1976 FIM Motocross World Championship

The 1976 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 20th F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.

1976 Motocross World Championship
Previous: 1975 Next: 1977

Summary

Suzuki's Roger De Coster claimed his fifth 500cc world championship finishing ahead of his teammate Gerrit Wolsink and Maico's Adolf Weil. Wolsink had seven moto victories against the nine victories by De Coster meaning that the championship wasn't decided until the final race in Luxembourg. Husqvarna's Heikki Mikkola returned to the 250cc class and won a tight points battle to finish the season one point ahead of KTM's Guennady Moisseev. Gaston Rahier once again dominated the 125cc class to win his second consecutive world championship for Suzuki. Yamaha's team was disbanded with Jaak van Velthoven joining the KTM team and Åke Jonsson returning to his former Maico team while, 250cc rider Håkan Andersson moved to the Montesa factory racing team.

Grands Prix

500cc
Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Overall Winner Report
1 April 4 Swiss Grand Prix Payerne Gerrit Wolsink Gerrit Wolsink Gerrit Wolsink Report
2 April 11 French Grand Prix Pernes-les-Fontaines Adolf Weil Roger De Coster Adolf Weil Report
3 May 2 Italian Grand Prix Fermo Roger De Coster Pierre Karsmakers Roger De Coster Report
4 May 9 Austrian Grand Prix Sittendorf Adolf Weil Roger De Coster Roger De Coster Report
5 May 16 Swedish Grand Prix Västerås Roger De Coster Roger De Coster Roger De Coster Report
6 May 23 Finnish Grand Prix Ruskeasanta Brad Lackey Roger De Coster Gerrit Wolsink Report
7 June 13 West German Grand Prix Beuern Roger De Coster Roger De Coster Roger De Coster Report
8 June 20 United States Grand Prix Carlsbad Gerrit Wolsink Gerrit Wolsink Gerrit Wolsink Report
9 June 27 Canadian Grand Prix Mosport Gerrit Wolsink Gerrit Wolsink Gerrit Wolsink Report[1]
10 July 4 British Grand Prix Dodington Park Graham Noyce Adolf Weil Roger De Coster Report
11 August 1 Belgian Grand Prix Namur Roger De Coster Gerrit Wolsink Roger De Coster Report
12 August 8 Luxembourg Grand Prix Ettelbruck Jaak van Velthoven Jaak van Velthoven Jaak van Velthoven Report

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250cc
Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Overall Winner Report
1 April 4 Spanish Grand Prix Sabadell Heikki Mikkola Heikki Mikkola Heikki Mikkola Report
2 April 25 Belgian Grand Prix Betekom Jaroslav Falta Heikki Mikkola Heikki Mikkola Report
3 May 2 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Holice Vladimir Kavinov Jaroslav Falta Heikki Mikkola Report
4 May 9 Polish Grand Prix Szczecin Jim Pomeroy Heikki Mikkola Torleif Hansen Report
5 May 16 Russian Grand Prix Lviv Guennady Moisseev Heikki Mikkola Anatoly Ovchinikov Report
6 May 23 Yugoslavian Grand Prix Orehova vas Guennady Moisseev Heikki Mikkola Heikki Mikkola Report
7 May 30 Italian Grand Prix La Vecchia Jim Pomeroy Guennady Moisseev Guennady Moisseev Report
8 June 13 French Grand Prix La Coudraie - Niort No race No race Riders boycotted due to excessive dust Report
9 June 20 British Grand Prix Newbury Guennady Moisseev Guennady Moisseev Guennady Moisseev Report
10 June 27 West German Grand Prix Gaildorf Vladimir Kavinov Vladimir Kavinov Vladimir Kavinov Report
11 August 8 Dutch Grand Prix Lichtenvoorde Heikki Mikkola Guennady Moisseev Harry Everts Report
12 August 15 Swedish Grand Prix Ulricehamn Guennady Moisseev Guennady Moisseev Guennady Moisseev Report

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125cc
Round Date Grand Prix Location Winner Team Report
1 April 4 Austrian Grand Prix Launsdorf Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
2 April 11 Italian Grand Prix Livorno Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
3 May 2 British Grand Prix Hawkstone Park Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
4 May 30 Belgian Grand Prix Hoeselt Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
5 June 7 Danish Grand Prix Nissebjerget Marty Smith Honda Report
6 June 13 Finnish Grand Prix Hämeenlinna Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
7 June 20 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Stříbro Jiry Churavy ČZ Report
8 June 27 French Grand Prix Cassel Zdeneck Velky ČZ Report
9 July 11 United States Grand Prix Lexington Marty Smith Honda Report
10 August 8 West German Grand Prix Laubus-Eschbach Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
11 August 15 Spanish Grand Prix Montgai Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report
12 August 22 Swiss Grand Prix Schupfart Gaston Rahier Suzuki Report

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Final standings

References
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  2. "1976 500cc motocross world championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  3. "1976 500cc motocross world championship". akejonsson.com. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  4. "1976 250cc motocross world championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  5. "1976 250cc motocross world championship race results". jwvanessen.com. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  6. "1976 125cc motocross world championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  7. "1976 500cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  8. "1976 250cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  9. "1976 250cc motocross world championship final standings". jwvanessen.com. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  10. "1976 125cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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