1973 Rally of Morocco

The 1973 Rally of Morocco (formally the 16th Rally of Morocco) was the fifth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-May between Morocco's two major cities, Rabat and Casablanca, the Rallye du Maroc was a very long stage rally covering more than 1200 km on both hard and soft surface roads.

1973 Rally of Morocco
16th Rally of Morocco
Round 5 of the 1973 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Morocco
Dates run8 May 1973 – 13 May 1973
Start locationRabat, Morocco
Finish locationCasablanca, Morocco
Stages27 (1,210 km; 750 miles)
Stage surfaceAsphalt and gravel
Overall distance5,300 km (3,300 miles)
Results
Overall winner Bernard Darniche
Alain Mahé
Alpine Renault
Alpine Renault A110 1800
Crews66 at start, 13 at finish

Report

In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Morocco represented a third win for the strong Alpine Renault A110 1800, though the Citroën DS 23 also made a strong showing.

Results
1973 Rally of Morocco results
Finish Total
time		 Group Car # Driver
Co-driver		 Car Mfr.
points
Overall In
group
1 115 h : 1 m : 22 s41 Bernard Darniche
Alain Mahé		 Alpine-Renault A110 1800 20
2 115 h : 20 m : 4 s29 Bob Neyret
Jacques Terramorsi		 Citroën DS 23 15
3 115 h : 34 m : 37 s121 Richard Bochnicek
Sepp-Dieter Kernmayer		 Citroën DS 23
4 215 h : 39 m : 56 s115 Raymond Ponnelle
Pierre de Serpos		 Citroën DS 23
5 215 h : 52 m : 0 s44 Jean-Pierre Nicolas
Michel Vial		 Alpine-Renault A110 1800
6 315 h : 59 m : 43 s46 Björn Waldegård
Fergus Sager		 Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 6
7 416 h : 18 m : 16 s43 Jean-Luc Thérier
Christian Delferrier		 Alpine-Renault A110 1800
8 216 h : 48 m : 26 s27 Jean Deschazeaux
Jean Plassard		 Citroën DS 23
9 317 h : 53 m : 47 s235 Lorenzo Merlone
Riccardo Mortara		 Volvo 142 S 2
10 318 h : 3 m : 33 s125 Claudine Trautmann[1]
Marie-Pierre Palayer		 Peugeot 504 1
11 420 h : 18 m : 38 s142 Marc Gerenthon
Hélène Gerenthon		 Datsun 1600 SSS
12 422 h : 47 m : 41 s230 Pierre Pagani
Jean-Claude Refuveille		 Volkswagen K 70
Finished over the limit 246 Paul Hadley
Dave Robson		 Opel Ascona SR
Retired (mechanical) 42 Rauno Aaltonen
John Davenport		 Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (accident) 45 Shekhar Mehta
Geraint Phillips		 Datsun 240Z
Retired (mechanical) 28 Bernard Consten
Gérard Flocon		 Peugeot 504
Retired (mechanical) 210 Hannu Mikkola
Atso Aho		 Peugeot 504
Retired (mechanical) 211 Tony Fall
Mike Wood		 Peugeot 504
Retired (mechanical) 212 Jean-François Piot
Jean De Alexandris		 Renault 12 Gordini
Retired (mechanical) 213 Timo Mäkinen
Henry Liddon		 Peugeot 504
Retired (mechanical) 416 Marianne Hoepfner
Yveline Vanoni		 Alpine Renault A110 1800
Retired (mechanical) 217 Francisco Romãozinho
José Bernardo		 Citroën GS
Retired (mechanical) 218 Claude Laurent
Jacques Marché		 Citroën GS
Retired (mechanical) 219 Jean Guichet
Jean Todt		 Peugeot 504

Source: Independent WRC archive[2]

Championship standings after the event
1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 5
After round 5 Team Season end
Position Points Position Points
1 72 Alpine Renault 1147
2 28 Fiat 284
3 27 Citroën 733
4 22 Datsun 634
5 20 Saab 542
6 13 Lancia 1317
7 13 Peugeot 1613
8 12 Ford 376
9 8 Porsche 927
10 6 Volkswagen 1515
11 5 Opel 1125
12 4 BMW 828
4 Mitsubishi 174
4 Volvo 444
15 3 Škoda 183

References
  1. Claudine Bouchet married two rally racing drivers first Patrick Vanson, and second René Trautmann. She used their surnames on marriage.
  2. "Morocco Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
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