The 1978

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was the 22nd F.I.M.

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World Championship season.

Summary

Heikki Mikkola Heikki Antero Mikkola (born 6 July 1945) is a Finnish former professional motocross racer and motocross team manager. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1967 to 1979, most prominently as a member of the Husqvarna factory racing ...

successfully defended his 500cc world championship for

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, finishing ahead of

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. Mikkola dominated the season with 14 moto victories in 24 outings.

Roger De Coster Roger De Coster (born 28 August 1944) is a Belgian former professional motocross racer and current Motorsport Director of KTM and Husqvarna North America. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1966 to 1980, most prominently as a m ...

had a serious accident during pre-season training and ended up having his spleen removed but, recovered to finish the season in third 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 ...

was also successful in defending his 250cc title despite a strong challenge from Kawasaki's Torleif Hansen. In the 125cc championship, Akira Watanabe ended the three-year reign of his Suzuki teammate,

Gaston Rahier Gaston Rahier (1 February 1947 – 8 February 2005) was a Belgian professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1967 to 1979, most prominently as a member of the Suzuki factory racing team where he won t ...

. Watanabe's championship marks the first and only motocross world championship for a Japanese competitor. Gerard Rond won four Grand Prix overall victories for Yamaha and finished in third place, one point behind Rahier.

Grands Prix

500cc

250cc

125cc

Final standings

References

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