1974 Rallye de Portugal

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1974 Rally of Portugal
8º TAP Rallye de Portugal
Round 1 of the 1974 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Portugal
Rally baseEstoril
Dates runMarch 20 – 23 1974
Stages32 (454 km; 282 miles)
Stage surfaceAsphalt and gravel
Overall distance2,057.20 km (1,278.28 miles)
Results
Overall winnerItaly Raffaele Pinto
Italy
Italy Fiat
Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rally
Crews125 at start, 36 at finish

The 1974 Rally of Portugal (formally the 8º TAP Rallye de Portugal) was the first round of the 1974 World Rally Championship season after the oil crisis forced the cancellation of the Monte Carlo and Swedish rallies.

Report[]

As with all of the WRC rounds in 1974, there was only a manufacturer championship, so only manufacturers results were counted for points. Only the top finishing car for each manufacturer counted. Fiat locked out the podium places but only picked up 20 points in the championship due to this rule. An advantage is gained though, because the next finishing manufacturer can only pick up the points available for where their driver finished - in this case Ove Andersson took 10 points for 4th place in a Toyota Corolla.

Results[]

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
1974 Rallye de Portugal results
1. Italy Raffaele Pinto Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rally 6:26:15 0.0 20
2. Italy Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rally 6:30:12 3.57
3. Finland Markku Alén Finland Fiat Abarth 124 Rally 6:37:17 11.02
4. Sweden Ove Andersson Sweden Arne Hertz Toyota Corolla 6:40:54 14.39 10
5. Sweden Harry Källström Sweden Datsun 260Z 6:54:27 28.12 8
6. France Bob Neyret France Alpine-Renault A110 1800 7:04:18 38.03 6
7. Austria Austria BMW 2002 7:05:02 38.47 4
8. Portugal Francisco Romãozinho Portugal Citroën GS 7:17:04 50.49 3
9. United Kingdom United Kingdom Ford Escort RS1600 7:26:59 1:00.44 2
10. Portugal Portugal Fiat 124 Sport Spider 7:27:55 1:01.40

Source: Independent WRC archive[1]

Championship standings after the event[]

Rank Manufacturer Event Total
points
POR
Portugal
KEN
Kenya
FIN
Finland
ITA
Italy
CAN
Canada
USA
United States
GBR
United Kingdom
FRA
France
1 Italy Fiat 20 - - - - - - - 20
2 Japan Toyota 10 - - - - - - - 10
3 Japan Datsun 8 - - - - - - - 8
4 France Alpine-Renault 6 - - - - - - - 6
5 Germany BMW 4 - - - - - - - 4
6 France Citroën 3 - - - - - - - 3
7 United States Ford 2 - - - - - - - 2

References[]

  1. ^ "Portugal Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-17.

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