# 1980 FIM World Motorcycle Trials season

The 1980 World trials season consisted of twelve trials events. It began on 9 February, with round one in Newtownards, Ireland and ended with round twelve in Ricany, Czechoslovakia on 14 September.

## Season summary

Ulf Karlson would claim his first World trials championship in 1980, the first World Championship for Montesa.

## 1980 World trials season calendar

| Round | Date | Trial | Venue | Trial GP |
| 1 | 9 February | Ireland | Newtownards | 1) Ulf Karlson 2) Rob Shepherd 3) Yrjo Vesterinen |
| 2 | 16 February | Great Britain | Bovey Tracy | 1) Mick Andrews 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Malcolm Rathmell |
| 3 | 24 February | Belgium | Bilstain | 1) Eddy Lejeune 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Yrjo Vesterinen |
| 4 | 9 March | Spain | Olot | 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Yrjo Vesterinen |
| 5 | 20 April | Austria | Heinrich Am Weitra | 1) Eddy Lejeune 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Martin Lampkin |
| 6 | 1 June | France | St.Christophe | 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Manuel Soler 3) Yrjo Vesterinen |
| 7 | 23 June | Switzerland | Fully | 1) Eddy Lejeune 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Christian Desnoyers |
| 8 | 30 June | Germany | Kiefersfelden | 1) Yrjo Vesterinen 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Ulf Karlson |
| 9 | 13 July | Italy | Chiesa Valdemanco | 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Martin Lampkin 3) Ulf Karlson |
| 10 | 24 August | Finland | Tervakovski | 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Manuel Soler |
| 11 | 31 August | Sweden | Karlskoga | 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Ulf Karlson 3) Eddy Lejeune |
| 12 | 14 September | Czechoslovakia | Ricany | 1) Bernie Schreiber 2) Jaime Subira 3) Antonio Gorgot |

### 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 | SPA | FRA | GER | USA | CAN | SWE | FIN | CZE | SWI | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Ulf Karlson | Montesa | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 121 | |
| 2 | Bernie Schreiber | Bultaco | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 111 | |
| 3 | Yrjo Vesterinen | Montesa | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 94 | 1980 Finnish Champion |
| 4 | Eddy Lejeune | HRC Honda | - | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 1980 Belgian Champion |
| 5 | Martin Lampkin | Bultaco | 5 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | 7 | - | 61 | 1980 British Champion |
| 6 | Manuel Soler | Bultaco | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | - | 47 | |
| 7 | Antonio Gorgot | Bultaco | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 8 | - | 5 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 1980 Spanish Champion |
| 8 | Malcolm Rathmell | Montesa | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 40 | |
| 9 | Rob Shepherd | HRC Honda | 2 | 5 | - | 10 | 9 | - | 4 | - | 5 | - | - | 7 | 39 | |
| 10 | Jaime Subira | Fantic | - | 9 | - | 6 | - | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 29 | |
| 11 | Gilles Burgat | SWM | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 7 | - | - | 6 | - | 18 | 1980 French Champion |
| 12 | Mick Andrews | Yamaha | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | |
| 13 | Christian Desnoyers | SWM | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | |
| 14 | Charles Coutard | SWM / Montesa | 8 | - | - | 9 | - | 6 | - | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | 13 | |
| 15 | Joe Wallman | Bultaco | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 9 | |
| 16 | Danilo Galeazzi | SWM | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 9 | 9 | 10 | - | 9 | 1980 Italian Champion |
| 17 | Alberto Juvanteny | Ossa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 8 | |
| 18 | Jean Marie Lejeune | Montesa | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| 19 | John Reynolds | Suzuki | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| 19 | Chris Myers | Bultaco | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| 21 | Timo Ryysy | Bultaco | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | | 4 | |
| 22 | Jean-Luc Colson | Montesa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | |
| 22 | Ettore Baldini | Bultaco | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 3 | |
| 22 | Fulvio Adamoli | Montesa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 22 | Fred Michaud | Ossa | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 26 | Kiyoteru Hattori | HRC Honda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | |
| 26 | Claude Goset | SWM | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| 28 | Xavier Miguel | Fantic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | |
| 28 | Pedro Olle | Montesa | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 28 | Nigel Birkett | Montesa | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |