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.
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 Totaltime Group Car # DriverCo-driver Car Mfr.points Overall Ingroup 1 1 15 h : 1 m : 22 s 4 1 Bernard Darniche Alain Mahé Alpine-Renault A110 1800 20 2 1 15 h : 20 m : 4 s 2 9 Bob Neyret Jacques Terramorsi Citroën DS 23 15 3 1 15 h : 34 m : 37 s 1 21 Richard Bochnicek Sepp-Dieter Kernmayer Citroën DS 23 4 2 15 h : 39 m : 56 s 1 15 Raymond Ponnelle Pierre de Serpos Citroën DS 23 5 2 15 h : 52 m : 0 s 4 4 Jean-Pierre Nicolas Michel Vial Alpine-Renault A110 1800 6 3 15 h : 59 m : 43 s 4 6 Björn Waldegård Fergus Sager Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 6 7 4 16 h : 18 m : 16 s 4 3 Jean-Luc Thérier Christian Delferrier Alpine-Renault A110 1800 8 2 16 h : 48 m : 26 s 2 7 Jean Deschazeaux Jean Plassard Citroën DS 23 9 3 17 h : 53 m : 47 s 2 35 Lorenzo Merlone Riccardo Mortara Volvo 142 S 2 10 3 18 h : 3 m : 33 s 1 25 Claudine Bouchet married two rally racing drivers first Patrick Vanson, and second René Trautmann. She used their surnames on marriage. Marie-Pierre Palayer Peugeot 504 1 11 4 20 h : 18 m : 38 s 1 42 Marc Gerenthon Hélène Gerenthon Datsun 1600 SSS 12 4 22 h : 47 m : 41 s 2 30 Pierre Pagani Jean-Claude Refuveille Volkswagen K 70 Finished over the limit 2 46 Paul Hadley Dave Robson Opel Ascona SR Retired (mechanical) 4 2 Rauno Aaltonen John Davenport Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye Retired (accident) 4 5 Shekhar Mehta Geraint Phillips Datsun 240Z Retired (mechanical) 2 8 Bernard Consten Gérard Flocon Peugeot 504 Retired (mechanical) 2 10 Hannu Mikkola Atso Aho Peugeot 504 Retired (mechanical) 2 11 Tony Fall Mike Wood Peugeot 504 Retired (mechanical) 2 12 Jean-François Piot Jean De Alexandris Renault 12 Gordini Retired (mechanical) 2 13 Timo Mäkinen Henry Liddon Peugeot 504 Retired (mechanical) 4 16 Marianne Hoepfner Yveline Vanoni Alpine Renault A110 1800 Retired (mechanical) 2 17 Francisco Romãozinho José Bernardo Citroën GS Retired (mechanical) 2 18 Claude Laurent Jacques Marché Citroën GS Retired (mechanical) 2 19 Jean Guichet Jean Todt Peugeot 504
Source: Independent WRC archive
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 1 147 2 28 Fiat 2 84 3 27 Citroën 7 33 4 22 Datsun 6 34 5 20 Saab 5 42 6 13 Lancia 13 17 7 13 Peugeot 16 13 8 12 Ford 3 76 9 8 Porsche 9 27 10 6 Volkswagen 15 15 11 5 Opel 11 25 12 4 BMW 8 28 4 Mitsubishi 17 4 4 Volvo 4 44 15 3 Škoda 18 3
References
External links Official website of the World Rally Championship 1973 Rally Morocco at Rallye-info