1973 Rallye de Portugal

7th TAP Rally of Portugal
7º TAP Rallye de Portugal
Round 3 of the 1973 WRC for Manufacturers
Host country  Portugal
Dates run March 13, 1973 – March 18, 1973
Stages 32 (387 km)
Stage surface Asphalt and gravel
Overall distance 4600 km
Results
Overall winner Jean-Luc Thérier
Teams 80 at start, 23 at finish

The 1973 Rally of Portugal was the 7th running of the Rallye de Portugal and the third round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-March in southern Portugal on a mixture of asphalt and gravel, the rally began with a concentration run from a number of European cities, covering about 4,600 km and ending in Estoril, Portugal.

In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. As in the earlier Monte Carlo Rally, the Alpine A110s led the event, taking first and second place well ahead of other competitors. Fiat had a disastrous rally, with all three of its cars failing to finish, limiting Fiat to points gained from local entrants. Despite a significant number of international entries, only four non-Portuguese teams finished in the top 15 at the end.

Contents

Results

1973 7º TAP Rallye de Portugal final results
Finish Total
time		 Group Car # Driver
Co-driver		 Car Mfr.
points
Overall In
group
1 1 5 h : 42 m : 16 s 4 5 Jean-Luc Thérier
Jacques Jaubert		 Alpine-Renault A110 1800 20
2 2 5 h : 48 m : 57 s 4 1 Jean-Pierre Nicolas
Michel Vial		 Alpine-Renault A110 1800
3 1 6 h : 7 m : 48 s 2 20 Francisco Romaozinho
José Bernardo		 Citroën DS 21 12
4 3 6 h : 10 m : 40 s 4 15 Luis Netto
Manuel Coentro		 Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 10
5 4 6 h : 17 m : 0 s 4 19 Américo Nunes
António Morais		 Porsche 911 8
6 5 6 h : 41 m : 0 s 4 14 António Borges
António Lemos		 Alpine Renault A110 1800
7 1 6 h : 51 m : 40 s 1 25 Mêquêpê
Jorge Amaral		 Opel Ascona 4
8 2 6 h : 56 m : 9 s 1 58 António Martorell
Augusto Roxo		 Opel Ascona
9 2 7 h : 4 m : 47 s 2 52 Hans Britth
Hans Reppling		 Ford Capri 2600 2
10 6 7 h : 5 m : 24 s 4 16 Giovanni Salvi
Barbosa Gama		 Porsche 911
11 3 7 h : 10 m : 26 s 1 64 Xanato
Manuel Ferreira		 Datsun 1200
12 3 7 h : 21 m : 51 s 2 12 Claude Laurent
Christian Delferier		 DAF 55
13 4 7 h : 26 m : 27 s 2 80 Noel Coelho
José Varela		 BMW 2002
14 4 7 h : 43 m : 15 s 1 69 António Ferreira da Cunha
Carlos Resende		 Datsun 1200
15 5 7 h : 43 m : 43 s 1 67 Jorge Ortigao
J. Cerqueria		 Datsun 1200
16 6 7 h : 47 m : 47 s 1 54 Colin Malkin
Barry Hughes		 Chrysler Avenger
17 5 7 h : 53 m : 27 s 2 66 Rui Gonçalves
Joao Baptista		 Austin 1275 GT
18 7 7 h : 59 m : 39 s 1 85 Pedro Cortes
Teixeira Gomes		 Toyota
19 8 8 h : 13 m : 12 s 1 39 Helmut Doppeireiter
Ossi Schurek		 Volkswagen 1303S
20 6 8 h : 38 m : 40 s 2 68 Martins Teixeira
A. Magalhaes		 Austin Maxi
21 9 8 h : 51 m : 56 s 1 97 Paul Chartier
Jo Wery		 Citroën GS
22 10 8 h : 56 m : 19 s 1 38 Johann Fennes
Unger		 Citroën GS
23 7 9 h : 13 m : 22 s 2 99 Eric Bessem
Bob Dickhout		 DAF 55
Retired (mechanical) 4 2 Alcide Paganelli
Ninni Russo		 Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (mechanical) 4 3 Bernard Darniche
Alain Mahé		 Alpine Renault A110 1800
Retired (accident) 4 4 Björn Waldegård
Hans Thorszelius		 Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (mechanical) 4 6 Raffaele Pinto
Arnaldo Bernacchini		 Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (mechanical) 4 7 Chris Sclater
Bob de Jong		 Datsun 240Z
Retired (mechanical) 2 8 Achim Warmbold
John Davenport		 BMW 2002
Retired (accident) 2 9 Ove Andersson
Jean Todt		 Toyota Celica
Retired (mechanical) 2 10 Harry Källström
Claes Billstam		 Volkswagen 1302S
Retired (mechanical) 2 11 Tony Fall
Mike Wood		 Volkswagen 1303S
Retired (accident) 4 17 Mário Figueiredo
Carlos Barata		 Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (mechanical) 4 18 António Carlos Oliveira
Barata		 Datsun 240Z
Retired (mechanical) 4 21 José Carpinteiro Albino
F. Albino		 Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (mechanical) 1 22 Gomes Pereira
Costa Simoes		 Opel Ascona
Retired (mechanical) 2 23 Francisco Santos
Joao Anjos		 Ford Escort RS1600
Retired (mechanical) 1 26 Raposo de Magalhaes
L. Pedreira		 Morris Mini Cooper
Retired (mechanical) 2 27 Richard Bochnicek
Sepp-Dieter Kernmayer		 Citroën DS 21
Retired (mechanical) 2 30 Tony Fowkes
Peter O'Gorman		 Ford Escort RS1600
Retired 2 32 Douglas Harris
John Jeson		 Ford Escort RS1600
Retired (mechanical) 2 34 Georg Fischer
Hans Siebert		 Volkswagen 1302S
Retired (mechanical) 1 35 Marie-Claude Beaumont
Christine Giganot		 Opel Ascona
Retired (accident) 2 36 Herbert Grünsteidl
Georg Hopf		 Volkswagen 1302S
Retired (mechanical) 1 42 Leif Asterhag
Anders Gullberg		 BMW 2002 TII
Retired (mechanical) 1 44 Lassa Jönsson
Rolf Jägerstedt		 BMW 2002 TII
Retired (mechanical) 1 45 Arne Allansson
Bo Sundberg		 BMW 2002 TII
Retired (mechanical) 1 51 Günther Janger
Harald Gottlieb		 Opel Ascona
Retired 1 55 Heitor Morais
D. Mascarenhas		 Opel Ascona
Retired (mechanical) 2 65 Joaquim Moutinho
Edgar Fortes		 Austin Maxi
Retired (accident) 2 83 Andy Michailidis
N. Anstis		 Ford Escort RS1600

Championship standings

1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 3
After round 3 Team Season end
Position Points Position Points
1 52 Alpine Renault 1 147
2 22 Fiat 2 84
3 20 Saab 5 42
4 13 Lancia 13 17
5 12 Citroën 7 33
6 12 Ford 3 76
7 8 Porsche 9 27
8 6 Volkswagen 15 15
9 5 Opel 11 25
10 4 BMW 8 28
11 3 Škoda 18 3
12 2 Datsun 6 34
13 2 Volvo 4 44

See also

World Rally Championship
Current season summary

2011 WRC season
Related articles

World Rally Car
Group A · Group B
Super 1600 · Super 2000
PWRC · JWRC · SWRC
Lists

Drivers (Champions) Constructors (Champions) Rallies · Seasons
Records · People
Fatal accidents