1973 Austrian Alpine Rally

1973 Austrian Rally
44. Austrian Alpine Rally
Round 9 of the 1973 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Austria
Rally baseBaden, Austria
Dates run12 September 1973 – 14 September 1973
Stages27 (310 km; 190 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance2,233 km (1,388 miles)
Statistics
Crews74 at start, 25 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Achim Warmbold
Jean Todt
BMW
BMW 2002 TII

The 1973 Austrian Rally (formally the 44. Austrian Alpine Rally) was the ninth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-September around Baden, Austria, the rally was entirely on gravel surface special stages. 1973 would be the only year to see the WRC hold an event in Austria, despite the strong presence of Austrian drivers in the series through the present.

Report

In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Austria hosted BMW's first ever win of the World Rally Championship, with front-runners Alpine-Renault, Saab, and Fiat also making strong bids for points.

Results

1973 Austrian Rally results
Finish Total
time 		Group Car # Driver
Co-driver 		Car Mfr.
points
Overall In
group
1 1 3 h : 58 m : 55.5 s 2 8 Achim Warmbold
Jean Todt 		BMW 2002 TII 20
2 1 4 h : 0 m : 10.1 s 4 2 Bernard Darniche
Alain Mahé 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800 15
3 2 4 h : 0 m : 11.2 s 2 15 Per Eklund
Bo Reinicke 		Saab 96 V4 12
4 3 4 h : 1 m : 10.5 s 2 16 Björn Waldegård
Hans Thorszelius 		BMW 2002 TII 10
5 2 4 h : 1 m : 25.8 s 4 11 Jean-Pierre Nicolas
Michel Vial 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
6 3 4 h : 6 m : 15.9 s 4 3 Håkan Lindberg
Helmut Eisendle 		Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 6
7 4 4 h : 6 m : 38.3 s 4 5 Klaus Russling
Wolfgang Weiß 		Porsche 911 4
8 4 4 h : 9 m : 5.8 s 2 9 Ove Andersson
Gunnar Häggbom 		Toyota Celica 3
9 5 4 h : 10 m : 2.2 s 2 17 Herbert Grünsteidl
Georg Hopf 		BMW 2002
10 6 4 h : 11 m : 16.9 s 2 12 Tony Fall
Mike Wood 		Volkswagen 1303S 1
11 7 4 h : 11 m : 48.5 s 2 6 Harry Källström
Claes Billstam 		Volkswagen 1303S
12 8 4 h : 14 m : 35.8 s 2 25 Franz Wittman
Hans Siebert 		Volkswagen 1303S
13 9 4 h : 20 m : 17.1 s 2 24 Gunnar Blomqvist
Gerhard Kalnay 		Opel Ascona
14 1 4 h : 35 m : 14.1 s 1 27 Vic Dietmayer BMW 2002
15 10 4 h : 48 m : 31.8 s 2 47 H. Steinwender
F. Mick 		Fiat 124
16 2 4 h : 58 m : 23.7 s 1 29 Walter Zöckl
Günther Böhs 		BMW 2002
Retired (accident) 2 1 Günther Janger
Harald Gottlieb 		Volkswagen 1303S
Retired (mechanical) 2 4 Walter Röhrl
Jochen Berger 		Opel Ascona
Retired (mechanical) 2 4 Stig Blomqvist
Arne Hertz 		Saab 96 V4
Retired (accident) 4 10 Raffaele Pinto
Arnaldo Bernacchini 		Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (mechanical) 4 14 Alcide Paganelli
Ninni Russo 		Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired 4 19 Walter Roser
Erich Bazalka 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired (mechanical) 2 21 Richard Bochnicek
Sepp-Dieter Kernmayer 		Citroën DS 23

Source: Independent WRC archive[1]

Championship standings after the event

1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 8
After round 8 Team Season end
Position Points Position Points
1 107 Alpine Renault 1 147
2 69 Fiat 2 84
3 42 Saab 5 42
4 36 Ford 3 76
5 33 Citroën 7 33
6 24 BMW 8 28
7 24 Porsche 9 27
8 22 Datsun 6 34
9 19 Volvo 4 44
10 15 Wartburg 14 15
11 14 Volkswagen 15 15
12 13 Lancia 13 17
13 13 Peugeot 16 13
14 13 Opel 11 25
15 12 Polski Fiat 12 18
16 5 Toyota 10 25
17 4 Mitsubishi 17 4
18 3 Škoda 18 3
19 1 Audi 20 2

References

  1. ^ "Austrian Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
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