1973 World Rally Championship season
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The 1973 World Rally Championship season 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 Rally Championship for Makers. 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 winningest 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.
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| Black = Tarmac | Brown = Gravel | Blue = Snow/Ice | Red = Mixed Surface |
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| Round | Rally name | Stages | Podium finishers | |||
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| Rank | Driver | Car | Time | |||
| 1 |  42ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (19–26 January) |
18 stages 420 km Tarmac |
1 |  Jean-Claude Andruet |
Alpine Renault A110 1800 | 5 h : 42 m : 4 s |
| 2 |  Ove Andersson |
Alpine Renault A110 1800 | 5 h : 42 m : 30 s | |||
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas |
Alpine Renault A110 1800 | 5 h : 43 m : 39 s | |||
| 2 | 24th International Swedish Rally (15–18 February) |
36 stages 760 km Snow/Ice |
1 | Stig Blomqvist |
Saab 96 V4 | 9 h : 18 m : 31 s |
| 2 | Per Eklund |
Saab 96 V4 | 9 h : 20 m : 53 s | |||
| 3 | Jean-Luc Thérier |
Alpine Renault A110 1800 | 9 h : 34 m : 12 s | |||
| 3 |  7º TAP Rallye de Portugal (13–18 March) |
32 stages 387 km Tarmac/Gravel |
1 | Jean-Luc Thérier |
Alpine Renault A110 1800 | 5 h : 42 m : 16 s |
| 2 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas |
Alpine Renault A110 1800 | 5 h : 48 m : 57 s | |||
| 3 | Francisco Romãozinho |
Citroën DS21 | 6 h : 7 m : 48 s | |||
| 4 |  21st East African Safari Rally (19–23 April) |
56 controls 5300 km Gravel |
1 | Shekhar Mehta |
Datsun 240Z | +6 m : 46 s pen |
| 2 | Harry Källström |
Datsun 1800 SSS | + 6 m : 46 s pen | |||
| 3 | Ove Andersson |
Peugeot 504 | + 8 m : 47 s pen | |||
| 5 |  16ème Rallye du Maroc (8–13 May) |
27 stages 1210 km Tarmac/Gravel |
1 | Bernard Darniche |
Alpine Renault A110 | 15 h : 01 m : 22 s |
| 2 | Bob Neyret |
Citroën DS23 | 15 h : 20 m : 4 s | |||
| 3 |  Richard Bochnicek |
Citroën DS23 | 15 h : 34 m : 37 s | |||
| 6 |  21st Acropolis Rally (23–28 May) |
549 km Gravel |
1 | Jean-Luc Thérier |
Alpine Renault A110 | 7 h : 37 m : 58 s |
| 2 |  Rauno Aaltonen |
Fiat Abarth 124 | 7 h : 44 m : 59 s | |||
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas |
Alpine Renault A110 | 7 h : 45 m : 56 s | |||
| 7 |  33 Rajd Polski (12–15 July) |
55 stages 734 km Tarmac/Gravel |
1 |  Achim Warmbold |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | 8 h : 28 m : 14 s |
| 2 |  Egon Culmbacher |
Wartburg 353 | 11 h : 15 m : 16 s | |||
| 3 | Maciej Stawowiak |
Polski Fiat 125p | 12 h : 8 m : 31 s | |||
| 8 | 23rd 1000 Lakes Rally (3–5 August) |
43 stages 517 km Gravel |
1 | Timo Mäkinen |
Ford Escort RS1600 | 4 h : 53 m : 50 s |
| 2 | Markku Alén |
Volvo 142 | 4 h : 55 m : 59 s | |||
| 3 | Leo Kinnunen |
Porsche 911 | 4 h : 57 m : 12 s | |||
| 9 | 44. Österreichische Alpenfahrt (12–14 September) |
27 stages 310 km Gravel |
1 | Achim Warmbold |
BMW 2002Tii | 3 h : 58 m : 55.5 s |
| 2 | Bernard Darniche |
Alpine Renault A110 | 4 h : 0 m : 10.1 s | |||
| 3 | Per Eklund |
Saab 96 V4 | 4 h : 0 m : 11.2 s | |||
| 10 |  15º Rallye Sanremo (10–13 October) |
37 stages 520 km Tarmac/Gravel |
1 | Jean-Luc Thérier |
Alpine Renault A110 | 8 h : 1 m : 32 s |
| 2 | Maurizio Verini |
Fiat Abarth 124 | 8 h : 7 m : 34 s | |||
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas |
Alpine Renault A110 | 8 h : 21 m : 37 s | |||
| 11 |  25th Press-on-Regardless Rally (31 October–4 November) |
Gravel | 1 |  Walter Boyce |
Toyota Corolla | 6 h : 58 m : 28.2 s |
| 2 | Jim Walker |
Volvo 142S | 7 h : 22 m : 43.2 s | |||
| 3 | John Smiskol |
Datsun 240Z | 7 h : 33 m : 36.0 s | |||
| 12 |  22nd Daily Mirror RAC Rally (17–21 November) |
Gravel/Tarmac | 1 | Timo Mäkinen |
Ford Escort RS1600 | 6 h : 47 m : 8 s |
| 2 | Roger Clark |
Ford Escort RS1600 | 6 h : 52 m : 23 s | |||
| 3 | Markku Alén |
Ford Escort RS1600 | 6 h : 55 m : 26 s | |||
| 13 | 17ème Tour de Corse (1–2 December) |
13 stages 372 km Tarmac |
1 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas |
Alpine Renault A110 | 5 h : 6 m : 31 s |
| 2 | Jean-François Piot |
Alpine Renault A110 | 5 h : 14 m : 37 s | |||
| 3 | Jean-Luc Thérier |
Alpine Renault A110 | 5 h : 18 m : 46 s | |||
[edit] Championship
| Rank | Manufacturer | Event | Total points |
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GRC |
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| 1 | Alpine-Renault |
20 | 12 | 20 | - | 20 | 20 | - | - | 15 | 20 | - | (8) | 20 | 147 |
| 2 | Fiat |
4 | 8 | 10 | (3) | 6 | 15 | 20 | (3) | 6 | 15 | - | (1) | - | 84 |
| 3 | Ford |
10 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | 20 | - | - | 10 | 20 | 10 | 76 |
| 4 | Volvo |
- | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 15 | - | - | 15 | 10 | - | 44 |
| 5 | Saab |
- | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 42 |
| 6 |  Datsun |
2 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 34 |
| 7 | Citroën |
- | - | 12 | - | 15 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 |
| 8 | BMW |
- | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | 4 | - | 28 |
| 9 | Porsche |
- | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Toyota |
- | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 20 | - | - | 25 |
| 11 | Opel |
- | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 2 | - | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| 12 | Polski Fiat |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 18 |
| 13 | Lancia |
3 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 17 |
| 14 | Wartburg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| 15 | Volkswagen |
- | 6 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| 16 | Peugeot |
- | - | - | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| 17 | Mitsubishi |
- | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 18 |  Škoda |
- | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 19 | Alfa Romeo |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Audi |
- | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Note: Scores in parenthesis () are not included in manufacturers' totals. | |||||||||||||||
| Points awarded by finish | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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| 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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