1974 Rallye de Portugal

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.

1974 Rally of Portugal 8º TAP Rallye de Portugal
Round 1 of the 1974 World Rally Championship season Next event →
Host country	Portugal
Rally base	Estoril
Dates run	March 20 – 23 1974
Stages	32 (454 km; 282 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt and gravel
Overall distance	2,057.20 km (1,278.28 miles)
Statistics
Crews	125 at start, 36 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Raffaele Pinto Arnaldo Bernacchini Fiat Fiat Abarth 124 Rally

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.	Raffaele Pinto	Arnaldo Bernacchini	Fiat Abarth 124 Rally	6:26:15	0.0	20
2.	Alcide Paganelli	Ninni Russo	Fiat Abarth 124 Rally	6:30:12	3.57
3.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Fiat Abarth 124 Rally	6:37:17	11.02
4.	Ove Andersson	Arne Hertz	Toyota Corolla	6:40:54	14.39	10
5.	Harry Källström	Claes Billstam	Datsun 260Z	6:54:27	28.12	8
6.	Bob Neyret	Yveline Vanoni	Alpine-Renault A110 1800	7:04:18	38.03	6
7.	Georg Fischer	Harald Gottlieb	BMW 2002	7:05:02	38.47	4
8.	Francisco Romãozinho	João Nogueira da Silva	Citroën GS	7:17:04	50.49	3
9.	Chris Sclater	Neil Wilson	Ford Escort RS1600	7:26:59	1:00.44	2
10.	António Borges	Miguel Sottomayor	Fiat 124 Sport Spider	7:27:55	1:01.40
11.	Johan Wiklund	Lars-Erik Karlsson	BMW 2002	7:33:32	1:07.17
12.	Américo Nunes	António Morais	Porsche 911	7:38:32	1:12.17
13.	Celso Silva	António Vicente	Datsun 1200	7:48:58	1:22.43
14.	Chris Wathen	Tim Bosence	Ford Escort RS 1600	7:59:12	1:32.57
15.	Ferreira da Cunha	Carlos Resende	Datsun 1200	8:11:15	1:45.00
16.	Jorge Ortigão	Pedro d'Abreu	Mazda 818	8:14:22	1:48.07
17.	Conde do Botelho	Augusto Roxo	Citroën DS 21	8:14:37	1:48.22
18.	Will Sparrow	Barry Hughes	Hillman Avenger	8:24:20	1:58.05
19.	Pedro Queiroz	Dico Mendes	Opel 1904 SR	8:25:12	1:58.57
20.	António Rodrigues	A. Mergulhão	Toyota Celica	8:25:22	1:59.07
21.	Adérito Parente	Pedro Vareta	Datsun 1200	8:33:37	2:07.22
22.	Anthony Stilwell	Ronald Crellin	Fiat 125	8:37:34	2:11.19
23.	António Cunha Lino	S. Mendonça	Opel 1904 SR	8:39:30	2:13.15
24.	Adolfo Sampaio	José Bernardo)	Citroën GS	8:42:10	2:15.55
25.	Mário Costa	Luís Calafate	Datsun 1200	8:42:13	2:15.58
26.	Manuel Coentro	Pedro Martins	BMW 2002	8:44:41	2:18.26
27.	Carlos Amaral	Matos Penalva	Ford Escort RS 1600	8:45:28	2:19.13
28.	Leopold Mayer	Oswald Schurek	Volvo 164	8:49:49	2:23.34
29.	João Nabais	Pedro Almeida	Morris Marina	8:52:24	2:26.29
30.	Manuel Inácio	José Dias	Opel 1904 SR	8:52:40	2:26.25
31.	Rui Guimarães	Guilherme Salvador	Opel 1904 SR	8:55:28	2:29.13
32.	José Pedra	Ricardina Pedra	Opel 1904 SR	9:13:35	2:47.20
33.	Evaristo Saraiva	J. Emerenciano	Fiat 127	9:20:20	2:54.05
34.	Ramos Ruella	Eric Macário	BMW 2002	9:22:28	2:56.13
35.	Bengt Lundström	Stig Johansson	Toyota Celica	9:27:46	3:01.31
36.	Ingrid Weber	Brigitte Scheibelreiter	BMW 2002	9:42:48	3:16.33

Source: Independent WRC archive, eWRC Results

Championship standings after the event

Rank	Manufacturer	Event								Total points
		POR	KEN	FIN	ITA	CAN	USA	GBR	FRA
1	Fiat	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
2	Toyota	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
3	Datsun	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
4	Alpine-Renault	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
5	BMW	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
6	Citroën	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
7	Ford	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

External links

• Official website of the World Rally Championship
• 1974 Portugal Rally at Rallye-info Archived 2020-06-27 at the Wayback Machine