17 Håkan Carlqvist Husqvarna 4 6 5 7 23 18 Erkki Sundstrom Husqvarna 10 6 4 8 17 19 Afro Rustignoli Montesa 3 10 Marty Moates Ossa 7 5 10 Fritz Schneider Maico 6 9 10 9 10 22 Vladimir Khudiakov ČZ 10 4 9 Rob Hooper Maico 9 8 10 9 10 9 24 Stanislav Janicek ČZ 10 5 7 Tapani Pikkarainen KTM 10 8 8 7 26 Graham Noyce Maico 10 7 6 27 Matti Tarkkonen Yamaha 7 4 Geoff Mayes Kawasaki 9 9 4 29 Miroslav Halm ČZ 10 9 3 30 Miroslav Jirka ČZ 10 1 Christophe Husser Yamaha 10 1 Tommy Olsson Monteas 10 1Sources:
125cc
(Results in italics indicate overall winner)
Pos Rider Machine FRA ITA BEL DEN POL YUG TCH GER SUI USA CAN ESP Points 1 Gaston Rahier Suzuki 1 2 1 8 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 292 2 Gérard Rond Yamaha 3 6 8 3 7 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 2 2 4 2 1 5 2 201 3 André Massant Yamaha 4 5 3 3 3 6 9 7 4 7 5 3 3 3 4 1 2 3 10 149 4 Jiří Churavý ČZ 10 3 5 2 7 7 6 4 2 3 2 9 7 5 7 8 4 4 5 2 137 5 Göte Liljegren KTM 7 7 6 4 3 5 6 5 7 6 6 10 8 2 6 6 6 93 6 Yuri Khudiakov ČZ 4 8 5 3 2 3 9 7 8 10 9 4 3 5 85 7 Gilbert De Roover Beta 6 2 5 6 3 10 3 4 5 4 3 81 8 Matti Autio KTM 8 9 9 4 4 5 5 3 7 6 4 7 4 74 9 Akira Watanabe Suzuki 2 1 2 1 54 Paolo Piron Beta 3 10 7 8 5 4 4 4 5 54 11 Pavel Rulev ČZ 8 7 6 8 5 10 6 9 6 5 8 8 46 12 Zdeněk Velký ČZ 5 4 3 8 6 6 37 13 François Minne Yamaha 10 9 2 7 9 8 9 9 7 32 14 Corrado Maddii Aspès 9 2 6 10 6 6 30 15 Warren Reid Honda 3 1 25 16 Koji Masuda Suzuki 2 2 24 17 Pat Ritcher Honda 5 3 16 Roger Harvey Husqvarna 6 5 8 9 16 19 Ivan Alborghetti Aprilia 7 4 8 15 20 Andy Ainsworth Husqvarna 10 8 8 9 10 9 12 21 Walter Kalberer Husqvarna 9 4 10 Gerhard Huber Can-Am 7 9 7 10 23 Patrick Boniface Yamaha 4 10 9 Gary Ogden Honda 6 7 9 Dario Nani Gilera 6 9 9 9 Dinand Ziljlstra Kawasaki 10 8 7 10 9 27 Jorma Rautiainen Maico 7 7 8 28 Dieudonne Stouvenakers Derbi 5 10 7 Frank Stacy Suzuki 10 5 7 30 Joe MacIntosch Yamaha 9 8 5 31 Jay Kimber Yamaha 8 10 4 32 Eddy Hau Zündapp 8 8 Alois Weiss Can-Am 8 3 Danny LaPorte Suzuki 8 3 35 Karel Kasten ČZ 9 2 Steffan Andersson Honda 9 2 Mike Jones Honda 9 2 Mike Van der Beken Honda 9 2 39 Robert Greisch Yamaha 10 1 Ivano Bessone Gilera 10 1 Alain Fura Yamaha 10 1 Joseph Loetscher KTM 10 1 John Savitski Yamaha 10 1 David James Suzuki 10 1 Antonio Elias Bultaco 10 1Sources:
References
External links