The 1977

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was the 21st F.I.M.

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World Championship season.

Summary

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rejoined the 500cc class in 1977 after winning the

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250cc world championship. Now riding for the

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factory racing team, he continued his old rivalry with Suzuki's

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. Mikkola won 12 motos to clinch the title ahead of Suzuki teammates De Coster and

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switched to the

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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 Bengt Edvin Åberg (26 June 1944 – 6 March 2021) was a Swedish professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1966 to 1979. He was a two-time FIM 500cc Motocross World Champion. Biography Åberg was born in ...

competed in the 500cc world championship on a highly modified

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built in collaboration with former world champions

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and

Sten Lundin Sten Lundin (20 November 1931 – 3 June 2016) was a Swedish professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1955 to 1966. Motocross career Lundin won the F.I.M. 500cc motocross world championship in 1959 ridi ...

. 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.

Guennady Moisseev Guennady Anatolyevich Moiseev (russian: Генна́дий Анато́льевич Моисе́ев; February 3, 1948 – July 23, 2017) was a Russians, Russian former Grand Prix motocross racer. He was a three-time 250cc motocross List of mo ...

won his second 250cc world championship as

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swept the top three positions with Vladimir Kavinov finishing in second place and

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taking third place in the final standings. Suzuki's

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won the 125cc class for a third consecutive year.

Grands Prix

500cc

250cc

125cc

Final standings

References

External links

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