1973 World Rally Championship

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Script error: No such module "Sidebar". The 1973 World Rally Championship was the inaugural season for the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC) format. It consisted of 13 events, each held in a different country of the world. Many of the events would be staples of the series through to today, including Monte Carlo, Sweden, Tour de Corse, and the RAC Rally, while others would soon be replaced in the schedule. As with following seasons, gravel events formed the majority of the schedule. Two pure tarmac and one snow and ice rally were also included, as well as three events held on a mixture of soft and hard surface roads.

The first award of the Championship for Manufacturers was firmly won by Alpine-Renault, which had already gained fame competing for the earlier International Championship for Manufacturers. Fiat successfully placed second ahead of challenger Ford, but could not seriously challenge the winning Alpine. However, this would also prove to be the last award for the Alpine, as it gave way in subsequent years to Italian firms Lancia and Fiat. A French manufacturer would not regain the Championship again until Peugeot successfully captured the 1985 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers.

From 1973 to 1978, the WRC only awarded a season championship for the winning manufacturer. Scoring was given for the highest placing entry for each manufacturer. Thus if a particular manufacturer was to place 2nd, 4th, and 10th, they would receive points for 2nd place only. However, the manufacturer would still gain an advantage in scoring from its other entries, as the points for the 4th and 10th place entries would be denied to other manufacturers.

Calendar

File:Jean-Luc Thérier - Alpine-Renault A110 1800 (1973 Rallye Sanremo).jpg
Alpine-Renault won the championship with the A110

For the first ever World Rally Championship, there were thirteen rallies.

Round Rally name Surface Dates
1 Template:Flagicon Rallye Monte-Carlo Mixed (Tarmac - Snow) 19–26 January
2 Template:Flagicon Swedish Rally Snow 15–18 February
3 Template:Flagicon Rallye de Portugal Mixed (Tarmac - Gravel) 13–18 March
4 Template:Flagicon Safari Rally Gravel 19–23 April
5 Template:Flagicon Rallye du Maroc Gravel 8–13 May
6 Template:Flagicon Acropolis Rally Gravel 23–28 May
7 Template:Flagicon Rajd Polski Gravel 12–15 July
8 Template:Flagicon 1000 Lakes Rally Gravel 3–5 August
9 Template:Flagicon Österreichische Alpenfahrt Gravel 12–14 September
10 Template:Flagicon Rallye Sanremo Mixed (Tarmac - Gravel) 10–13 October
11 Template:Flagicon Press-on-Regardless Rally Gravel 31 October–4 November
12 Template:Flagicon RAC Rally Gravel 17–21 November
13 Template:Flagicon Tour de Corse Tarmac 1–2 December
Sources:[1][2]

Events

1973 World Rally Championship event map
File:WRC-1973.png
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface
Colour Rally Surface
Gold Gravel
Silver Tarmac
Blue Snow/Ice
Bronze Mixed Surface
Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Template:Flagicon Rallye Monte-Carlo
(19–26 January) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Jean-Claude Andruet Alpine Renault A110 1800 5:42:04 18 456,50 km 278 51
2 Template:Flagicon Ove Andersson Alpine Renault A110 1800 5:42:30
3 Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Nicolas Alpine Renault A110 1800 5:43:39
2 Template:Flagicon Swedish Rally
(15–18 February) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Stig Blomqvist Saab 96 V4 9:18:31 36 760,00 km 73 42
2 Template:Flagicon Per Eklund Saab 96 V4 9:20:53
3 Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Thérier Alpine Renault A110 1800 9:34:12
3 Template:Flagicon Rallye de Portugal
(13–18 March) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Thérier Alpine Renault A110 1800 5:42:16 32 397,50 km 79 23
2 Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Nicolas Alpine Renault A110 1800 5:48:57
3 Template:Flagicon Francisco Romãozinho Citroën DS21 6:07:48
4 Template:Flagicon Safari Rally
(19–23 April) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Shekhar Mehta Datsun 240Z + 6:46 pen 56 5300.00 km 89 18
2 Template:Flagicon Harry Källström Datsun 1800 SSS + 6:46 pen
3 Template:Flagicon Ove Andersson Peugeot 504 + 8:47 pen
5 Template:Flagicon Rallye du Maroc
(8–13 May) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Bernard Darniche Alpine Renault A110 15:01:22 11 1258.00 km 66 12
2 Template:Flagicon Bob Neyret Citroën DS23 15:20:04
3 Template:Flagicon Richard Bochnicek Citroën DS23 15:34:37
6 Template:Flagicon Acropolis Rally
(23–28 May) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Thérier Alpine Renault A110 7:37:58 47 556.35 km 83 11
2 Template:Flagicon Rauno Aaltonen Fiat Abarth 124 7:44:59
3 Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Nicolas Alpine Renault A110 7:45:56
7 Template:Flagicon Rajd Polski
(12–15 July) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Achim Warmbold Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 8:28:14 55 742.30 km 62 3
2 Template:Flagicon Egon Culmbacher Wartburg 353 11:15:16
3 Template:Flagicon Maciej Stawowiak Polski Fiat 125p 12:08:31
8 Template:Flagicon 1000 Lakes Rally
(3–5 August) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Timo Mäkinen Ford Escort RS1600 4:53:50 43 517.20 km 109 55
2 Template:Flagicon Markku Alén Volvo 142 4:55:59
3 Template:Flagicon Leo Kinnunen Porsche 911 4:57:12
9 Template:Flagicon Österreichische Alpenfahrt
(12–14 September) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Achim Warmbold BMW 2002Tii 3:58:55 30 324.50 km 74 25
2 Template:Flagicon Bernard Darniche Alpine Renault A110 4:00:10
3 Template:Flagicon Per Eklund Saab 96 V4 4:00:11
10 Template:Flagicon Rallye Sanremo
(10–13 October) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Thérier Alpine Renault A110 8:01:32 37 369.30 km 107 54
2 Template:Flagicon Maurizio Verini Fiat Abarth 124 8:07:34
3 Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Nicolas Alpine Renault A110 8:21:37
11 Template:Flagicon Press-on-Regardless Rally
(31 October–4 November) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Walter Boyce Toyota Corolla 6:58:28 85 552.61 km 58 23
2 Template:Flagicon Jim Walker Volvo 142S 7:22:43
3 Template:Flagicon John Smiskol Datsun 240Z 7:33:36
12 Template:Flagicon RAC Rally
(17–21 November) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Timo Mäkinen Ford Escort RS1600 6:47:08 80 540.02 km 198 91
2 Template:Flagicon Roger Clark Ford Escort RS1600 6:52:23
3 Template:Flagicon Markku Alén Ford Escort RS1600 6:55:26
13 Template:Flagicon Tour de Corse
(1–2 December) — Results and report 		1 Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Nicolas Alpine Renault A110 5:06:31 21 511.70 km 50 22
2 Template:Flagicon Jean-François Piot Alpine Renault A110 5:14:37
3 Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Thérier Alpine Renault A110 5:18:46
Sources:[1][3]

Championship

Points were awarded to the best placed vehicle of each manufacturer.[4]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

Manufacturers' championship

<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Manufacturer MON
Template:Flagicon 		SWE
Template:Flagicon 		POR
Template:Flagicon 		KEN
Template:Flagicon 		MAR
Template:Flagicon 		GRC
Template:Flagicon 		POL
Template:Flagicon 		FIN
Template:Flagicon 		AUT
Template:Flagicon 		ITA
Template:Flagicon 		USA
Template:Flagicon 		GBR
Template:Flagicon 		FRA
Template:Flagicon 		Points
1 Template:Flagicon Alpine-Renault 1 3 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 Ret (5) 1 147
2 Template:Flagicon Fiat 7 5 4 (8) 6 2 1 (8) 6 2 (10) 84
3 Template:Flagicon Ford 4 9 14 7 Ret 1 4 1 4 76
4 Template:Flagicon Volvo 9 9 2 2 4 44
5 Template:Flagicon Saab 37 1 4 3 Ret 42
6 Template:Flagicon Datsun 9 19 11 1 11 Ret 3 14 22 34
7 Template:Flagicon Citroën 3 2 6 Ret 33
8 Template:Flagicon BMW 17 7 13 Ret Ret 17 1 51 7 28
9 Template:Flagicon Porsche 46 5 Ret Ret 3 7 22 8 27
10 Template:Flagicon Toyota 23 Ret 9 Ret 8 1 12 25
11 Template:Flagicon Opel 12 10 7 DSQ 11 5 13 9 Ret 6 7 25
12 Template:Flagicon Polski Fiat 35 3 6 18
13 Template:Flagicon Lancia 8 4 7 Ret 17
14 Template:Flagicon Wartburg 38 2 39 15
15 Template:Flagicon Volkswagen 6 19 12 5 10 15
16 Template:Flagicon Peugeot Ret 3 10 22 13
17 Template:Flagicon Mitsubishi 7 4
18 Template:Flagicon Škoda 8 15 3
19 Template:Flagicon Alfa Romeo 19 17 Ret 13 9 2
20 Template:Flagicon Audi 51 10 10 2
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Manufacturer MON
Template:Flagicon 		SWE
Template:Flagicon 		POR
Template:Flagicon 		KEN
Template:Flagicon 		MAR
Template:Flagicon 		GRC
Template:Flagicon 		POL
Template:Flagicon 		FIN
Template:Flagicon 		AUT
Template:Flagicon 		ITA
Template:Flagicon 		USA
Template:Flagicon 		GBR
Template:Flagicon 		FRA
Template:Flagicon 		Points
Sources:[1][5]
  • Positions in parentheses did not count to championship totals

See also

References

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