1973 Monte Carlo Rally

1973 Monte Carlo Rally
42ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
Round 1 of the 1973 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Monaco
Dates runJanuary 19, 1973 – January 29, 1973
Start locationVarious cities
Finish locationMonte Carlo
Stages18 (420 km; 260 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac
Overall distance4,800 km (3,000 miles)
Statistics
Crews278 at start, 44 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Jean-Claude Andruet
Michèle Petit
Alpine Renault
Alpine Renault A110 1800

The 1973 Monte Carlo Rally (formally the 42ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo), run in late January and hosted in the principality of Monaco, was the first rally on the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's (FIA) new World Rally Championship (WRC) inaugural season, making it the first ever WRC event to be held.

Report

At this time, the Monte-Carlo rally was structured as a concentration rally, with teams beginning competition in some nine different cities, with the first objective of the rally being to reach Monte Carlo, followed by two legs of competitive special stages around Monaco and southeastern France. Traditionally run on tarmac roads commonly covered in snow and ice, especially at higher altitudes, bad weather did force cancellation of two special stages in 1973.

In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Alpine Renault dominated the event, a portent of their further success during the season with their Alpine-Renault A110 1800 car. They would take all three podium positions and five of the top six places.

Results

1973 Monte Carlo Rally results
Finish Total
time 		Group Car # Driver Car Mfr.
points
Overall In
group
1 1 5:42.04 4 18 Jean-Claude Andruet
Michèle Espinosi-Petit 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800 20
2 2 5:42.30 4 15 Ove Andersson
Jean Todt 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
3 3 5:43.39 4 21 Jean-Pierre Nicolas
Michel Vial 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
4 1 5:44.29 2 20 Hannu Mikkola
Jim Porter 		Ford Escort RS1600 10
5 4 5:46.01 4 4 Jean-Luc Thérier
Marcel Callewaert 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
6 5 5:46.02 4 23 Jean-Francois Piot
Jean-Louis Marnot 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
7 6 5:52.14 4 5 Raffaele Pinto
Arnaldo Bernacchini 		Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 4
8 7 5:52.15 4 16 Harry Källström
Claes Billstam 		Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF 3
9 8 5:55.47 4 17 Tony Fall
Mike Wood 		Datsun 240Z 2
10 9 5:57.08 4 1 Bernard Darniche
Alain Mahé 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
11 2 5:57.51 2 3 Timo Mäkinen
Henry Liddon 		Ford Escort RS1600
12 3 6:02.36 2 30 Lillebror Nasenius
Björn Cederberg 		Opel Ascona A
13 4 6:05.37 2 44 Anders Kulläng
Claes-Göran Andersson 		Opel Ascona A
14 10 6:06.37 4 36 Bob Wollek
Pierre Thimonier 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
15 5 6:10.57 2 7 Jean Ragnotti
Jacques Jaubert 		Renault 12 Gordini
16 6 6:11.20 2 12 Chris Sclater
John Davenport 		Ford Escort RS1600
17 7 6:11.31 2 46 Reinhard Hainbach
Wulf Biebinger 		BMW 2002 TI
18 11 6:14.43 4 10 Rauno Aaltonen
Paul Easter 		Datsun 240Z
19 1 6:15.33 1 24 Gérard Larrousse
Christian Delferier 		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
20 8 6:18.22 2 79 Patrick Tambay
Gérard Marion 		Renault 12 Gordini
21 9 6:19.08 2 34 Bernard Fiorentino
Maurice Gélin 		Simca Rallye 2
22 1 6:21.25 3 33 Jacques Henry
Dominque Thiry 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
23 12 6:23.33 4 39 Claude Ballot-Léna
Jean-Claude Morenas 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
24 2 6:29.17 2 27 Guy Chasseuil
Christian Baron 		BMW 2002 TI
25 3 6:30.19 1 31 Henri Greder
Henri Duclos 		Opel Ascona SR
26 4 6:32.31 1 43 Jean-Claude Lagniez
Martine Renier 		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
27 13 6:32.40 4 211 Klaus Russling
Wolfgang Weiss 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
28 10 6:34.26 2 52 Sylvia Österberg
Inga-Lill Edenring 		Opel Ascona A
29 11 6:47.18 2 83 Bert Dolk
Bob de Jong 		Opel Ascona
30 12 6:48.27 2 32 Claude Laurent
Jacques Marché 		DAF 66
31 13 6:57.36 2 51 Jovica Palikovic
Aleksandar Švarcer 		Renault 12 Gordini
32 2 6:58.58 3 49 Alex Vineis
Oswald Peri 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
33 14 7:05.59 2 54 Joachim Springer
Hans-Christoph Mehmel 		Opel Ascona
34 3 7:07.42 3 69 Mariane Fourton
Evelyne Vanoni 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
35 15 7:14.57 2 41 Robert Mucha
Ryszard Żyszkowski 		Polski Fiat 125p
36 16 7:17.39 2 76 Aloyse Kridel Sr.
Jos Brandenburger 		BMW 2002 TI
37 17 7:18.00 2 91 Anders Sigurdsson
Fergus Sager 		Saab 96 V4
38 18 7:24.55 2 25 Peter Hommel
Günter Bork 		Wartburg 353
39 19 7:39.12 2 53 Adam Smorawiński
Andrzej Zembrzuski 		BMW 2002
40 14 7:41.06 4 14 Franco Perazio
Giorgio Rossi 		Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
41 20 8:17.38 2 81 Marian Bień
Janusz Wojtyna 		Polski Fiat 125p
42 4 8:18.14 3 63 Serena Pittoni
Juliette Keefer 		Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
43 5 8:58.54 1 65 Jean-Claude Depince
Hervé Guyomard 		Simca 1100S
44 21 9:09.14 2 74 Bertil Johansson
Patrick Toorell 		Opel Ascona
45 22 Retired* 2 22 Walter Röhrl
Jochen Berger 		Opel Commodore GS/E
46 5 Retired* 3 75 Manfred Gudladt
Eckhard Erbach 		Porsche 911S
47 15 Retired* 4 29 Pat Moss-Carlsson
Elizabeth Crellin 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
48 16 Retired* 4 37 Hans-Joachim Walter
Werner Lier 		Porsche 911S
49 6 Retired* 1 72 Friedrich-Karl Tuschy
Hans-Georg Eibel 		Fiat 128 Coupé
50 7 Retired* 1 66 Giorgio Pianta
Francesca Lurani 		Opel Ascona
51 23 Retired* 2 60 Michel Robini
Auguste Turuani 		Audi 80
Retired 4 2 Björn Waldegård
Hans Thorszelius 		Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired 4 6 Simo Lampinen
Piero Sodano 		Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
Retired 4 8 Alcide Paganelli
Ninni Russo 		Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired 4 11 Sandro Munari
Mario Mannucci 		Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
Retired 4 14 Sergio Barbasio
Gino Macaluso 		Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired 4 19 Amilcare Ballestrieri
Silvio Maiga 		Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
Retired 2 28 Marie-Claude Beaumont
Christine Giganot 		Opel Ascona
Retired 3 40 Christine Dacremont
Marie-Odile Desvignes 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired 4 42 Dieter Kern
Ferdi Bökmann 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
Retired 2 45 Klaus Fritzinger
Günther Schons 		Ford Capri 2600
Retired 3 47 Orlando Dall'Ava
Sergio Maiga 		Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
Retired 2 48 Chris Teulinckx
Etienne Stalpaert 		Opel Ascona
Retired 2 50 Nicolas Koob
Leon Linden 		BMW 2002 Ti
Retired 3 55 Michel Jullien
Yves Célestin 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired 3 57 Jean-Charles Sévelinge
Joseph Sévelinge 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired 2 59 Elbie Odendaal
Christo Kuun 		Ford Escort Mexico
Retired 3 62 Thierry Sabine
Pierre Terry 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired 1 64 Borivoj Kresnik
Doko Novaković 		BMW 2002 Ti
Retired 2 67 Francis Serpaggi
Jean Sialelli 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
Retired 2 70 Hans Schüller
Hermann Weidmann 		Renault 12 Gordini
Retired 1 71 Noël Labaune
Jean L. Maurin 		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Retired 1 73 Hans Henrik Andersen
Terje Austad 		BMW 2800 CS
Retired 2 77 Andrzej Jaroszewicz
Andrzej Szulc 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired 1 78 Alberto Brambilla
Federico Bettoni 		Opel Ascona SR
Retired 4 82 Umberto de Bonis
Maria T. Pelossa 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired 2 84 Maciej Stawowiak
Lech Jaworowicz 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired 2 85 Thomas Teves
J. Leowenhardt 		Opel Ascona
Retired 2 87 Jochen Schweiger
Jürgen Säckl 		BMW 2002 Ti
Retired 2 88 Leif Vold-Johansen
Knut Steen 		Saab 96 V4
Retired 3 90 Gérard Dantan-Merlin
Vincent Laverne 		Porsche 911 S 2.4
Retired 2 92 Norbert Ullemeyer
Klaus Kaltenbach 		BMW 2002 Ti
Retired 2 93 Hans Ullmann
Werner Lange 		Trabant P601
Retired 1 94 Fulvio Rubbieri
Giorgio Bottai 		Opel Ascona SR
Retired 1 95 Leo Pittoni
Guido Braschi 		Fiat 124
Retired 1 96 Egon Culmbacher
Werner Ernst 		Wartburg 353
Retired 2 97 Yoshinori Yamaguchi
Yoshikasu Nakajima 		Toyota Celica 1600
Retired 2 98 Francis Dubler-Gestro
Paul Brossin 		Renault 12 Gordini
Retired 2 99 Helmut Piehler
Lothar Sachse 		Trabant P601
Retired 4 100 Domenico Lo Bello
Ricardo Carafa 		Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
Retired 2 101 Ramón Grifoll Oliva
Pedro Ferraté 		BLMC Austin Victoria[1]
Retired 2 102 Karlfried Weigert
Bernhard Malsch 		Wartburg 353
Retired 4 103 Detlef Mühleck
Siegfried Zepfel 		Porsche 911 S
Retired 2 105 Alain Follin
Christian Schilder 		Simca Rallye 2
Retired 2 106 Franz Galle
Jochen Müller 		Trabant P601
Retired 1 107 Gerhard Gottlieb
Horst Hartsch 		BMW 2002 Ti
Retired 1 108 Jean-Pierre Rouget
Ginette Derolland 		Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Retired 3 109 Christian Dorche
Jean Pallanca 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired 1 110 Patrick Beaudoin
Gérard Laborie 		Fiat 128 Coupé
Retired 3 111 Renzo Druetto
Renato Davico 		Lancia Fulvia
Retired 2 112 Heinz Gellert
Horst Bins 		Ford Capri 2600 RS
Retired 4 113 Giancarlo Zunino
Pasqualino Scagliola 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired 1 114 Bernard Donguès
Christian Soulie 		Fiat 127
Retired 2 115 Félix Capra
Michel Peyret 		Renault 12 Gordini
Retired 3 116 Friedrich von der Leyen
Klaus Klingenberger 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired 1 117 Per A. Bakke
Egil Moreite 		Opel Ascona 1.9 SR
Retired 3 118 Maurizio Garavelli
Wainer Rivaroli 		Alpine-Renault A110
Retired 2 119 Gabriel Ratto
Albin Cuccinelli 		Datsun Cherry
Retired 1 120 Bjørn Harris Hansen
Per Siversten 		Volvo 144S
Retired 2 121 Rudi Eberhardt
Wolfgang Druba 		BMW 2002 Ti
Retired 1 122 Monty Karlan
Arve Herstrøm 		Ford Escort Mexico
Retired 1 123 Michele Avenoso
Alberto Corzino 		Fiat 128 Coupé
Retired 2 124 Ronald Hancock
James Gray 		Ford Escort
Retired 4 125 Giangiacomo Oddero
G. Magnani 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired 1 126 Carlo Bianchi
Stefano Canella 		Fiat 128 Coupé
Retired 3 127 Horst Rack
Helmut Köhler 		Porsche 911S
Retired 128 Michele di Gioia
Luigi Mastrorosa 		Porsche 911T
Retired 4 130 Reiner Altenheimer
Willy Schleim 		Porsche 911S
Retired 2 131 Steinar Svendsen
Jan Gundersen 		Renault 12 Gordini
Retired 2 132 Heinz-Bernd Wessels
Lothar Siebert 		Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 Super
Retired 2 133 Jose Piger
Jean Forestier 		Fiat 128 Sport
Retired 2 134 Jordi Marco Garcia
José Buixeda 		BMW 2002 Ti
Retired 1 135 Horst Rausch
Thomas Fischer 		BMW 2002 Ti
Retired 1 137 Yves Carbonatto
Jean-Guy Fedreghini 		Citroën DS 21
Retired 1 138 Gérard Masset
"Richard Lord" 		Triumph 2.5PI
Retired 1 139 Valerio Morra
Claudio Ferri 		Fiat 128 Coupé
Retired 1 140 Hans-Leofrid Schürer
Rolf Welzenbach 		BMW 2002 Ti
Retired 2 141 Eugen Hesse
Arno Fischer 		Simca Rallye 2
Retired 1 142 Ingo Peters
K. Klockner R. Flieger 		Opel Kadett 1100
Retired 2 143 Giancarlo Monti
Walter Finzi 		Fiat 128 Coupé
Retired 1 144 Roger Adonto
Patrick Pierron 		Audi 80
Retired 2 147 Klaus Miersch
Karlheinz Fröhlich 		Opel Ascona
Retired 2 149 Bruno Saby
Jacques Penon 		Renault 12 Gordini
Retired 2 150 Antoni Puigdellivol Riberaygua
Marcos Domenech 		Fiat 128 Rally
Retired 1 153 Jean Taibi
Michèle Mouton 		Peugeot 304S
Retired 2 163 Bonaventura Riberaygua Esteve
Ferran Font Riudeubàs 		Ford Escort 1600
Retired 4 173 Georges Develay
René Develay 		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
Retired 2 195 Mike Dodds
Brian Englefield 		BMC Mini Cooper
Retired 2 202 Michael Clarke
Neil Inigo-Jones 		Ford Escort
Retired 2 203 Eckhard Schimpf
Ernst-Johann Zauner 		Ford Capri 2600 RS
Retired 2 212 Tony Maslen
David Higson 		Ford Escort
Retired 4 215 Jacques Marquet
Dennis Gillet 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired 2 229 Salvador Servià
Montserrat Imbers 		SEAT 127
Retired 2 230 Clive Roberts
Michael Siveyer 		Ford Escort
Retired 2 255 Wolfgang Stiller
Axel Wagener 		BMW 2002
Retired 1 265 Wolf-Dieter Giese
Günter Scheffel 		Opel Ascona SR
Retired 1 274 Friedhelm Gaupp
Peter Diekmann 		Opel Kadett Rallye
Retired 2 277 Jochi Kleint
Harry Zwiers 		Ford Capri 2600
Retired 3 310 Christian Lorang
André Haller 		Alpine-Renault A110 1600
* - Note: 7 teams retired during the final leg, but were still officially included in the final race classifications.

Source: Independent WRC archive,[2] eWRC Results[3]

Special stages

Stages of the 42ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
Leg Stage Start time Stage name Distance Winning driver Time Avg. Speed Rally leader
1
(21 Jan) 		SS1 15:00 Col du Corobin 17.00 km Sandro Munari
Hannu Mikkola		 13 m : 29 s 75.65 km/h Sandro Munari
2
(23 Jan) 		SS2 10:36 Pont des Miolans 26.00 km Jean-Claude Andruet
Jean-Luc Therier		 19 m : 13 s 81.18 km/h Hannu Mikkola
SS3 13:49 Laborel 20.00 km Hannu Mikkola 15 m : 45 s 76.19 km/h
SS4 17:11 Burzet 50.00 km Jean-Claude Andruet 38 m : 10 s 78.60 km/h Jean-Claude Andruet
SS5 19:22 Le Moulinon 38.00 km Bernard Darniche 27 m : 46 s 82.11 km/h
SS6 21:46 St. Bonnet le Froid 20.00 km Sandro Munari 14 m : 51 s 80.81 km/h
SS7 23:55 St. Jean-en-Royan 36.00 km Jean-Claude Andruet 27 m : 37 s 78.21 km/h
2
(24 Jan) 		SS8 03:28 St. Barthelemy 40.00 km Bernard Darniche 30 m : 55 s 77.63 km/h
SS9 06:14 Savines 20.00 km Bernard Darniche 14 m : 43 s 81.54 km/h
SS10 11:10 Col de la Porte 18.25 km Cancelled
SS11 11:31 La Cabanette 18.25 km Cancelled
3
(25 Jan) 		SS12 19:00 Col de la Madone - Col Banquettes 18.00 km Ove Andersson 15 m : 22 s 70.28 km/h
SS13 20:13 Le Moulinet - La Bollene 23.00 km Harry Kallstrom 21 m : 50 s 63.21 km/h
SS14 21:27 St. Sauveur - Beuil 1 24.00 km Timo Mäkinen 18 m : 40 s 77.14 km/h
SS15 23:56 La Bollene - Le Moulinet 1 23.00 km Jean-François Piot 21 m : 34 s 63.99 km/h Ove Andersson
3
(26 Jan) 		SS16 02:33 St. Sauveur - Beuil 2 24.00 km Jean-Claude Andruet
Jean-Pierre Nicolas		 18 m : 24 s 78.26 km/h
SS17 05:02 La Bollene - Le Moulinet 2 23.00 km Timo Mäkinen 21 m : 26 s 64.39 km/h Jean-Claude Andruet
SS18 06:20 Col Banquettes - Col de la Modene 18.00 km Jean-Claude Andruet 15 m : 11 s 71.13 km/h

Championship standings after the event

1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 1
After round 1 Team Season end
Position Points Position Points
1 20 Alpine Renault 1 147
2 10 Ford 3 76
3 4 Fiat 2 84
4 3 Lancia 13 17
5 2 Datsun 6 34

References

  1. ^ "Ramón Grifoll Oliva / Pedro Ferrate, BLMC Austin Victoria during the..." Getty Images. 2025-02-22. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  2. ^ "Monte Carlo Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  3. ^ Shacki. "Final results Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 1973". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
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