1973 Polish Rally

1973 Polish Rally
33rd Polish Rally
Round 7 of the 1973 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Poland
Rally baseKraków, Poland
Dates run12 July 1973 – 15 July 1973
Stages55 (734 km; 456 miles)
Stage surfaceAsphalt and gravel
Overall distance3,912 km (2,431 miles)
Statistics
Crews62 at start, 3 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Achim Warmbold
Jean Todt
Fiat
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye

The 1973 Polish Rally, formally known as the 33rd Polish Rally, was the seventh round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Held in mid-July in southern Poland, , this event marked the only year in which Poland, or any member of the Warsaw Pact, was included in the WRC calendar until 2009, 36 years later. This edition is also notable for the fact that out of the 62 teams that started the rally, only three completed it, a record that still stands today.

Report

In 1973, and for several subsequent years, points were only awarded to manufacturers for their finishes in WRC events. Despite the misfortune experienced by most teams, Fiat secured its first win for the Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye. Since no other major competitors finished the rally, Fiat's win was by a significant margin, with the German driver outpacing the next finisher by nearly three hours.

Results

1973 Polish Rally results
Finish Total
time 		Group Car # Driver
Co-driver 		Car Mfr.
points
Overall In
group
1 1 8 h : 28 m : 14 s 4 4 Achim Warmbold
Jean Todt 		Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 20
2 1 11 h : 15 m : 16 s 2 91 Egon Culmbacher
Werner Ernst 		Wartburg 353 15
3 1 12 h : 8 m : 31 s 1 55 Maciej Stawowiak
Jan Czyżyk 		Polski Fiat 125p 12
Retired (Excluded) 4 2 Jean-Luc Thérier
Alain Mahé 		Alpine Renault A110 1800
Retired (Oil Pressure) 4 3 Alcide Paganelli
Ninni Russo 		Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (Accident) 4 7 Adam Smorawiński
Zbigniew Kołaczkowski 		Porsche 911
Retired (Time limit exceeded) 2 12 Hans Britth
Magnus Olsson 		Ford Capri 2600
Retired (Desistant) 2 18 Janusz Wojtyna
Romana Wojtyna 		BMW 2002 Ti
Retired (Desistant) 2 20 Henryk Kaczmarczyk
Miecyzsław Banaś 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (Water pump) 2 21 Marian Bień
Wiesław Nicieja 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (Desistant) 2 22 Ewald Pauli
Jacek Jurczak 		Volkswagen Käfer 1302 S
Retired (Time limit exceeded) 2 23 Jerzy Dobrzański
Antoni Ryniak 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (Accident) 2 24 Stasys Brundza
Anatoli Brum 		Moskvich 412
Retired (Desistant) 2 25 Andrzej Turczyński
Leon Grzybek 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (Tailgate joint) 2 26 Ryszard Żyszkowski
Jerzy Żyszkowski 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (Desistant) 2 27 Horst Rausch
Jerzy Sypniewski 		BMW 2002
Retired (Desistant) 2 28 András Tar
Ferenc Simon 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (Desistant) 2 30 Dieter Rosenfeldt
Hans Herff 		Renault 12 Gordini
Retired (Desistant) 2 31 Kastytis Girdauskas
Arvydas Girdauskas 		Moskvich 412
Retired (Rear differential) 2 34 Krzysztof Komornicki
Błażej Krupa 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (Desistant) 2 35 Jerzy Landsberg
Marian Wangrat 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (time) 2 36 Lev Morozov
Andris Kalnais 		Moskvich 412
Retired (Desistant) 2 37 Poul Weinreich
Holger Møllen-Nielsen 		Opel Ascona 1.6 SR
Retired (Desistant) 1 42 Oluf Vester Kristensen
Holm-Per Sandager 		Volvo 142 GL
Retired (Desistant) 2 43 Jan Dziedzic
Wiesław Pieprzak 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (Desistant) 1 44 Carl Marius Syberg
Per Brøns 		Opel Ascona
Retired (Desistant) 1 45 Klaus Miersch
Winfried Matter 		Opel Ascona 1.9 SR
Retired (Desistant) 1 46 Christian Köthe
Inga Köthe 		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Retired (Desistant) 1 47 Jens Schmidt
Adolf Holm 		BMW 2002 Ti
Retired (Accident) 1 49 Heino Sepp
Toomas Bernstein 		Moskvich 412
Retired (Desistant) 1 50 Jacques Régis
Chantal Argeliès 		Opel Ascona
Retired (Misdirection) 1 51 Włodzimierz Markowski
Andrzej Radecki 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (Desistant) 1 52 Edmund Oprocha
Andrzej Orłowski 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (Desistant) 1 53 Detelin Tomov
Peitcho Peitchev 		Lada VAZ 2103
Retired (Desistant) 1 54 Jens Erik Esbensen
Villy Ebbesen 		Datsun 1600 SSS
Retired (Time limit exceeded) 1 57 Evert Wesström
Bo Carlsson 		Toyota Corolla
Retired (Desistant) 2 61 Andrzej Gergovich
Robert Jenner 		SEAT 850 D
Retired (Desistant) 2 62 Nikolai Vringov
Lambo Mitzev 		Lada VAZ 2101
Retired (Suspension) 1 63 Marek Varisella
Janina Jedynak 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (Desistant) 2 64 Horst Hohlheimer
Rudolf Huber 		Fiat 128 Sport Coupé
Retired (Desistant) 2 65 Aleksander Adamski
Andrzej Brzeziński 		Škoda 100 L
Retired (Desistant) 2 66 Nikolai Kamburov
Kamen Kokinov 		Renault 8
Retired (Desistant) 2 67 Pál Gaál
Ferenc Iriczfalvi 		Škoda 100
Retired (Desistant) 2 68 Mihály Balatoni
István Sándor 		Škoda 100
Retired (Desistant) 2 69 Karlfried Weigert
Bernhard Malsch 		Wartburg 353
Retired (Breakdown) 2 70 Peter Hommel
Günter Bork 		Wartburg 353
Retired (Accident) 2 71 Stanisław Fiedor
Jacek Chmielewski 		Trabant P601
Retired (Desistant) 2 72 Jürgen Sparwald
Carl-Ulrich Karsten 		Wartburg 353
Retired (Desistant) 2 73 Marek Oryński
Kazimierz Bocheński 		FSO Syrena 104
Retired (Desistant) 2 74 Zbigniew Baran
Julian Kuzaj 		FSO Syrena 104
Retired (Desistant) 2 75 Claes Anderson
Peter Peterson 		Ford Escort Twin Cam
Retired (Desistant) 2 76 Vasile Olaru
Ilie Olteanu 		Dacia 1300
Retired (Desistant) 2 77 Petre Vezeanu
Mircea Ilioale 		Dacia 1300
Retired (Desistant) 2 78 Adam Masłowiec
Konrad Rutkowski 		FSM Syrena 105
Retired (Desistant) 1 80 Volker Beyer
Werner Schramm 		Wartburg 353
Retired (Desistant) 1 81 Radoslav Petkov
Kostadin Gurlev 		Lada VAZ 2101
Retired (Desistant) 1 82 Adrian Margarint
Nicolas Aslan 		Dacia 1300
Retired (Desistant) 1 83 Ilija Bonev
Zlati Zlatev 		Lada VAZ 2101
Retired (Desistant) 1 84 György Szenttornyay
László Szzenttornyay 		Lada VAZ 2101
Retired (Desistant) 1 85 Iosif Santa
Pavel Chiorcea 		Dacia 1300
Retired (Desistant) 1 86 Béla Augustin
Elek Farkas 		Dacia 1300
Retired (Desistant) 1 87 Jerzy Strasz
Halina Strasz 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (Desistant) 1 89 Horst Niebergall
Harald Würfel 		Wartburg 353
Retired (Desistant) 1 90 Andrzej Włoch
Marec Roczniak 		Polski Fiat 125p
Retired (Desistant) 1 92 Tilo Wünsch
Henning Wünsch 		Fiat 128 Coupé

Source: Independent WRC archive,[1] eWRC Results [2]

Championship standings after the event

1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 7
After round 6 Team Season end
Position Points Position Points
1 92 Alpine Renault 1 147
2 63 Fiat 2 84
3 33 Citroën 7 33
4 22 Datsun 6 34
5 20 Saab 5 42
6 16 Ford 3 76
7 15 Wartburg 14 15
8 14 Volkswagen 15 15
9 13 Lancia 13 17
10 13 Peugeot 16 13
11 12 Polski Fiat 12 18
12 8 Porsche 9 27
13 5 Opel 11 25
14 4 BMW 8 28
4 Mitsubishi 17 4
4 Volvo 4 44
17 3 Škoda 18 3
18 2 Toyota 10 25
19 1 Audi 20 2

References

  1. ^ "Polish Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  2. ^ Shacki. "Final results Rajd Polski 1973". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
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