| 1974 Rallye de Portugal 8º TAP Rallye de Portugal |
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Round 1 of the 1974 World Rally Championship
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| Host country | Portugal | |
| Dates run | March 20 – 23 1974 | |
| Length | 455 km | |
| Stage surface | Asphalt and gravel | |
| Results | ||
| Overall winner | Raffaele Pinto Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye |
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| Teams | 125 at start, 36 at finish | |
The 1974 Rally of Portugal was the 8th running of the Rallye de Portugal and was the first round of the 1974 World Rally Championship season after the oil crisis forced the cancellation of the Monte Carlo and Swedish rallies. As with all of the WRC rounds in 1974, there was only a manufacturer championship, so only manufacturers results were counted for points. Only the top finishing car for each manufacturer counted. Fiat locked out the podium places but only picked up 20 points in the championship due to this rule. An advantage is gained though, because the next finishing manufacturer can only pick up the points available for where their driver finished - in this case Ove Andersson took 10 points for 4th place in a Toyota Corolla.
| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
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| 1. | Raffaele Pinto | Arnaldo Bernacchini | Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | 6:26:15 | 0.0 | 20 |
| 2. | Alcide Paganelli | Ninni Russo | Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | 6:30:12 | 3.57 | |
| 3. | Markku Alén | Ilkka Kivimäki | Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | 6:37:17 | 11.02 | |
| 4. | Ove Andersson | Arne Hertz | Toyota Corolla | 6:40:54 | 14.39 | 10 |
| 5. | Harry Källström | Claes Billstam | Datsun 260Z | 6:54:27 | 28.12 | 8 |
| 6. | Bob Neyret | Yveline Vanoni | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | 7:04:18 | 38.03 | 6 |
| 7. | Georg Fischer | Harald Gottlieb | BMW 2002 | 7:05:02 | 38.47 | 4 |
| 8. | Francisco Romãozinho | José Bernardo | Citroën GS | 7:17:04 | 50.49 | 3 |
| 9. | Chris Sclater | Neil Wilson | Ford Escort RS1600 | 7:26:59 | 1:00.44 | 2 |
| 10. | António Borges | Miguel Sottomayor | Fiat 124 Sport Spyder | 7:27:55 | 1:01.40 | |
| Rank | Manufacturer | Event | Total points |
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FIN |
ITA |
CAN |
USA |
GBR |
FRA |
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| 1 | Fiat | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 2 | Toyota | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| 3 | Datsun | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 4 | Alpine-Renault | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 5 | BMW | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 6 | Citroën | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 7 | Ford | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |