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)
Statistics
Crews66 at start, 13 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Bernard Darniche
France Alain Mahé
France Alpine Renault
Alpine Renault A110 1800

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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

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1973 Rally of Morocco results
Finish Total
time
Group Car # Driver
Co-driver
Car Mfr.
points
Overall In
group
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 Trautmann [fr][1]
  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[2]

Championship standings after the event

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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

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  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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