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Wikipedia / 1973 Austrian Alpine Rally

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

Totaltime

Group

Car #

DriverCo-driver

Car

Mfr.points

Overall

Ingroup

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 Alain Mahé

Alpine-Renault A110 1800

15

3

2

4 h : 0 m : 11.2 s

2

15

Per Eklund Bo Reinicke

Saab 96 V4

12

4

3

4 h : 1 m : 10.5 s

2

16

Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius

BMW 2002 TII

10

5

2

4 h : 1 m : 25.8 s

4

11

Jean-Pierre Nicolas Michel Vial

Alpine-Renault A110 1800

6

3

4 h : 6 m : 15.9 s

4

3

Håkan Lindberg Helmut Eisendle

Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye

6

7

4

4 h : 6 m : 38.3 s

4

5

Klaus Russling Wolfgang Weiß

Porsche 911

4

8

4

4 h : 9 m : 5.8 s

2

9

Ove Andersson Gunnar Häggbom

Toyota Celica

3

9

5

4 h : 10 m : 2.2 s

2

17

Herbert Grünsteidl Georg Hopf

BMW 2002

10

6

4 h : 11 m : 16.9 s

2

12

Tony Fall Mike Wood

Volkswagen 1303S

1

11

7

4 h : 11 m : 48.5 s

2

6

Harry Källström Claes Billstam

Volkswagen 1303S

12

8

4 h : 14 m : 35.8 s

2

25

Franz Wittman Hans Siebert

Volkswagen 1303S

13

9

4 h : 20 m : 17.1 s

2

24

Gunnar Blomqvist Gerhard Kalnay

Opel Ascona

14

1

4 h : 35 m : 14.1 s

1

27

Vic Dietmayer

BMW 2002

15

10

4 h : 48 m : 31.8 s

2

47

H. Steinwender F. Mick

Fiat 124

16

2

4 h : 58 m : 23.7 s

1

29

Walter Zöckl Günther Böhs

BMW 2002

Retired (accident)

2

1

Günther Janger Harald Gottlieb

Volkswagen 1303S

Retired (mechanical)

2

4

Walter Röhrl Jochen Berger

Opel Ascona

Retired (mechanical)

2

4

Stig Blomqvist Arne Hertz

Saab 96 V4

Retired (accident)

4

10

Raffaele Pinto Arnaldo Bernacchini

Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye

Retired (mechanical)

4

14

Alcide Paganelli Ninni Russo

Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye

Retired

4

19

Walter Roser Erich Bazalka

Alpine-Renault A110 1600

Retired (mechanical)

2

21

Richard Bochnicek Sepp-Dieter Kernmayer

Citroën DS 23

1973 Austrian Rally results

Source: Independent WRC archive

Championship standings after the event

After round 8

Team

Season end

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

1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 8

References