The 1977 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 21st F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.
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.
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Overall Winner | Report |
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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 |
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report |
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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 | Czechoslovakian 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 |
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report |
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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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