1973 Austrian Alpine Rally
1973 Austrian Rally 44. Austrian Alpine Rally | |||
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Round 9 of the 1973 World Rally Championship season
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Host country | Austria | ||
Rally base | Baden, Austria | ||
Dates run | 12 September 1973 – 14 September 1973 | ||
Stages | 27 (310 km; 190 miles) | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Overall distance | 2,233 km (1,388 miles) | ||
Results | |||
Overall winner | Achim Warmbold Jean Todt BMW BMW 2002 TII | ||
Crews | 74 at start, 25 at finish |
The 1973 Austrian Rally (formally the 44. Austrian Alpine Rally) was the ninth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-September around Baden, Austria, the rally was entirely on gravel surface special stages. 1973 would be the only year to see the WRC hold an event in Austria, despite the strong presence of Austrian drivers in the series through the present.
Report[]
In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Austria hosted BMW's first ever win of the World Rally Championship, with front-runners Alpine-Renault, Saab, and Fiat also making strong bids for points.
Results[]
Finish | Total time |
Group | Car # | Driver Co-driver |
Car | Mfr. points | |
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Overall | In group | ||||||
1 | 1 | 3 h : 58 m : 55.5 s | 2 | 8 | Achim Warmbold Jean Todt |
BMW 2002 TII | 20 |
2 | 1 | 4 h : 0 m : 10.1 s | 4 | 2 | Bernard Darniche |
Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | 15 |
3 | 2 | 4 h : 0 m : 11.2 s | 2 | 15 | Per Eklund |
Saab 96 V4 | 12 |
4 | 3 | 4 h : 1 m : 10.5 s | 2 | 16 | Björn Waldegård |
BMW 2002 TII | 10 |
5 | 2 | 4 h : 1 m : 25.8 s | 4 | 11 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas |
Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | |
6 | 3 | 4 h : 6 m : 15.9 s | 4 | 3 | |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | 6 |
7 | 4 | 4 h : 6 m : 38.3 s | 4 | 5 | |
Porsche 911 | 4 |
8 | 4 | 4 h : 9 m : 5.8 s | 2 | 9 | Ove Andersson |
Toyota Celica | 3 |
9 | 5 | 4 h : 10 m : 2.2 s | 2 | 17 | |
BMW 2002 | |
10 | 6 | 4 h : 11 m : 16.9 s | 2 | 12 | Tony Fall |
Volkswagen 1303S | 1 |
11 | 7 | 4 h : 11 m : 48.5 s | 2 | 6 | Harry Källström |
Volkswagen 1303S | |
12 | 8 | 4 h : 14 m : 35.8 s | 2 | 25 | |
Volkswagen 1303S | |
13 | 9 | 4 h : 20 m : 17.1 s | 2 | 24 | |
Opel Ascona | |
14 | 1 | 4 h : 35 m : 14.1 s | 1 | 27 | BMW 2002 | ||
15 | 10 | 4 h : 48 m : 31.8 s | 2 | 47 | |
Fiat 124 | |
16 | 2 | 4 h : 58 m : 23.7 s | 1 | 29 | |
BMW 2002 | |
Retired (accident) | 2 | 1 | |
Volkswagen 1303S | |||
Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 4 | Walter Röhrl |
Opel Ascona | |||
Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 4 | Stig Blomqvist Arne Hertz |
Saab 96 V4 | |||
Retired (accident) | 4 | 10 | Raffaele Pinto |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | |||
Retired (mechanical) | 4 | 14 | |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye | |||
Retired | 4 | 19 | |
Alpine-Renault A110 1600 | |||
Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 21 | |
Citroën DS 23 |
Source: Independent WRC archive[1]
Championship standings after the event[]
After round 8 | Team | Season end | ||
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Position | Points | Position | Points | |
1 | 107 | Alpine Renault | 1 | 147 |
2 | 69 | 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 | 15 | Wartburg | 14 | 15 |
11 | 14 | Volkswagen | 15 | 15 |
12 | 13 | Lancia | 13 | 17 |
13 | 13 | Peugeot | 16 | 13 |
14 | 13 | Opel | 11 | 25 |
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 |
References[]
- ^ "Austrian Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1973 World Rally Championship season
- Austrian Alpine Rally
- 1973 in Austrian motorsport
- September 1973 sports events in Europe