1973 Rallye de Portugal

1973 Rallye de Portugal
7th TAP Rally of Portugal
Round 3 of the 1973 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Portugal
Dates runMarch 13, 1973 – March 18, 1973
Start locationVarious cities in Europe
Finish locationEstoril, Portugal
Stages32 (387 km; 240 miles)
Stage surfaceAsphalt and gravel
Overall distance4,600 km (2,900 miles)
Statistics
Crews80 at start, 23 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Jean-Luc Thérier
France Jacques Jaubert
France Alpine Renault
Alpine Renault A110 1800

The 1973 Rallye de Portugal (formally the 7th TAP Rally of Portugal) was the third round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-March in southern Portugal on a mixture of asphalt and gravel, the rally began with a concentration run from a number of European cities, covering about 4,600 km and ending in Estoril, Portugal.

Report

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In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. As in the earlier Monte Carlo Rally, the Alpine A110s led the event, taking first and second place well ahead of other competitors. Fiat had a disastrous rally, with all three of its cars failing to finish, limiting Fiat to points gained from local entrants. Despite a significant number of international entries, only four non-Portuguese teams finished in the top 15 at the end.

Results

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1973 Rallye de Portugal results
Finish Total
time
Group Car # Driver
Co-driver
Car Mfr.
points
Overall In
group
1 1 5 h : 42 m : 16 s 4 5 France Jean-Luc Thérier
France Jacques Jaubert
France Alpine-Renault A110 1800 20
2 2 5 h : 48 m : 57 s 4 1 France Jean-Pierre Nicolas
France Michel Vial
France Alpine-Renault A110 1800
3 1 6 h : 7 m : 48 s 2 20 Portugal Francisco Romaozinho
Portugal José Bernardo
France Citroën DS 21 12
4 3 6 h : 10 m : 40 s 4 15 Portugal Luis Netto
Portugal Manuel Coentro
Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 10
5 4 6 h : 17 m : 0 s 4 19 Portugal Américo Nunes
Portugal António Morais
Germany Porsche 911 8
6 5 6 h : 41 m : 0 s 4 14 Portugal António Borges
Portugal António Lemos
France Alpine-Renault A110 1800
7 1 6 h : 51 m : 40 s 1 25 Portugal Mêquêpê
Portugal Jorge Amaral
Germany Opel Ascona 4
8 2 6 h : 56 m : 9 s 1 58 Portugal António Martorell
Spain Augusto Roxo
Germany Opel Ascona
9 2 7 h : 4 m : 47 s 2 52 Sweden Hans Britth
Sweden Hans Reppling
United Kingdom Ford Capri 2600 2
10 6 7 h : 5 m : 24 s 4 16 Portugal Giovanni Salvi
Portugal Barbosa Gama
Germany Porsche 911
11 3 7 h : 10 m : 26 s 1 64 Portugal Xanato
Portugal Manuel Ferreira
Japan Datsun 1200
12 3 7 h : 21 m : 51 s 2 12 France Claude Laurent
Belgium Christian Delferier
Netherlands DAF 55
13 4 7 h : 26 m : 27 s 2 80 Portugal Noel Coelho
Portugal José Varela
Germany BMW 2002
14 4 7 h : 43 m : 15 s 1 69 Portugal António Ferreira da Cunha
Portugal Carlos Resende
Japan Datsun 1200
15 5 7 h : 43 m : 43 s 1 67 Portugal Jorge Ortigao
Portugal J. Cerqueria
Japan Datsun 1200
16 6 7 h : 47 m : 47 s 1 54 United Kingdom Colin Malkin
United Kingdom Barry Hughes
United States Chrysler Avenger
17 5 7 h : 53 m : 27 s 2 66 Portugal Rui Gonçalves
Portugal João Batista
United Kingdom Austin 1275 GT
18 7 7 h : 59 m : 39 s 1 85 Portugal Pedro Cortes
Portugal Teixeira Gomes
Japan Toyota
19 8 8 h : 13 m : 12 s 1 39 Austria Helmut Doppeireiter
Austria Ossi Schurek
Germany Volkswagen 1303S
20 6 8 h : 38 m : 40 s 2 68 Portugal Martins Teixeira
Portugal A. Magalhaes
United Kingdom Austin Maxi
21 9 8 h : 51 m : 56 s 1 97 Belgium Paul Chartier
Belgium Jo Wery
France Citroën GS
22 10 8 h : 56 m : 19 s 1 38 Austria Johann Fennes
Austria Unger
France Citroën GS
23 7 9 h : 13 m : 22 s 2 99 Netherlands Eric Bessem
Netherlands Bob Dickhout
Netherlands DAF 55
Retired (mechanical) 4 2 Italy Alcide Paganelli
Italy Ninni Russo
Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (mechanical) 4 3 France Bernard Darniche
France Alain Mahé
France Alpine Renault A110 1800
Retired (accident) 4 4 Sweden Björn Waldegård
Sweden Hans Thorszelius
Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (mechanical) 4 6 Italy Raffaele Pinto
Italy Arnaldo Bernacchini
Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (mechanical) 4 7 United Kingdom Chris Sclater
Netherlands Bob de Jong
Japan Datsun 240Z
Retired (mechanical) 2 8 Germany Achim Warmbold
United Kingdom John Davenport
Germany BMW 2002
Retired (accident) 2 9 Sweden Ove Andersson
France Jean Todt
Japan Toyota Celica
Retired (mechanical) 2 10 Sweden Harry Källström
Sweden Claes Billstam
Germany Volkswagen 1302S
Retired (mechanical) 2 11 United Kingdom Tony Fall
United Kingdom Mike Wood
Germany Volkswagen 1303S
Retired (accident) 4 17 Portugal Mário Figueiredo
Portugal Carlos Barata
Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (mechanical) 4 18 Portugal António Carlos Oliveira
Portugal Barata
Japan Datsun 240Z
Retired (mechanical) 4 21 Portugal José Carpinteiro Albino
Portugal F. Albino
Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (mechanical) 1 22 Portugal Gomes Pereira
Portugal Costa Simoes
Germany Opel Ascona
Retired (mechanical) 2 23 Portugal Francisco Santos
Portugal Joao Anjos
United Kingdom Ford Escort RS1600
Retired (mechanical) 1 26 Portugal Raposo de Magalhaes
Portugal L. Pedreira
United Kingdom Morris Mini Cooper
Retired (mechanical) 2 27 Austria Richard Bochnicek
Austria Sepp-Dieter Kernmayer
France Citroën DS 21
Retired (mechanical) 2 30 United Kingdom Tony Fowkes
United Kingdom Peter O'Gorman
United Kingdom Ford Escort RS1600
Retired 2 32 United Kingdom Douglas Harris
United Kingdom John Jeson
United Kingdom Ford Escort RS1600
Retired (mechanical) 2 34 Austria Georg Fischer
Austria Hans Siebert
Germany Volkswagen 1302S
Retired (mechanical) 1 35 France Marie-Claude Beaumont
France Christine Giganot
Germany Opel Ascona
Retired (accident) 2 36 Austria Herbert Grünsteidl
Austria Georg Hopf
Germany Volkswagen 1302S
Retired (mechanical) 1 42 Sweden Leif Asterhag
Sweden Anders Gullberg
Germany BMW 2002 TII
Retired (mechanical) 1 44 Sweden Lassa Jönsson
Sweden Rolf Jägerstedt
Germany BMW 2002 TII
Retired (mechanical) 1 45 Sweden Arne Allansson
Sweden Bo Sundberg
Germany BMW 2002 TII
Retired (mechanical) 1 51 Austria Günther Janger
Austria Harald Gottlieb
Germany Opel Ascona
Retired 1 55 Portugal Heitor Morais
Portugal D. Mascarenhas
Germany Opel Ascona
Retired (mechanical) 2 65 Portugal Joaquim Moutinho
Portugal Edgar Fortes
United Kingdom Austin Maxi
Retired (accident) 2 83 United Kingdom Andy Michailidis
United Kingdom N. Anstis
United Kingdom Ford Escort RS1600

Source: Independent WRC archive[1]

Championship standings after the event

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1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 3
After round 3 Team Season end
Position Points Position Points
1 52 France Alpine Renault 1 147
2 22 Italy Fiat 2 84
3 20 Sweden Saab 5 42
4 13 Italy Lancia 13 17
5 12 France Citroën 7 33
6 12 United States Ford 3 76
7 8 Germany Porsche 9 27
8 6 Germany Volkswagen 15 15
9 5 Germany Opel 11 25
10 4 Germany BMW 8 28
11 3 Czechoslovakia Škoda 18 3
12 2 Japan Datsun 6 34
13 2 Sweden Volvo 4 44

References

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  1. ^ "Portugal Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
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