The 1978 World trials season consisted of twelve trials events. It began on 11 February, with round one in Newtownards, Ireland and ended with round twelve in Říčany, Czechoslovakia on 24 September.
Season summary Yrjo Vesterinen would claim his third World trials championship in 1978, repeating his 1976 and 1977 titles.
1978 World trials season calendar
Round Date Trial Venue Trial GP 1 11 February Ireland Newtownards 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Rob Shepherd 2 18 February Great Britain Rhayader 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Mick Andrews 3 26 February Belgium Bilstain 1) Martin Lampkin 2) Rob Shepherd 3) Yrjo Vesterinen 4 5 March France Sommieres 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Yrjo Vesterinen 5 12 March Spain Matadepera 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Mick Andrews 6 28 May Germany Gefrees 1) Martin Lampkin 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Ulf Karlson 7 11 June United States Roaring Branch 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Ulf Karlson 8 16 July Italy Pinerolo 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Antonio Gorgot 9 23 July Austria Spital Am Semmering 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Bernie Schreiber 3) Ulf Karlson 10 20 August Sweden Molndal 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Yrjo Vesterinen 3) Bernie Schreiber 11 27 August Finland Ekenas 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Timo Ryysy 12 24 September Czechoslovakia Říčany 1) Martin Lampkin 2) Bernie Schreiber 3)Yrjo Vesterinen
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 FRA SPA GER USA ITA AUT SWE FIN CZE Pts Notes 1 Yrjo Vesterinen Bultaco 1 1 3 3 6 8 2 5 1 2 1 3 128 1978 Finnish champion 2 Martin Lampkin Bultaco 2 4 1 2 2 1 4 2 6 7 4 1 126 1978 British champion 3 Bernie Schreiber Bultaco 9 8 - 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 6 2 116 1978 US NATC Champion 4 Ulf Karlson Montesa 6 2 6 5 4 3 3 6 3 1 2 5 104 1978 Swedish Champion 5 Rob Shepherd HRC Honda 3 - 2 6 5 4 - - 5 6 5 6 63 6 Mick Andrews Yamaha / Ossa 4 3 7 7 3 6 8 - - - - - 44 7 Antonio Gorgot Bultaco - - - 8 9 7 9 3 - - - 4 29 1978 Spanish Champion 8 Jean Marie LeJeune Montesa 8 - 4 - - 5 - - 4 - - - 25 1978 Belgian champion 9 Jaime Subira Montesa - - - 4 - - - 7 - 4 10 7 25 10 Manuel Soler Bultaco - - - - - - - 4 7 5 7 - 22 11 Timo Ryysy SWM - - - - - 9 - - 9 8 3 10 18 12 Charles Coutard SWM 5 - - - 10 - 10 - 8 10 9 - 14 13 Joe Wallman Bultaco 7 9 - - - - - 10 - 9 8 - 12 14 Malcolm Rathmell Suzuki 10 10 8 9 - - 7 - - - - - 11 15 Jean-Luc Colson Montesa - - 5 - 7 - - - - - - - 10 16 Marland Whaley Montesa - - - - - - 5 8 10 - - - 10 17 Nigel Birkett Montesa - - 9 - 8 - - 9 - - - 8 10 18 John Reynolds Suzuki - 5 - - - - - - - - - - 6 19 Curt Comer Montesa - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 5 19 Rob Edwards Montesa - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 5 21 Christian Desnoyers Montesa - 7 - - - - - - - - - - 4 1978 French Champion 22 Ettore Baldini Bultaco - - - - - - - - - - - 9 2 23 Felix Krahnstover KTM - - - - - 10 - - - - - - 1 1978 German Champion 23 Joaquim Abad Ossa - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 1 23 Claude Goset Montesa - - 10 - - - - - - - - - 1
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