| 16th Rally of Morocco 16ème Rallye du Maroc |
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| Round 5 of the 1973 WRC for Manufacturers | |
| Host country | Morocco |
| Dates run | 8 May 1973 – 13 May 1973 |
| Stages | 27 (1210 km) |
| Stage surface | Asphalt and gravel |
| Overall distance | 5300 km |
| Results | |
| Overall winner | Bernard Darniche |
| Teams | 66 at start, 13 at finish |
The 1973 Rally of Morocco was the 16th running of the Rally of Morocco, and 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.
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.
Contents |
| Finish | Total time |
Group | Car # | Driver Co-driver |
Car | Mfr. points |
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| Overall | In group |
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| 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 | |
| 4 | 2 | 15 h : 39 m : 56 s | 1 | 15 | Raymond Ponnelle Pierre de Serpos |
Citroën DS 23 | |
| 5 | 2 | 15 h : 52 m : 0 s | 4 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas Michel Vial |
Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |
| 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 Christian Delferrier |
Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |
| 8 | 2 | 16 h : 48 m : 26 s | 2 | 7 | Jean Deschazeaux Jean Plassard |
Citroën DS 23 | |
| 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 Marie-Pierre Palayer |
Peugeot 504 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | 20 h : 18 m : 38 s | 1 | 42 | Marc Gerenthon Hélène Gerenthon |
Datsun 1600 SSS | |
| 12 | 4 | 22 h : 47 m : 41 s | 2 | 30 | Pierre Pagani Jean-Claude Refuveille |
Volkswagen K 70 | |
| Finished over the limit | 2 | 46 | Paul Hadley Dave Robson |
Opel Ascona SR | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 4 | 2 | Rauno Aaltonen John Davenport |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | |||
| Retired (accident) | 4 | 5 | Shekhar Mehta Geraint Phillips |
Datsun 240Z | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 8 | Bernard Consten Gérard Flocon |
Peugeot 504 | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 10 | Hanny Mikkola Atso Aho |
Peugeot 504 | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 11 | Tony Fall Mike Wood |
Peugeot 504 | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 12 | Jean-François Piot Jean De Alexandris |
Renault 12 Gordini | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 13 | Timo Mäkinen Henry Liddon |
Peugeot 504 | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 4 | 16 | Marianne Hoepfner Yveline Vanoni |
Alpine Renault A110 1800 | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 17 | Francisco Romãozinho José Bernardo |
Citroën GS | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 18 | Claude Laurent Jacques Marché |
Citroën GS | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 19 | Jean Guichet Jean Todt |
Peugeot 504 | |||
| After round 5 | Team | Season end | ||
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| 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 |
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