1973 1000 Lakes Rally
1973 1000 Lakes Rally 23rd 1000 Lakes Rally | |
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Round 8 of the 1973 World Rally Championship season | |
Host country | Finland |
Rally base | Jyväskylä, Finland |
Dates run | 3 August 1973 – 5 August 1973 |
Stages | 43 (517 km; 321 miles) |
Stage surface | Gravel |
Overall distance | 2,079 km (1,292 miles) |
Results | |
Overall winner | Timo Mäkinen Ford Motor Company Ltd |
Crews | 109 at start, 55 at finish |
The 1973 1000 Lakes Rally (formally the 23rd 1000 Lakes Rally) was the 23rd running of the 1000 Lakes Rally (currently known as the Rally Finland), and the eighth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season.
Report[]
Run in early August in central Finland, this rally marked a distinct change from the previous event in the series, the 33 Rajd Polski. Unlike that event, in which only three teams survived to the finish, Finland saw 55 teams finish the rally, a success rate of almost exactly 50% of the total entries.
In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Finland hosted Ford Motor Company's first ever win of the World Rally Championship.[1] Championship front runners Alpine Renault and Fiat were conspicuous by their absence, with neither gaining points during the round.
Results[]
Finish | Total time |
Group | Car # | Driver Co-driver |
Car | Mfr. points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | In group | ||||||
1 | 1 | 4 h : 53 m : 50 s | 2 | 4 | Timo Mäkinen |
Ford Escort RS1600 | 20 |
2 | 2 | 4 h : 55 m : 59 s | 2 | 29 | Markku Alén |
Volvo 142 | 15 |
3 | 1 | 4 h : 57 m : 12 s | 4 | 3 | Leo Kinnunen |
Porsche 911 | 12 |
4 | 3 | 4 h : 59 m : 28 s | 2 | 1 | Simo Lampinen |
Saab 96 V4 | 10 |
5 | 4 | 5 h : 3 m : 30 s | 2 | 30 | |
Opel Ascona 19 | 8 |
6 | 5 | 5 h : 4 m : 3 s | 2 | 38 | Ulf Grönholm |
Opel Ascona 19 | |
7 | 6 | 5 h : 5 m : 43 s | 2 | 26 | |
Saab 96 V4 | |
8 | 2 | 5 h : 9 m : 43 s | 4 | 122 | Achim Warmbold Jean Todt |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | |
9 | 7 | 5 h : 11 m : 26 s | 2 | 39 | Pertti Lehtonen |
Saab 96 V4 | |
10 | 8 | 5 h : 11 m : 36 s | 2 | 12 | |
Opel Ascona 19 | |
11 | 9 | 5 h : 14 m : 25 s | 2 | 20 | |
Opel Ascona 19 | |
12 | 10 | 5 h : 18 m : 23 s | 2 | 24 | |
Volvo 142 | |
13 | 1 | 5 h : 18 m : 52 s | 1 | 50 | |
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV | |
14 | 2 | 5 h : 22 m : 15 s | 1 | 42 | |
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV | |
15 | 11 | 5 h : 23 m : 35 s | 2 | 21 | |
Škoda 120S | |
16 | 12 | 5 h : 23 m : 49 s | 2 | 7 | |
Morris Marina | |
17 | 3 | 5 h : 24 m : 47 s | 1 | 52 | |
BMW 2002 | |
18 | 13 | 5 h : 30 m : 54 s | 2 | 63 | |
Volvo 142 | |
19 | 4 | 5 h : 38 m : 54 s | 1 | 44 | |
Opel Ascona 19 | |
20 | 5 | 5 h : 44 m : 41 s | 1 | 73 | |
Opel Ascona 19 | |
21 | 6 | 5 h : 45 m : 4 s | 1 | 58 | |
BMW 2002 | |
22 | 7 | 5 h : 46 m : 5 s | 1 | 51 | |
Peugeot 304S | |
23 | 8 | 5 h : 48 m : 14 s | 1 | 53 | |
Alfa Romeo 1600 | |
24 | 14 | 5 h : 50 m : 52 s | 2 | 61 | |
Opel Ascona 19 | |
27 | 16 | 5 h : 55 m : 7 s | 2 | 86 | |
Moskvitch 412 | |
39 | 22 | 6 h : 16 m : 10 s | 2 | 96 | |
Wartburg 353 | |
42 | 17 | 6 h : 22 m : 8 s | 1 | 79 | |
Wartburg 353 | |
46 | 21 | 6 h : 27 m : 27 s | 1 | 77 | |
Wartburg 353 | |
Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 2 | Stig Blomqvist Arne Hertz |
Saab 96 V4 | |||
Retired (illness) | 2 | 5 | Hannu Mikkola |
Volvo 142 | |||
Retired (mechanical) | 4 | 6 | Shekhar Mehta |
Datsun 240Z | |||
Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 8 | Per Eklund Björn Cederberg |
Saab 96 V4 | |||
Retired | 2 | 9 | Pauli Toivonen |
Simca 1000 Rallye | |||
Retired | 1 | 10 | Guy Chasseuil |
Simca 1000 Rallye | |||
Retired | 1 | 11 | |
Simca 1000 Rallye | |||
Retired | 2 | 13 | |
Volvo 142 | |||
Retired | 2 | 15 | |
Opel Ascona 19 | |||
Retired | 2 | 16 | |
Datsun 1800 SSS | |||
Retired | 2 | 18 | |
Moskvitch 1500M | |||
Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 22 | Pentti Airikkala |
Opel Kadett Rallye | |||
Retired | 2 | 25 | Paul Faulkner |
Ford Escort RS1600 | |||
Retired | 2 | 27 | |
Dodge Colt | |||
Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 28 | |
Saab 96 V4 | |||
Retired | 2 | 33 | |
BMW 2002 | |||
Retired | 2 | 35 | |
Opel Commodore GS/E | |||
Retired | 2 | 36 | |
Volvo 142 | |||
Retired | 2 | 40 | |
Opel Ascona 19 | |||
Retired | 1 | 46 | |
Opel Ascona 19 | |||
Retired | 1 | 47 | Kyösti Hämäläinen |
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV | |||
Retired | 1 | 48 | |
BMW 2002 | |||
Retired | 1 | 57 | |
BMW 2002 | |||
Retired | 2 | 67 | |
Opel Ascona 19 | |||
Retired | 2 | 76 | |
Moskvitch 412 |
Source: Independent WRC archive[2]
Championship standings after the event[]
After round 8 | Team | Season end | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Points | Position | Points | |
1 | 92 | Alpine Renault | 1 | 147 |
2 | 63 | Fiat | 2 | 84 |
3 | 36 | Ford | 3 | 76 |
4 | 33 | Citroën | 7 | 33 |
5 | 30 | Saab | 5 | 42 |
6 | 22 | Datsun | 6 | 34 |
7 | 20 | Porsche | 9 | 27 |
8 | 19 | Volvo | 4 | 44 |
9 | 15 | Wartburg | 14 | 15 |
10 | 14 | Volkswagen | 15 | 15 |
11 | 13 | Peugeot | 16 | 13 |
12 | 13 | Lancia | 13 | 17 |
13 | 13 | Opel | 11 | 25 |
14 | 12 | Polski Fiat | 12 | 18 |
15 | 4 | BMW | 8 | 28 |
4 | Mitsubishi | 17 | 4 | |
17 | 3 | Škoda | 18 | 3 |
18 | 2 | Toyota | 10 | 25 |
19 | 1 | Audi | 20 | 2 |
References[]
- ^ Motoring News pages 8 & 9 Thursday 9 August 1973 "Popular 1000 Lakes win for Mäkinen in works Escort"
- ^ "Final results". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
External links[]
- 1973 World Rally Championship season
- Rally Finland
- 1973 in Finnish sport