1973 Rally of Morocco

1973 Rally of Morocco
16th Rally of Morocco
Round 5 of the 1973 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Morocco
Dates run8 May 1973 – 13 May 1973
Start locationRabat, Morocco
Finish locationCasablanca, Morocco
Stages27 (1,210 km; 750 miles)
Stage surfaceAsphalt and gravel
Overall distance5,300 km (3,300 miles)
Statistics
Crews66 at start, 13 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Bernard Darniche
Alain Mahé
Alpine Renault
Alpine Renault A110 1800

The 1973 Rally of Morocco (formally the 16th Rally of Morocco) was the fifth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-May between Morocco's two major cities, Rabat and Casablanca, the Rallye du Maroc was a very long stage rally covering more than 1200 km on both hard and soft surface roads.

Report

In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Morocco represented a third win for the strong Alpine Renault A110 1800, though the Citroën DS 23 also made a strong showing.

Results

1973 Rally of Morocco results
Finish Total
time 		Group Car # Driver
Co-driver 		Car Mfr.
points
Overall In
group
1 1 15 h : 1 m : 22 s 4 1 Bernard Darniche
Alain Mahé 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800 20
2 1 15 h : 20 m : 4 s 2 9 Bob Neyret
Jacques Terramorsi 		Citroën DS 23 15
3 1 15 h : 34 m : 37 s 1 21 Richard Bochnicek
Sepp-Dieter Kernmayer 		Citroën DS 23
4 2 15 h : 39 m : 56 s 1 15 Raymond Ponnelle
Pierre de Serpos 		Citroën DS 23
5 2 15 h : 52 m : 0 s 4 4 Jean-Pierre Nicolas
Michel Vial 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
6 3 15 h : 59 m : 43 s 4 6 Björn Waldegård
Fergus Sager 		Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 6
7 4 16 h : 18 m : 16 s 4 3 Jean-Luc Thérier
Christian Delferrier 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
8 2 16 h : 48 m : 26 s 2 7 Jean Deschazeaux
Jean Plassard 		Citroën DS 23
9 3 17 h : 53 m : 47 s 2 35 Lorenzo Merlone
Riccardo Mortara 		Volvo 142 S 2
10 3 18 h : 3 m : 33 s 1 25 Claudine Trautmann[1]
Marie-Pierre Palayer 		Peugeot 504 1
11 4 20 h : 18 m : 38 s 1 42 Marc Gerenthon
Hélène Gerenthon 		Datsun 1600 SSS
12 4 22 h : 47 m : 41 s 2 30 Pierre Pagani
Jean-Claude Refuveille 		Volkswagen K 70
Finished over the limit 2 46 Paul Hadley
Dave Robson 		Opel Ascona SR
Retired (mechanical) 4 2 Rauno Aaltonen
John Davenport 		Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (accident) 4 5 Shekhar Mehta
Geraint Phillips 		Datsun 240Z
Retired (mechanical) 2 8 Bernard Consten
Gérard Flocon 		Peugeot 504
Retired (mechanical) 2 10 Hannu Mikkola
Atso Aho 		Peugeot 504
Retired (mechanical) 2 11 Tony Fall
Mike Wood 		Peugeot 504
Retired (mechanical) 2 12 Jean-François Piot
Jean De Alexandris 		Renault 12 Gordini
Retired (mechanical) 2 13 Timo Mäkinen
Henry Liddon 		Peugeot 504
Retired (mechanical) 4 16 Marianne Hoepfner
Yveline Vanoni 		Alpine Renault A110 1800
Retired (mechanical) 2 17 Francisco Romãozinho
José Bernardo 		Citroën GS
Retired (mechanical) 2 18 Claude Laurent
Jacques Marché 		Citroën GS
Retired (mechanical) 2 19 Jean Guichet
Jean Todt 		Peugeot 504

Source: Independent WRC archive[2]

Championship standings after the event

1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 5
After round 5 Team Season end
Position Points Position Points
1 72 Alpine Renault 1 147
2 28 Fiat 2 84
3 27 Citroën 7 33
4 22 Datsun 6 34
5 20 Saab 5 42
6 13 Lancia 13 17
7 13 Peugeot 16 13
8 12 Ford 3 76
9 8 Porsche 9 27
10 6 Volkswagen 15 15
11 5 Opel 11 25
12 4 BMW 8 28
4 Mitsubishi 17 4
4 Volvo 4 44
15 3 Škoda 18 3

References

  1. ^ Claudine Bouchet married two rally racing drivers first Patrick Vanson, and second René Trautmann. She used their surnames on marriage.
  2. ^ "Morocco Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
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