| 1973 Rally Sanremo | |
| Native Name: | 15th Rally Sanremo |
| Round: | 10 |
| Previous Round: | 1973 Austrian Alpine Rally |
| Next Round: | 1973 Press-on-Regardless Rally |
| Rallybase: | Sanremo, Italy |
| Startdate: | 10 October 1973 |
| Enddate: | 13 October 1973 |
| Stages: | 37 |
| Stagekm: | 520 |
| Overallkm: | 1791 |
| Surface: | Asphalt and gravel |
| Championship: | 1973 World Rally Championship season |
| Driver1: |  Jean-Luc Thérier Jacques Jaubert |
| Team1: | Alpine Renault |
| Car1: | Alpine Renault A110 1800 |
| Teamsstart: | 107 |
| Teamsfinish: | 36 |
The 1973 Sanremo Rally (formally the 11th Rally Sanremo[1]) was the tenth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-October around Sanremo, Italy, the rally was a mixed surface rally, with some stages on tarmac and others on gravel. Sanremo would become a staple of the WRC calendar for many years until the Italian portion of the WRC was moved to the gravel stages of Sardinia in 2004.
In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Italy marked the official sealing of the manufacturer title for Alpine Renault with their win, despite only needing three points to accomplish the task. Fiat also finished strong on their home event, all but ensuring their place in the final classifications as well. Strong presence in the top ten for both teams minimized the opportunity for other manufacturers to gather points in the event, with only Lancia and Opel picking up some crumbs.
| + style="text-align:center; background:#bfd7ff;" | 1973 Rally Sanremo results | |||||||
| Finish | Total time | Group | Car # | Driver Co-driver | Car | Mfr. points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | In group | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 8 h : 1 m : 32 s | 4 | 1 | Jean-Luc Thérier Jacques Jaubert | Alpine Renault A110 1800 | 20 | |
| 2 | 2 | 8 h : 7 m : 34 s | 4 | 12 |  Maurizio Verini Angelo Torriani | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally | 15 | |
| 3 | 3 | 8 h : 11 m : 37 s | 4 | 8 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas Michel Vial | Alpine Renault A110 1800 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 8 h : 13 m : 5 s | 4 | 17 | Giulio Bisulli Arturo Zanuccoli | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally | ||
| 5 | 5 | 8 h : 13 m : 38 s | 4 | 7 | Sergio Barbasio Bruno Scabini | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally | ||
| 6 | 6 | 8 h : 14 m : 31 s | 4 | 9 | Alcide Paganelli Ninni Russo | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally | ||
| 7 | 7 | 8 h : 15 m : 0 s | 4 | 14 | Mauro Pregliasco Angelo Garzoglio | Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF | 4 | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 h : 15 m : 33 s | 4 | 11 |  Simo Lampinen Piero Sodano | Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF | ||
| 9 | 1 | 9 h : 18 m : 17 s | 2 | 43 | Roberto Bauce Andrea Visconti |  Opel Ascona | 2 | |
| 10 | 1 | 9 h : 21 m : 1 s | 3 | 29 | Bruno Ferraris Giorgio Vigo | Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF | ||
| 11 | 2 | 9 h : 22 m : 30 s | 2 | 47 | 'Illicher' Claudio Bocca | Opel Ascona | ||
| 12 | 1 | 9 h : 25 m : 24 s | 1 | 84 | Christian Dorche Jean Pallanca | Opel Ascona | ||
| 13 | 2 | 9 h : 33 m : 41 s | 1 | 82 | Alain Errani Pierre Thimonier | Opel Ascona | ||
| 14 | 2 | 9 h : 38 m : 1 s | 3 | 67 | 'Del Prete' 'Gigli' | Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF | ||
| 15 | 3 | 9 h : 42 m : 58 s | 2 | 56 | Sergio Gamenara 'Pisciotta' | Renault 12 Gordini | ||
| 16 | 4 | 9 h : 43 m : 44 s | 2 | 44 | Benelli Mazzoni | Opel Ascona | ||
| 17 | 3 | 9 h : 45 m : 14 s | 1 | Stefi Rivani | Opel Ascona | |||
| 18 | 3 | 9 h : 50 m : 43 s | 3 | 65 | Pons Vinotto | Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF | ||
| 19 | 5 | 9 h : 50 m : 48 s | 2 | 45 | Raymond Chianéa Jean Chianéa | Opel Ascona | ||
| 20 | 6 | 9 h : 54 m : 7 s | 2 | 50 | Tardivo Del Sacco | Fiat 125S | ||
| 25 | 10 h : 24 m : 32 s | 1 | 30 | Jean-Louis Barailler Philippe Fayel | Opel Ascona SR | |||
| Retired (mechanical) | 4 | 2 | Amilcare Ballestrieri Silvio Maiga | Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF | ||||
| Retired (accident) | 2 | 3 | Achim Warmbold Jean Todt | BMW 2002 | ||||
| Retired (mechanical) | 4 | 4 | Raffaele Pinto Arnaldo Bernacchini | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally | ||||
| Retired (accident) | 4 | 5 | Bernard Darniche Alain Mahé | Alpine Renault A110 1800 | ||||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 10 |  Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius | BMW 2002 | ||||
| Retired (mechanical) | 4 | 19 | Fulvio Bacchelli Francesco Rossetti | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally | ||||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 26 | Roberto Cambiaghi Rudy | Opel Ascona | ||||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 32 | Jean-Louis Clarr Robert Lockwood | Opel Ascona | ||||
| Retired (mechanical) | 76 | Sorrentino Pino Scigliano | Fiat 128 Coupé | |||||
| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 32 | Jean Louis Clarr Robert Lokwood | Opel Ascona | ||||
| + style="text-align:center; background:#bfd7ff;" | 1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 10 | ||||||
| After round 10 | Team | Season end | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=10% | Position | width=10% | Points | width=10% | Position | width=10% | Points |
| 1 | 127 | Alpine Renault | 1 | 147 | |||
| 2 | 84 | 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 | 17 | Lancia | 13 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 15 | Wartburg | 14 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 15 | Opel | 11 | 25 | |||
| 13 | 14 | Volkswagen | 15 | 15 | |||
| 14 | 13 | Peugeot | 16 | 13 | |||
| 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 | |||