1973 Rally of Morocco

1973 Rally of Morocco 16th Rally of Morocco 5 1973 Safari Rally 1973 Acropolis Rally Rabat, Morocco Casablanca, Morocco 8 May 1973 13 May 1973 27 1210 5300 Asphalt and gravel 1973 World Rally Championship season France Bernard Darniche France Alain Mahé France Alpine Renault Alpine Renault A110 1800 66 13 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 Totaltime Group Car # DriverCo-driver Car Mfr.points Overall Ingroup 1 1 15 h : 1 m : 22 s 4 1 France Bernard DarnicheFrance Alain Mahé France Alpine-Renault A110 1800 20 2 1 15 h : 20 m : 4 s 2 9 France Bob NeyretFrance Jacques Terramorsi France Citroën DS 23 15 3 1 15 h : 34 m : 37 s 1 21 Austria Richard BochnicekAustria Sepp-Dieter Kernmayer France Citroën DS 23 4 2 15 h : 39 m : 56 s 1 15 France Raymond PonnelleFrance Pierre de Serpos France Citroën DS 23 5 2 15 h : 52 m : 0 s 4 4 France Jean-Pierre NicolasFrance Michel Vial France Alpine-Renault A110 1800 6 3 15 h : 59 m : 43 s 4 6 Sweden Björn WaldegårdSweden Fergus Sager Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 6 7 4 16 h : 18 m : 16 s 4 3 France Jean-Luc ThérierBelgium Christian Delferrier France Alpine-Renault A110 1800 8 2 16 h : 48 m : 26 s 2 7 Morocco Jean DeschazeauxMorocco Jean Plassard France Citroën DS 23 9 3 17 h : 53 m : 47 s 2 35 Italy Lorenzo MerloneItaly Riccardo Mortara Sweden Volvo 142 S 2 10 3 18 h : 3 m : 33 s 1 25 France Claudine Trautmann Claudine Vanson fr Claudine BouchetClaudine Bouchet married two rally racing drivers first Patrick Vanson, and second René Trautmann. She used their surnames on marriage.France Marie-Pierre Palayer France Peugeot 504 1 11 4 20 h : 18 m : 38 s 1 42 France Marc GerenthonFrance Hélène Gerenthon Japan Datsun 1600 SSS 12 4 22 h : 47 m : 41 s 2 30 France Pierre PaganiFrance Jean-Claude Refuveille Germany Volkswagen K 70 Finished over the limit 2 46 UK Paul HadleyUK Dave Robson Germany Opel Ascona SR Retired (mechanical) 4 2 Finland Rauno AaltonenUK John Davenport Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye Retired (accident) 4 5 Kenya Shekhar MehtaUK Geraint Phillips Japan Datsun 240Z Retired (mechanical) 2 8 France Bernard ConstenFrance Gérard Flocon France Peugeot 504 Retired (mechanical) 2 10 Finland Hannu MikkolaFinland Atso Aho France Peugeot 504 Retired (mechanical) 2 11 UK Tony FallUK Mike Wood France Peugeot 504 Retired (mechanical) 2 12 France Jean-François PiotFrance Jean De Alexandris France Renault 12 Gordini Retired (mechanical) 2 13 Finland Timo MäkinenUK Henry Liddon France Peugeot 504 Retired (mechanical) 4 16 France Marianne HoepfnerFrance Yveline Vanoni France Alpine Renault A110 1800 Retired (mechanical) 2 17 Portugal Francisco RomãozinhoPortugal José Bernardo France Citroën GS Retired (mechanical) 2 18 France Claude LaurentFrance Jacques Marché France Citroën GS Retired (mechanical) 2 19 France Jean GuichetFrance Jean Todt France Peugeot 504 Source: Independent WRC archiveMorocco Rally http://www.juwra.com/morocco_1973.html juwra.com Independent WRC archive 2017-03-16 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 France Alpine Renault 1 147 2 28 Italy Fiat 2 84 3 27 France Citroën 7 33 4 22 Japan Datsun 6 34 5 20 Sweden Saab 5 42 6 13 Italy Lancia 13 17 7 13 France Peugeot 16 13 8 12 USA Ford 3 76 9 8 Germany Porsche 9 27 10 6 Germany Volkswagen 15 15 11 5 Germany Opel 11 25 12 4 Germany BMW 8 28 4 Japan Mitsubishi 17 4 4 Sweden Volvo 4 44 15 3 Czechoslovakia Škoda 18 3 References External links Official website of the World Rally Championship 1973 Rally Morocco https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182902/http://www.rallye-info.com/event.asp?event=328 2007-09-27 at Rallye-info https://web.archive.org/web/20200627135750/http://www.rallye-info.com/ 2020-06-27 Morocco Category:Rally of Morocco Category:1973 in Moroccan sport