1973 Rally of Morocco
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.
| 1973 Rally of Morocco 16th Rally of Morocco | |||
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Round 5 of the 1973 World Rally Championship season
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| Host country |  Morocco | ||
| Dates run | 8 May 1973 – 13 May 1973 | ||
| Start location | Rabat, Morocco | ||
| Finish location | Casablanca, Morocco | ||
| Stages | 27 (1,210 km; 750 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Asphalt and gravel | ||
| Overall distance | 5,300 km (3,300 miles) | ||
| Results | |||
| Overall winner |  Bernard Darniche Alain Mahé Alpine RenaultAlpine Renault A110 1800 | ||
| Crews | 66 at start, 13 at finish | ||
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
| 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 |
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| 4 | 2 | 15 h : 39 m : 56 s | 1 | 15 | Raymond Ponnelle Pierre de Serpos |
Citroën DS 23 |
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| 5 | 2 | 15 h : 52 m : 0 s | 4 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas Michel Vial |
Alpine-Renault A110 1800 |
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| 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.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Christian Delferrier |
Alpine-Renault A110 1800 |
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| 8 | 2 | 16 h : 48 m : 26 s | 2 | 7 | Jean Deschazeaux Jean Plassard |
Citroën DS 23 |
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| 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 |
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| 12 | 4 | 22 h : 47 m : 41 s | 2 | 30 | Pierre Pagani Jean-Claude Refuveille |
 Volkswagen K 70 |
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| Finished over the limit | 2 | 46 |  Paul Hadley Dave Robson |
Opel Ascona SR |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 4 | 2 |  Rauno Aaltonen John Davenport |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye |
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| Retired (accident) | 4 | 5 |  Shekhar Mehta Geraint Phillips |
Datsun 240Z |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 8 | Bernard Consten Gérard Flocon |
Peugeot 504 |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 10 | Hannu Mikkola Atso Aho |
Peugeot 504 |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 11 | Tony Fall Mike Wood |
Peugeot 504 |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 12 | Jean-François Piot Jean De Alexandris |
Renault 12 Gordini |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 13 | Timo Mäkinen Henry Liddon |
Peugeot 504 |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 4 | 16 | Marianne Hoepfner Yveline Vanoni |
Alpine Renault A110 1800 |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 17 |  Francisco Romãozinho José Bernardo |
Citroën GS |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 18 | Claude Laurent Jacques Marché |
Citroën GS |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 19 | Jean Guichet Jean Todt |
Peugeot 504 |
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Source: Independent WRC archive[2]
Championship standings after the event
| 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
- Claudine Bouchet married two rally racing drivers first Patrick Vanson, and second René Trautmann. She used their surnames on marriage.
- "Morocco Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
External links
- Official website of the World Rally Championship
- 1973 Rally Morocco at Rallye-info Archived 2020-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
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