1973 Monte Carlo Rally Explained

1973 Monte Carlo Rally
Native Name:42ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
Round:1
Next Round:1973 Swedish Rally
Start:Various cities
Finish:Monte Carlo
Startdate:January 19, 1973
Enddate:January 29, 1973
Stages:18
Stagekm:420
Overallkm:4800
Surface:Tarmac
Championship:1973 World Rally Championship season
Driver1: Jean-Claude Andruet
Michèle Petit
Team1: Alpine Renault
Car1:Alpine Renault A110 1800
Teamsstart:278
Teamsfinish:44

The 1973 Monte Carlo Rally (formally the 42ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo), run in late January and hosted in the principality of Monaco, was 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.

Report

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.

Results

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"1973 Monte Carlo Rally results
width=15% colspan=2Finishwidth=15% rowspan=2Total
time		width=5% rowspan=2Groupwidth=5% rowspan=2Car #width=25% rowspan=2Driverwidth=25% rowspan=2Carwidth=10% rowspan=2Mfr.
points
OverallIn
group
11 5:42.04 4 18 Jean-Claude AndruetAlpine-Renault A110 180020
22 5:42.30 4 15 Ove AnderssonAlpine-Renault A110 1800
33 5:43.39 4 21 Jean-Pierre NicolasAlpine-Renault A110 1800
41 5:44.29 2 20 Hannu MikkolaFord Escort RS160010
54 5:46.01 4 4 Jean-Luc ThérierAlpine-Renault A110 1800
65 5:46.02 4 23 Jean-Francois PiotAlpine-Renault A110 1800
76 5:52.14 4 5 Raffaele PintoFiat Abarth 124 Rallye4
87 5:52.15 4 16 Harry KällströmLancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF3
98 5:55.47 4 17 Tony FallDatsun 240Z2
109 5:57.08 4 1 Bernard DarnicheAlpine-Renault A110 1800
112 5:57.51 2 3 Timo MäkinenFord Escort RS1600
123 6:02.36 2 30 Lillebror NaseniusOpel Ascona A
134 6:05.37 2 44 Anders KullängOpel Ascona A
1410 6:06.37 4 36 Bob WollekAlpine-Renault A110 1800
155 6:10.57 2 7 Jean RagnottiRenault 12 Gordini
166 6:11.20 2 12 Chris SclaterFord Escort RS1600
177 6:11.31 2 46 Reinhard HainbachBMW 2002 TI
1811 6:14.43 4 10 Rauno AaltonenDatsun 240Z
191 6:15.33 1 24 Gérard LarrousseAlfa Romeo 2000 GTV
208 6:18.22 2 79 Patrick TambayRenault 12 Gordini
219 6:19.08 2 34 Bernard FiorentinoSimca Rallye 2
221 6:21.25 3 33 Jacques HenryAlpine-Renault A110 1800
2312 6:23.33 4 39 Claude Ballot-LénaAlpine-Renault A110 1800
242 6:29.17 2 27 Gye ChasseuilBMW 2002 TI
253 6:30.19 1 31 Henri GréderOpel Ascona SR
264 6:32.31 1 43 Jean-Claude LagniezAlfa Romeo 2000 GTV
2713 6:32.40 4 211 Klaus RusslingAlpine-Renault A110 1600
2810 6:34.26 2 52 Sylvia ÖsterbergOpel Ascona A
2911 6:47.18 2 83 Bert DolkOpel Ascona
3012 6:48.27 2 32 Claude LaurentDAF 66
3113 6:57.36 2 51 Jovica PalikovicRenault 12 Gordini
322 6:58.58 3 49 Alex VineisAlpine-Renault A110 1600
3314 7:05.59 2 54 Joachim SpringerOpel Ascona
343 7:07.42 3 69 Marianne HoepfnerAlpine-Renault A110 1600
3515 7:14.57 2 41 Robert MuchaPolski Fiat 125p
3616 7:17.39 2 76 Aloyse KridelBMW 2002 TI
3717 7:18.00 2 91 Anders SigurdssonSaab 96 V4
3818 7:24.55 2 25 Peter HommelWartburg 353
3919 7:39.12 2 53 Adam SmorawińskiBMW 2002
4014 7:41.06 4 14 Franco PerazioLancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
4120 8:17.38 2 81 Marian BieńPolski Fiat 125p
424 8:18.14 3 63 Serena PittoniLancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
435 8:58.54 1 65 DepnicSimca 1100S
4421 9:09.14 2 74 Bertil JohanssonOpel Ascona
4522 Retired* 2 22 Walter RöhrlOpel Commodore GS/E
465 Retired* 3 75 Manfred GudladtPorsche 911S
4715 Retired* 4 29 Pat Moss-CarlssonAlpine-Renault A110 1800
4816 Retired* 4 37 Hans-Joachim WalterPorsche 911S
496 Retired* 1 72 Friedrich-Karl TuschyFiat 128 Coupé
507 Retired* 1 66 Giorgio PiantaOpel Ascona
5123 Retired* 2 60 Michel RobiniAudi 80
Retired4 2 Björn WaldegårdFiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired4 6 Simo LampinenLancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
Retired4 8 Alcide PaganelliFiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired4 11 Sandro MunariLancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
Retired4 14 Sergio BarbasioFiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired4 19 Amilcare BallestrieriLancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
Retired2 28 Marie-Claude BeaumontOpel Ascona
Retired3 40 Christine DacremontAlpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired4 42 Dieter KernAlpine-Renault A110 1800
Retired2 45 Klaus FritzingerFord Capri 2600
Retired2 48 Chris TeulinckxOpel Ascona
Retired3 55 Michel JullienAlpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired3 57 Jean-Charles SévelingeAlpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired3 62 Thierry SabineAlpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired2 70 Hans SchüllerRenault 12 Gordini
Retired2 77 Andrzej JaroszewiczPolski Fiat 125p
Retired1 78 Alberto BrambillaOpel Ascona SR
Retired2 81 Maciej StawowiakPolski Fiat 125p
Retired1 95 Leo PittoniFiat 124
Retired3 109 Christian DorcheAlpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired3 127 Horst RackPorsche 911S
Retired128 Ronald HancockFord Escort
Retired2 147 Klaus MierschOpel Ascona
Retired2 149 Bruno SabyRenault 12 Gordini
Retired1 153 Jean TaibiPeugeot 304S
Retired4 173 Georges DevelayAlpine-Renault A110 1800
Retired195 Mike DoddsBMC Mini Cooper
Retired202 Mike ClarkeFord Escort
Retired2 203 Eckhard SchimpfGermany
Retired212 Tony MaslenFord Escort
Retired4 215 Jean-Claude LefèbvreAlpine-Renault A110 1600
Retired2 229 Salvador ServiàSEAT 127
Retired230 Clive RobertsFord Escort
Retired2 255 Wolfgang StillerBMW 2002
Retired265 Wolf GieseOpel Ascona SR
Retired1 274 Friedhelm GauppOpel Kadett Rallye
Retired2 277 Jochi KleintFord Capri 2600
Retired3 310 Christian LorangAlpine-Renault A110 1600
  • - Note: 7 teams retired during the final leg, but were still officially included in the final race classifications.
Source: Independent WRC archive[1]

Special stages

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"Stages of the 42ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
width=5%Legwidth=5%Stagewidth=8%Start timewidth=20%Stage namewidth=8%Distancewidth=20%Winning driverwidth=8%Timewidth=8%Avg. Speedwidth=18%Rally leader
1
(21 Jan)		SS1 15:00Col du Corobin 17.00 km13 m : 29 s 75.65 km/hSandro Munari
2
(23 Jan)		SS2 10:36Pont des Miolans 26.00 km19 m : 13 s 81.18 km/halign=left rowspan=2Hannu Mikkola
SS3 13:49Laborel 20.00 km15 m : 45 s 76.19 km/h
SS4 17:11Burzet 50.00 km38 m : 10 s 78.60 km/halign=left rowspan=11Jean-Claude Andruet
SS5 19:22Le Moulinon 38.00 km27 m : 46 s 82.11 km/h
SS6 21:46St. Bonnet le Froid 20.00 km14 m : 51 s 80.81 km/h
SS7 23:55St. Jean-en-Royan 36.00 km27 m : 37 s 78.21 km/h
2
(24 Jan)		SS8 03:28St. Barthelemy 40.00 km30 m : 55 s 77.63 km/h
SS9 06:14Savines 20.00 km14 m : 43 s 81.54 km/h
SS10 11:10Col de la Porte 18.25 kmCancelled
SS11 11:31La Cabanette 18.25 kmCancelled
3
(25 Jan)		SS12 19:00Col de la Madone - Col Banquettes 18.00 km15 m : 22 s 70.28 km/h
SS13 20:13Le Moulinet - La Bollene 23.00 km21 m : 50 s 63.21 km/h
SS14 21:27St. Sauveur - Beuil 1 24.00 km18 m : 40 s 77.14 km/h
SS15 23:56La Bollene - Le Moulinet 1 23.00 km21 m : 34 s 63.99 km/halign=left rowspan=2Ove Andersson
3
(26 Jan)		SS16 02:33St. Sauveur - Beuil 2 24.00 km18 m : 24 s 78.26 km/h
SS17 05:02La Bollene - Le Moulinet 2 23.00 km21 m : 26 s 64.39 km/halign=left rowspan=2Jean-Claude Andruet
SS18 06:20Col Banquettes - Col de la Modene 18.00 km15 m : 11 s 71.13 km/h

Championship standings after the event

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 1
width=20% colspan=2 After round 1width=60% rowspan=2 Teamwidth=20% colspan=2 Season end
width=10% Positionwidth=10% Pointswidth=10% Positionwidth=10% Points
120 Alpine Renault1 147
210 Ford3 76
34 Fiat2 84
43 Lancia13 17
52 Datsun6 34

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Monte Carlo Rally . juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. 2017-03-15.

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