| 1973 Tour de Corse | |
| Overallkm: | 3020 |
| Teamsstart: | 50 |
| Car1: | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 |
| Team1: |  Alpine-Renault |
| Driver1: | Jean-Pierre Nicolas Michel Vial |
| Championship: | 1973 World Rally Championship season |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
| Native Name: | 17th Tour de Corse |
| Stagekm: | 1179.80 |
| Stages: | 21 |
| Enddate: | 2 December 1973 |
| Startdate: | 1 December 1973 |
| Rallybase: | Corsica, France |
| Previous Round: | 1973 RAC Rally |
| Round: | 13 |
| Country: | France |
| Teamsfinish: | 22 |
The 1973 Tour de Corse (formerly the 17th Tour de Corse) was the 13th round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. It started in December in the County of Corsica in France, and the rally was run primarily on the road. Jean-Pierre Nicolas won the round with co-driver Michel Vial.[1]
In 1973, the World Rally Championship finished with the Tour de Corse in Corsica. The race had 22 rounds, with Jean-Pierre Nicolas winning most of them.[1]
Alpine, Ford, Opel, Porsche, Alfa Romeo, and Audi finished in the points.[1]
| + align=center style="background:#BFD7FF" | 1973 Tour de Corse results | ||||||||||||
| width=15% colspan=2 | Finish | width=15% rowspan=2 | Total time | width=5% rowspan=2 | Group | width=5% rowspan=2 | Car # | width=25% rowspan=2 | Driver Co-driver | width=25% rowspan=2 | Car | width=10% rowspan=2 | Mfr.points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | In group | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 5 h : 06 m : 31 s | 4 | 1 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas Michel Vial | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | 20 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 5 h : 14 m : 37 s | 4 | 5 | Jean-François Piot Jean de Alexandris | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | 5 h : 18 m : 46 s | 4 | 7 | Jean-Luc Thérier Marcel Callawaert | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | 5 h : 21 m : 33 s | 2 | Guy Chasseuil Christian Baron |  Ford Escort RS1600 | 10 | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 h : 24 m : 37 s | 4 | 11 | Francis Serpaggi Félix Mariani | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | 5 h : 27 m : 31 s | 4 | 9 | Jean-Pierre Manzagol Pierre Alessandri | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | 5 h : 52 m : 11 s | 1 | Henri Greder  Christine Beckers |  Opel Commodore GS/E | 4 | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | 5 h : 54 m : 13 s | 3 | 40 | Gérard Dantan-Merlin Vincent Laverne | Porsche 911 | 3 | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | 6 h : 07 m : 48 s | 1 | 21 | Jean-Claude Lagniez Michel Thiery | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | 6 h : 17 m : 14 s | 2 | 42 | Yves Évard Gilbert Carraz | Audi 80 | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | 6 h : 18 m : 43 s | 1 | 52 | Opel Ascona | ||||||||
| 12 | 12 | 6 h : 22 m : 31 s | 4 | 25 | Robert Simonetti Jean-Michel Simonetti | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |||||||
| 13 | 13 | 6 h : 26 m : 45 s | 1 | 58 | Jérôme Chevanne Lionel Boutin | Opel Ascona | |||||||
| 14 | 14 | 6 h : 37 m : 38 s | 2 | 64 | Jean Colombo Daniel Dazin | Opel Ascona | |||||||
| 15 | 15 | 6 h : 46 m : 33 s | 1 | 53 | Pascal Santini Vivarelli(driver) | Opel Ascona | |||||||
| 16 | 16 | 6 h : 58 m : 35 s | 1 | 22 | Jean-Louis Barailler Jean-Paul Poggini | Opel Ascona SR | |||||||
| 17 | 17 | 7 h : 05 m : 34 s | 1 | 19 | Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Claude Morenas | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV | |||||||
| 18 | 18 | 7 h : 07 m : 17 s | 3 | 33 | Christian Gardavot Jean Ancey | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |||||||
| 19 | 19 | 7 h : 19 m : 36 s | 3 | 36 | Michel Gordon Mario Bastelica | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |||||||
| 20 | 20 | 7 h : 27 m : 19 s | 3 | 32 | Jean-Claude Torre Jean-Paul Poggini | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |||||||
| 21 | 21 | 7 h : 27 m : 41 s | 2 | 47 | Brancaleoni Marchioni | Audi 80 | |||||||
| 22 | 22 | 8 h : 11 m : 43 s | 3 | 39 |  Yuji Nishimura Tanaka | Datsun 240Z | |||||||
| Retired (Differential) | 4 | 3 | Bernard Darniche Alain Mahe | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |||||||||
| Retired | 3 | 10 | Michel Jullien Bernard Pellegrin | Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |||||||||
| Retired (Electrical Problem) | 2 | 14 | Marie-Claude Beaumont Marie-Odile Desvignes | Opel Ascona | |||||||||
| Retired (Motor) | 2 | 15 | Guy Fréquelin Jean-Claude Marcoup | Audi 80 | |||||||||
| Retired (Suspension) | 2 | 16 | Jean-Claude Gamet Willy Huret | Ford Escort RS1600 | |||||||||
| Retired (Transmission) | 2 | 17 | Claude Laurent Jacques Marché |  DAF 66 | |||||||||
| Retired (Gear Box) | 2 | 20 | Jean-Louis Clarr Jacques Jaubert | Opel Ascona | |||||||||
| Retired | 4 | 24 | Rolland D'Abel de Libran Jean-François du Roure | Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |||||||||
| Retired | 4 | 26 | Gilbert Casanova Rolland(driver) | Alpine-Renault A110 | |||||||||
| Retired | 4 | 28 |  Angelo Corio Emilio Corio | Fiat 124 Abarth Spider | |||||||||
| Retired | 4 | 29 | Georges Fantino Jean-Pierre Lehideux | Alpine-Renault A110 | |||||||||
| Retired | 4 | 31 | Pierre-Louis Moreau Patrice Baron | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |||||||||
| Retired | 3 | 34 | Christian Piot Mattei(Driver) | Alpine-Renault A110 1600S | |||||||||
| Retired | 3 | 37 | Gérard Morière Bernard Ferrand | Alpine-Renault A110 | |||||||||
| Retired | 2 | 41 | Yves Tillier Hirtz(Driver) | Ford Capri | |||||||||
| Retired | 2 | 43 | Jean-Claude Briavoine Laplanche(Driver) | Ford Capri 2600 RS | |||||||||
| Retired | 2 | 44 | Michel Robini Guarnieri(Driver) | Opel Ascona | |||||||||
| Retired | 2 | 45 | Philippe Mercier P. Alberola | Audi 80 | |||||||||
| Retired | 2 | 46 | Bonnet(Driver) Massoni(Driver) | BMW 2002 | |||||||||
| Retired | 2 | 48 |  Jean Taibi Pierre Innocenti | Peugeot 304 | |||||||||
| Retired | 2 | 50 | Jean-Paul Moreau Jean-Paul Coquelet | Simca Rallye 2 | |||||||||
| Retired | 2 | 51 | Charlotte(Driver) A. Hanriot | Renault 12 Gordini | |||||||||
| Retired | 1 | 54 | Pelli(Driver) Torre(Driver) | Opel | |||||||||
| Retired | 1 | 56 | Delserre(Driver) Robini(Driver) | BMW 2002 Tii | |||||||||
| Retired | 1 | 60 | Francis Vincent Bernard Bontaz | Alfa Romeo | |||||||||
| Retired | 1 | 61 | Bernard Donguès Hauduc (driver) | Alfa Romeo | |||||||||
| Retired | ??? | 62 | Michel Bour Bruno Ferry | Alpine-Renault A110 | |||||||||
| Retired | ??? | 63 | Philippe Farjon Sonati (driver) | Alpine-Renault A110 | |||||||||
| + align=center style="background:#BFD7FF" | 1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 13 | ||||||
| width=20% colspan=2 | After round 13 | width=60% rowspan=2 | Team | width=20% colspan=2 | Season end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=10% | Position | width=10% | Points | width=10% | Position | width=10% | Points |
| 1 | 147 | Alpine Renault | 1 | 147 | |||
| 2 | 84 | Fiat | 2 | 84 | |||
| 3 | 76 | Ford | 3 | 76 | |||
| 4 | 44 |  Volvo | 4 | 44 | |||
| 5 | 42 | Saab | 5 | 42 | |||
| 6 | 34 | Datsun | 6 | 34 | |||
| 7 | 33 | Citroën | 7 | 33 | |||
| 8 | 28 | BMW | 8 | 28 | |||
| 9 | 27 | Porsche | 9 | 27 | |||
| 10 | 25 | Toyota | 10 | 25 | |||
| 11 | 25 | Opel | 11 | 25 | |||
| 12 | 18 |  Polski Fiat | 12 | 18 | |||
| 13 | 17 | Lancia | 13 | 17 | |||
| 14 | 15 | Wartburg | 14 | 15 | |||
| 15 | 14 | Volkswagen | 15 | 15 | |||
| 16 | 13 | Peugeot | 16 | 13 | |||
| 17 | 4 | Mitsubishi | 17 | 4 | |||
| 18 | 3 | Škoda | 18 | 3 | |||
| 19 | 2 | Alfa Romeo | 19 | 2 | |||
| 20 | 2 | Audi | 20 | 2 |