| 44th Austrian Alpine Rally 44. Österreichische Alpenfahrt |
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| Round 9 of the 1973 WRC for Manufacturers | |
| Host country | Austria |
| Rally base | Baden, Austria |
| Dates run | 12 September 1973 – 14 September 1973 |
| Stages | 27 (310 km) |
| Stage surface | Gravel |
| Overall distance | 2233 km |
| Results | |
| Overall winner | Achim Warmbold |
| Teams | 74 at start, 25 at finish |
The 1973 Austrian Alpine Rally (44. Österreichische Alpenfahrt) was the 44th running of the Austrian rally, and the ninth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-September around Baden, Austria, the rally was entirely on gravel surface special stages. 1973 would be the only year to see the WRC hold an event in Austria, despite the strong presence of Austrian drivers in the series through the present.
In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Austria hosted BMW's first ever win of the World Rally Championship, with front-runners Alpine-Renault, Saab, and Fiat also making strong bids for points.
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 | 3 h : 58 m : 55.5 s | 2 | 8 | Achim Warmbold Jean Todt |
BMW 2002 TII | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | 4 h : 0 m : 10.1 s | 4 | 2 | Bernard Darniche Alain Mahé |
Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 4 h : 0 m : 11.2 s | 2 | 15 | Per Eklund Bo Reinicke |
Saab 96 V4 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 4 h : 1 m : 10.5 s | 2 | 16 | Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius |
BMW 2002 TII | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 4 h : 1 m : 25.8 s | 4 | 11 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas Michel Vial |
Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |
| 6 | 3 | 4 h : 6 m : 15.9 s | 4 | 3 | Håkan Lindberg Helmut Eisendle |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 4 h : 6 m : 38.3 s | 4 | 5 | Klaus Russling Wolfgang Weiß |
Porsche 911 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 4 h : 9 m : 5.8 s | 2 | 9 | Ove Andersson Gunnar Häggbom |
Toyota Celica | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 4 h : 10 m : 2.2 s | 2 | 17 | Herbert Grünsteidl Georg Hopf |
BMW 2002 | |
| 10 | 6 | 4 h : 11 m : 16.9 s | 2 | 12 | Tony Fall Mike Wood |
Volkswagen 1303S | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 4 h : 11 m : 48.5 s | 2 | 6 | Harry Källström Claes Billstam |
Volkswagen 1303S | |
| 12 | 8 | 4 h : 14 m : 35.8 s | 2 | 25 | Franz Wittman Hans Siebert |
Volkswagen 1303S | |
| 13 | 9 | 4 h : 20 m : 17.1 s | 2 | 24 | Gunnar Blomqvist Gerhard Kalnay |
Opel Ascona | |
| 14 | 1 | 4 h : 35 m : 14.1 s | 1 | 27 | Vic Dietmayer [[]] |
BMW 2002 | |
| 15 | 10 | 4 h : 48 m : 31.8 s | 2 | 47 | H. Steinwender F. Mick |
Fiat 124 | |
| 16 | 2 | 4 h : 58 m : 23.7 s | 1 | 29 | Walter Zöckl Günther Böhs |
BMW 2002 | |
| Retired (accident) | 2 | 1 | Günther Janger Harald Gottlieb |
Volkswagen 1303S | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 4 | Walter Röhrl Jochen Berger |
Opel Ascona | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 4 | Stig Blomqvist Arne Hertz |
Saab 96 V4 | |||
| Retired (accident) | 4 | 10 | Raffaele Pinto Arnaldo Bernacchini |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 4 | 14 | Alcide Paganelli Ninni Russo |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | |||
| Retired | 4 | 19 | Walter Roser Erich Bazalka |
Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 21 | Richard Bochnicek Sepp-Dieter Kernmayer |
Citroën DS 23 | |||
| After round 8 | Team | Season end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Points | Position | Points | |
| 1 | 107 | Alpine Renault | 1 | 147 |
| 2 | 69 | Fiat | 2 | 84 |
| 3 | 42 | Saab | 5 | 42 |
| 4 | 36 | Ford | 3 | 76 |
| 5 | 33 | Citroën | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | 24 | BMW | 8 | 28 |
| 7 | 24 | Porsche | 9 | 27 |
| 8 | 22 | Datsun | 6 | 34 |
| 9 | 19 | Volvo | 4 | 44 |
| 10 | 15 | Wartburg | 14 | 15 |
| 11 | 15 | Lancia | 15 | 15 |
| 12 | 14 | Volkswagen | 15 | 15 |
| 13 | 13 | Peugeot | 16 | 13 |
| 14 | 13 | Opel | 11 | 25 |
| 15 | 12 | Polski Fiat | 12 | 18 |
| 16 | 5 | Toyota | 10 | 25 |
| 17 | 4 | Mitsubishi | 17 | 4 |
| 18 | 3 | Škoda | 18 | 3 |
| 19 | 1 | Audi | 20 | 2 |
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