| 42nd Auto Rally of Monte-Carlo 42ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo |
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| Round 1 of the 1973 WRC for Manufacturers | |
| Host country | Monaco |
| Dates run | January 19, 1973 – January 29, 1973 |
| Stages | 18 (420 km) |
| Stage surface | Tarmac |
| Overall distance | 4800 km |
| Results | |
| Overall winner | Jean-Claude Andruet |
| Teams | 278 at start, 44 at finish |
The 1973 Monte Carlo Rally was the 42nd running of the Monte Carlo Rally, one of the world's oldest and most well-known automobile rallies. Run in late January and hosted in the principality of Monaco, the 1973 rally was notable for being the first rally on the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's (FIA) new World Rally Championship (WRC) inaugural season, making it the first ever WRC event to be held.
At this time, the Monte-Carlo rally was structured as a concentration rally, with teams beginning competition in some nine different cities, with the first objective of the rally being to reach Monte Carlo, followed by two legs of competitive special stages around Monaco and southeastern France. Traditionally run on tarmac roads commonly covered in snow and ice, especially at higher altitudes, bad weather did force cancellation of two special stages in 1973.
In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Alpine Renault dominated the event, a portent of their further success during the season with their Alpine-Renault A110 1800 car. They would take all three podium positions and five of the top six places.
Contents |
| Finish | Total time |
Group | Car # | Driver | Car | Mfr. points |
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| Overall | In group |
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| 1 | 1 | 5:42.04 | 4 | 18 | Jean-Claude Andruet | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | 20 |
| 2 | 2 | 5:42.30 | 4 | 15 | Ove Andersson | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |
| 3 | 3 | 5:43.39 | 4 | 21 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |
| 4 | 1 | 5:44.29 | 2 | 20 | Hannu Mikkola | Ford Escort RS1600 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 5:46.01 | 4 | 4 | Jean-Luc Thérier | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |
| 6 | 5 | 5:46.02 | 4 | 23 | Jean-Francois Piot | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |
| 7 | 6 | 5:52.14 | 4 | 5 | Raffaele Pinto | Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | 4 |
| 8 | 7 | 5:52.15 | 4 | 16 | Harry Källström | Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF | 3 |
| 9 | 8 | 5:55.47 | 4 | 17 | Tony Fall | Datsun 240Z | 2 |
| 10 | 9 | 5:57.08 | 4 | 1 | Bernard Darniche | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |
| 11 | 2 | 5:57.51 | 2 | 3 | Timo Mäkinen | Ford Escort RS1600 | |
| 12 | 3 | 6:02.36 | 2 | 30 | Lillebror Nasenius | Opel Ascona A | |
| 13 | 4 | 6:05.37 | 2 | 44 | Anders Kulläng | Opel Ascona A | |
| 14 | 10 | 6:06.37 | 4 | 36 | Bob Wollek | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |
| 15 | 5 | 6:10.57 | 2 | 7 | Jean Ragnotti | Renault 12 Gordini | |
| 16 | 6 | 6:11.20 | 2 | 12 | Chris Sclater | Ford Escort RS1600 | |
| 17 | 7 | 6:11.31 | 2 | 46 | Reinhard Hainbach | BMW 2002 TI | |
| 18 | 11 | 6:14.43 | 4 | 10 | Rauno Aaltonen | Datsun 240Z | |
| 19 | 1 | 6:15.33 | 1 | 24 | Gérard Larrousse | Alfa Romeo 2000GTV | |
| 20 | 8 | 6:18.22 | 2 | 79 | Patrick Tambay | Renault 12 Gordini | |
| 21 | 9 | 6:19.08 | 2 | 34 | Bernard Fiorentino | Simca Rallye 2 | |
| 22 | 1 | 6:21.25 | 3 | 33 | Jacques Henry | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |
| 23 | 12 | 6:23.33 | 4 | 39 | Claude Ballot-Léna | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |
| 24 | 2 | 6:29.17 | 2 | 27 | Gye Chasseuil | BMW 2002 TI | |
| 25 | 3 | 6:30.19 | 1 | 31 | Henri Gréder | Opel Ascona SR | |
| 26 | 4 | 6:32.31 | 1 | 43 | Jean-Claude Lagniez | Alfa Romeo 2000GTV | |
| 27 | 13 | 6:32.40 | 4 | 211 | Klaus Russling | Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |
| 28 | 10 | 6:34.26 | 2 | 52 | Sylvia Österberg | Opel Ascona A | |
| 29 | 11 | 6:47.18 | 2 | 83 | Bert Dolk | Opel Ascona | |
| 30 | 12 | 6:48.27 | 2 | 32 | Claude Laurent | DAF 66 | |
| 31 | 13 | 6:57.36 | 2 | 51 | Jovica Palikovic | Renault 12 Gordini | |
| 32 | 2 | 6:58.58 | 3 | 49 | Alex Vineis | Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |
| 33 | 14 | 7:05.59 | 2 | 54 | Joachim Springer | Opel Ascona | |
| 34 | 3 | 7:07.42 | 3 | 69 | Marianne Hoepfner | Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |
| 35 | 15 | 7:14.57 | 2 | 41 | Robert Mucha | Polski Fiat 125p | |
| 36 | 16 | 7:17.39 | 2 | 76 | Aloyse Kridel | BMW 2002 TI | |
| 37 | 17 | 7:18.00 | 2 | 91 | Anders Sigurdsson | Saab 96 V4 | |
| 38 | 18 | 7:24.55 | 2 | 25 | Peter Hommel | Wartburg 353 | |
| 39 | 19 | 7:39.12 | 2 | 53 | Adam Smorawiński | BMW 2002 | |
| 40 | 14 | 7:41.06 | 4 | 14 | Franco Perazio | Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF | |
| 41 | 20 | 8:17.38 | 2 | 81 | Marian Bień | Polski Fiat 125p | |
| 42 | 4 | 8:18.14 | 3 | 63 | Serena Pittoni | Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF | |
| 43 | 5 | 8:58.54 | 1 | 65 | Depnic | Simca 1100S | |
| 44 | 21 | 9:09.14 | 2 | 74 | Bertil Johansson | Opel Ascona | |
| 45 | 22 | Retired* | 2 | 22 | Walter Röhrl | Opel Commodore GS/E | |
| 46 | 5 | Retired* | 3 | 75 | Manfred Gudladt | Porsche 911S | |
| 47 | 15 | Retired* | 4 | 29 | Pat Moss-Carlsson | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |
| 48 | 16 | Retired* | 4 | 37 | Hans-Joachim Walter | Porsche 911S | |
| 49 | 6 | Retired* | 1 | 72 | Friedrich-Karl Tuschy | Fiat 128 Coupé | |
| 50 | 7 | Retired* | 1 | 66 | Giorgio Pianta | Opel Ascona | |
| 51 | 23 | Retired* | 2 | 60 | Michel Robini | Audi 80 | |
| Retired | 4 | 2 | Björn Waldegård | Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | |||
| Retired | 4 | 6 | Simo Lampinen | Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF | |||
| Retired | 4 | 8 | Alcide Paganelli | Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | |||
| Retired | 4 | 11 | Sandro Munari | Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF | |||
| Retired | 4 | 14 | Sergio Barbasio | Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | |||
| Retired | 4 | 19 | Amilcare Ballestrieri | Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF | |||
| Retired | 2 | 28 | Marie-Claude Beaumont | Opel Ascona | |||
| Retired | 3 | 40 | Christine Dacremont | Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |||
| Retired | 4 | 42 | Dieter Kern | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |||
| Retired | 2 | 45 | Klaus Fritzinger | Ford Capri 2600 | |||
| Retired | 2 | 48 | Chris Teulinckx | Opel Ascona | |||
| Retired | 3 | 55 | Michel Jullien | Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |||
| Retired | 3 | 57 | Jean-Charles Sévelinge | Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |||
| Retired | 3 | 62 | Thierry Sabine | Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |||
| Retired | 2 | 70 | Hans Schüller | Renault 12 Gordini | |||
| Retired | 2 | 77 | Andrzej Jaroszewicz | Polski Fiat 125p | |||
| Retired | 1 | 78 | Alberto Brambilla | Opel Ascona SR | |||
| Retired | 2 | 81 | Maciej Stawowiak | Polski Fiat 125p | |||
| Retired | 1 | 95 | Leo Pittoni | Fiat 124 | |||
| Retired | 3 | 109 | Christian Dorche | Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |||
| Retired | 3 | 127 | Horst Rack | Porsche 911S | |||
| Retired | 128 | Ronald Hancock | Ford Escort | ||||
| Retired | 2 | 147 | Klaus Miersch | Opel Ascona | |||
| Retired | 2 | 149 | Bruno Saby | Renault 12 Gordini | |||
| Retired | 1 | 153 | Jean Taibi | Peugeot 304S | |||
| Retired | 4 | 173 | Georges Develay | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |||
| Retired | 195 | Mike Dodds | BMC Mini Cooper | ||||
| Retired | 202 | Mike Clarke | Ford Escort | ||||
| Retired | 2 | 203 | Eckhard Schimpf | Germany | |||
| Retired | 212 | Tony Maslen | Ford Escort | ||||
| Retired | 4 | 215 | Jean-Claude Lefèbvre | Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |||
| Retired | 2 | 229 | Salvador Servià | SEAT 127 | |||
| Retired | 230 | Clive Roberts | Ford Escort | ||||
| Retired | 2 | 255 | Wolfgang Stiller | BMW 2002 | |||
| Retired | 265 | Wolf Giese | Opel Ascona SR | ||||
| Retired | 1 | 274 | Friedhelm Gaupp | Opel Kadett Rallye | |||
| Retired | 2 | 277 | Jochi Kleint | Ford Capri 2600 | |||
| Retired | 3 | 310 | Christian Lorang | Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |||
| * - Note: 7 teams retired during the final leg, but were still officially included in the final race classifications. | |||||||
| Leg | Stage | Start time | Stage name | Distance | Winning driver | Time | Avg. Speed | Rally leader |
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| 1 (21 Jan) |
SS1 | 15:00 | Col du Corobin | 17.00 km | Sandro Munari Hannu Mikkola |
13 m : 29 s | 75.65 km/h | Sandro Munari |
| 2 (23 Jan) |
SS2 | 10:36 | Pont des Miolans | 26.00 km | Jean-Claude Andruet Jean-Luc Therier |
19 m : 13 s | 81.18 km/h | Hannu Mikkola |
| SS3 | 13:49 | Laborel | 20.00 km | Hannu Mikkola | 15 m : 45 s | 76.19 km/h | ||
| SS4 | 17:11 | Burzet | 50.00 km | Jean-Claude Andruet | 38 m : 10 s | 78.60 km/h | Jean-Claude Andruet | |
| SS5 | 19:22 | Le Moulinon | 38.00 km | Bernard Darniche | 27 m : 46 s | 82.11 km/h | ||
| SS6 | 21:46 | St. Bonnet le Froid | 20.00 km | Sandro Munari | 14 m : 51 s | 80.81 km/h | ||
| SS7 | 23:55 | St. Jean-en-Royan | 36.00 km | Jean-Claude Andruet | 27 m : 37 s | 78.21 km/h | ||
| 2 (24 Jan) |
SS8 | 03:28 | St. Barthelemy | 40.00 km | Bernard Darniche | 30 m : 55 s | 77.63 km/h | |
| SS9 | 06:14 | Savines | 20.00 km | Bernard Darniche | 14 m : 43 s | 81.54 km/h | ||
| SS10 | 11:10 | Col de la Porte | 18.25 km | Cancelled | ||||
| SS11 | 11:31 | La Cabanette | 18.25 km | Cancelled | ||||
| 3 (25 Jan) |
SS12 | 19:00 | Col de la Madone - Col Banquettes | 18.00 km | Ove Andersson | 15 m : 22 s | 70.28 km/h | |
| SS13 | 20:13 | Le Moulinet - La Bollene | 23.00 km | Harry Kallstrom | 21 m : 50 s | 63.21 km/h | ||
| SS14 | 21:27 | St. Sauveur - Beuil 1 | 24.00 km | Timo Makinen | 18 m : 40 s | 77.14 km/h | ||
| SS15 | 23:56 | La Bollene - Le Moulinet 1 | 23.00 km | Jean-François Piot | 21 m : 34 s | 63.99 km/h | Ove Andersson | |
| 3 (26 Jan) |
SS16 | 02:33 | St. Sauveur - Beuil 2 | 24.00 km | Jean-Claude Andruet Jean-Pierre Nicolas |
18 m : 24 s | 78.26 km/h | |
| SS17 | 05:02 | La Bollene - Le Moulinet 2 | 23.00 km | Timo Makinen | 21 m : 26 s | 64.39 km/h | Jean-Claude Andruet | |
| SS18 | 06:20 | Col Banquettes - Col de la Modene | 18.00 km | Jean-Claude Andruet | 15 m : 11 s | 71.13 km/h | ||
| After round 1 | Team | Season end | ||
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| Position | Points | Position | Points | |
| 1 | 20 | Alpine Renault | 1 | 147 |
| 2 | 10 | Ford | 3 | 76 |
| 3 | 4 | Fiat | 2 | 84 |
| 4 | 3 | Lancia | 13 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | Datsun | 6 | 34 |
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