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In the 125cc championship, Akira Watanabe ended the three-year reign of his Suzuki teammate, Gaston Rahier. 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.
The FIM Motocross World Championship is a worldwide motocross series sanctioned by the F.I.M. It was inaugurated in 1957 using a 500 cc engine displacement formula. [1] In 1962 a 250cc class was added and in 1975, a 125cc class was introduced. Prior to 1957, the championship was known as the European Championship.
500cc World Championship: Kenny Roberts: 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season: 350cc World Championship: Kork Ballington: 250cc World Championship: 125cc World Championship: Eugenio Lazzarini: 50cc World Championship: Ricardo Tormo: Speedway World Championship: Ole Olsen: 1978 Individual Speedway World Championship: AMA Superbike ...
The 2025 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship is the second season of the FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship (WorldWCR), the premier female only circuit racing series. Riders compete on identical Yamaha YZF-R7 motorcycles. The rounds are run as support races for 6 of the European rounds of the Superbike World Championship ...
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0–9. 1952 Motocross European Championship; 1953 Motocross European Championship; 1954 Motocross European Championship; 1955 Motocross European Championship
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Akira Watanabe (渡辺明, Watanabe Akira, born 1954 in Utsunomiya) is a Japanese former professional motocross racer and team manager. [1] He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1975 to 1982. [1] Watanabe is notable for being the first and only Japanese competitor to win an FIM motocross world championship. [1] [2]