1973 Sanremo Rally
Encyclopedia
The 1973 Sanremo Rally was the 15th running of the Italian rally, and the tenth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship
season. Run in mid-October around Sanremo, Italy, the rally was a mixed surface rally, with some stages on tarmac and others on gravel. Sanremo would become a staple of the WRC calendar for many years until the Italian portion of the WRC was moved to the gravel stages of Sardinia
in 2004.
In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Italy marked the official sealing of the manufacturer title for Alpine Renault with their win, despite only needing three points to accomplish the task. Fiat
also finished strong on their home event, all but ensuring their place in the final classifications as well. Strong presence in the top ten for both teams minimized the opportunity for other manufacturers to gather points in the event, with only Lancia
and Opel
picking up some crumbs.
World Rally Championship
The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The driver's world championship and manufacturer's world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 13...
season. Run in mid-October around Sanremo, Italy, the rally was a mixed surface rally, with some stages on tarmac and others on gravel. Sanremo would become a staple of the WRC calendar for many years until the Italian portion of the WRC was moved to the gravel stages of Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
in 2004.
In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Italy marked the official sealing of the manufacturer title for Alpine Renault with their win, despite only needing three points to accomplish the task. Fiat
Fiat
FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...
also finished strong on their home event, all but ensuring their place in the final classifications as well. Strong presence in the top ten for both teams minimized the opportunity for other manufacturers to gather points in the event, with only Lancia
Lancia
Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat Group in 1969. The company has a long history of producing distinctive cars and also has a strong rally heritage. Some modern Lancias are seen as presenting a more...
and Opel
Opel
Adam Opel AG, generally shortened to Opel, is a German automobile company founded by Adam Opel in 1862. Opel has been building automobiles since 1899, and became an Aktiengesellschaft in 1929...
picking up some crumbs.
Results
| Finish | Total time |
Group | Car # | Driver Co-driver |
Car | Mfr. points |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | In group |
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| 1 | 1 | 8 h : 1 m : 32 s | 4 | 1 |  Jean-Luc ThérierJean-Luc Thérier Jean-Luc Thérier is a French former rally driver. He was the highest scoring driver in the inaugural World Rally Championship in 1973 and the only one to win three events... Jacques JaubertJacques Jaubert French prehistorian and professor of Paleolithic archaeology at University of Bordeaux 1.- Academic career:He obtained his MA and PhD at University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne... |
Alpine Renault A110 1800 |
20 |
| 2 | 2 | 8 h : 7 m : 34 s | 4 | 12 |  Maurizio Verini Angelo Torriani |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye |
15 |
| 3 | 3 | 8 h : 11 m : 37 s | 4 | 8 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas Jean-Pierre Nicolas Jean-Pierre Nicolas is a retired French professional rally driver who competed mainly in the 1970s.Nicolas took five WRC event wins in the World Rally Championship... Michel Vial |
Alpine Renault A110 1800 |
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| 4 | 4 | 8 h : 13 m : 5 s | 4 | 17 | Giulio Bisulli Arturo Zanuccoli |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye |
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| 5 | 5 | 8 h : 13 m : 38 s | 4 | 7 | Sergio Barbasio Bruno Scabini |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye |
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| 6 | 6 | 8 h : 14 m : 31 s | 4 | 9 | Alcide Paganelli Ninni Russo |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye |
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| 7 | 7 | 8 h : 15 m : 0 s | 4 | 14 | Mauro Pregliasco Angelo Garzoglio |
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF |
4 |
| 8 | 8 | 8 h : 15 m : 33 s | 4 | 11 |  Simo LampinenSimo Lampinen Simo Lampinen is a Finnish former rally driver, and one of the first of the "Flying Finns" who came to dominate the sport.-Biography:... Piero Sodano |
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF |
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| 9 | 1 | 9 h : 18 m : 17 s | 2 | 43 | Roberto Bauce Andrea Visconti |
 Opel AsconaOpel Ascona The Opel Ascona was a mid-sized car produced by Opel. It had three generations produced from 1970 to 1988. In motorsport, the Ascona 400 rally car driven by Walter Röhrl won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in the 1982 season.... |
2 |
| 10 | 1 | 9 h : 21 m : 1 s | 3 | 29 | Bruno Ferraris Giorgio Vigo |
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF |
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| 11 | 2 | 9 h : 22 m : 30 s | 2 | 47 | 'Illicher' Claudio Bocca |
Opel Ascona Opel Ascona The Opel Ascona was a mid-sized car produced by Opel. It had three generations produced from 1970 to 1988. In motorsport, the Ascona 400 rally car driven by Walter Röhrl won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in the 1982 season.... |
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| 12 | 1 | 9 h : 25 m : 24 s | 1 | 84 | Christian Dorche Jean Pallanca |
Opel Ascona Opel Ascona The Opel Ascona was a mid-sized car produced by Opel. It had three generations produced from 1970 to 1988. In motorsport, the Ascona 400 rally car driven by Walter Röhrl won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in the 1982 season.... |
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| 13 | 2 | 9 h : 33 m : 41 s | 1 | 82 | Alain Errani Pierre Thimonier |
Opel Ascona Opel Ascona The Opel Ascona was a mid-sized car produced by Opel. It had three generations produced from 1970 to 1988. In motorsport, the Ascona 400 rally car driven by Walter Röhrl won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in the 1982 season.... |
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| 14 | 2 | 9 h : 38 m : 1 s | 3 | 67 | 'Del Prete' 'Gigli Gigli Gigli is a 2003 romantic comedy film written and directed by Martin Brest and starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Lainie Kazan.... ' |
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF |
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| 15 | 3 | 9 h : 42 m : 58 s | 2 | 56 | Sergio Gamenara 'Pisciotta Pisciotta Piscihotta is a town and comune in Campania, Italy, part of the province of Salerno. Piscihotta | Pisciotta -History:According to legend, Trojans escaping from the fire and the destruction of their city, Troy, founded Sires... ' |
Renault 12 Gordini |
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| 16 | 4 | 9 h : 43 m : 44 s | 2 | 44 | Benelli Mazzoni |
Opel Ascona Opel Ascona The Opel Ascona was a mid-sized car produced by Opel. It had three generations produced from 1970 to 1988. In motorsport, the Ascona 400 rally car driven by Walter Röhrl won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in the 1982 season.... |
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| 17 | 3 | 9 h : 45 m : 14 s | 1 | Stefi Rivani |
Opel Ascona Opel Ascona The Opel Ascona was a mid-sized car produced by Opel. It had three generations produced from 1970 to 1988. In motorsport, the Ascona 400 rally car driven by Walter Röhrl won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in the 1982 season.... |
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| 18 | 3 | 9 h : 50 m : 43 s | 3 | 65 | Pons Pons The pons is a structure located on the brain stem, named after the Latin word for "bridge" or the 16th-century Italian anatomist and surgeon Costanzo Varolio . It is superior to the medulla oblongata, inferior to the midbrain, and ventral to the cerebellum. In humans and other bipeds this means it... Vinotto |
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF |
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| 19 | 5 | 9 h : 50 m : 48 s | 2 | 45 | Raymond Chianéa Jean Chianéa |
Opel Ascona Opel Ascona The Opel Ascona was a mid-sized car produced by Opel. It had three generations produced from 1970 to 1988. In motorsport, the Ascona 400 rally car driven by Walter Röhrl won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in the 1982 season.... |
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| 20 | 6 | 9 h : 54 m : 7 s | 2 | 50 | Tardivo Del Sacco |
Fiat 125S |
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| 25 | 10 h : 24 m : 32 s | 1 | 30 | Jean-Louis Barailler Philippe Fayel |
Opel Ascona SR |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 4 | 2 | Amilcare Ballestrieri Silvio Maiga |
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF |
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| Retired (accident) | 2 | 3 | Achim Warmbold Achim Warmbold Achim Warmbold is a German former rally driver. He won the West German Rally Championship in 1971 and 1980, and scored two outright victories during the inaugural World Rally Championship season in 1973 at the Rally of Poland and Austrian Alpine Rally events.Aside from his first WRC race, his... Jean TodtJean Todt Jean Todt was born on February 25, 1946, in Pierrefort, Cantal, France. After a successful career as a rally co-driver he made his reputation in motor sport management, first with Peugeot Talbot Sport, then with Scuderia Ferrari, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari from 2004... |
BMW 2002 |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 4 | 4 | Raffaele Pinto Raffaele Pinto Raffaele "Lele" Pinto is a former rally driver, who won the 1974 Rally Portugal.-Career:Pinto began rallying in 1968. In 1972, he won the European Rally Championship in a Fiat 124. The following year, the World Rally Championship was run for the first time, and Pinto competed with Fiat, winning... Arnaldo Bernacchini |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye |
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| Retired (accident) | 4 | 5 | Bernard Darniche Bernard Darniche Bernard Darniche is a French former rally driver. He won the European Rally Championship in 1976 and 1977 and the French Rally Championship in 1976 and 1978, each time behind the wheel of a Lancia Stratos... Alain Mahé |
Alpine Renault A110 1800 |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 10 |  Björn WaldegårdBjörn Waldegård Björn Waldegård from Rimbo is a former Swedish rally driver, and the winner of the inaugural World Rally Championship for drivers in 1979... Hans Thorszelius |
BMW 2002 |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 4 | 19 | Fulvio Bacchelli Fulvio Bacchelli Fulvio Bacchelli is a former Italian rally driver, who won Rally New Zealand in 1977, a round of the World Rally Championship.-Career:... Francesco RossettiFrancesco Rossetti Francesco Rossetti was a notable Italian experimental physicist.Son of Giovanni Battista, he started his education in his natal town Trento. He then attended the University of Padova and, from 1854 to 1857, the University of Vienna, where he heard classes in mathematics, chemistry and physics, and... |
Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 26 | Roberto Cambiaghi Rudy Rudy -Places:* Rudy, Silesian Voivodeship, south Poland* Rudy, Lublin Voivodeship, east Poland* Rudy, Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland* Rudy, Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland* Rudy No... |
Opel Ascona Opel Ascona The Opel Ascona was a mid-sized car produced by Opel. It had three generations produced from 1970 to 1988. In motorsport, the Ascona 400 rally car driven by Walter Röhrl won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in the 1982 season.... |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 2 | 32 | Jean-Louis Clarr Robert Lockwood (driver) |
Opel Ascona Opel Ascona The Opel Ascona was a mid-sized car produced by Opel. It had three generations produced from 1970 to 1988. In motorsport, the Ascona 400 rally car driven by Walter Röhrl won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in the 1982 season.... |
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| Retired (mechanical) | 76 | Sorrentino Sorrentino Sorrentino is a surname of Italian origin. The name refers to:*Beth Sorrentino , American pianist and pop singer*Christopher Sorrentino , American novelist and short story writer; son of Gilbert Sorrentino... Pino Scigliano |
Fiat 128 Coupé |
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Championship standings
| After round 10 | Team | Season end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Points | Position | Points | |
| 1 | 127 | Alpine Renault |
1 | 147 |
| 2 | 84 | Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli... |
2 | 84 |
| 3 | 42 | Saab Saab Automobile Saab Automobile AB, better known as Saab , is a Swedish car manufacturer owned by Dutch automobile manufacturer Swedish Automobile NV, formerly Spyker Cars NV. It is the exclusive automobile Royal Warrant holder as appointed by the King of Sweden... |
5 | 42 |
| 4 | 36 |  FordFord Motor Company Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK... |
3 | 76 |
| 5 | 33 | Citroën Citroën Citroën is a major French automobile manufacturer, part of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group.Founded in 1919 by French industrialist André-Gustave Citroën , Citroën was the first mass-production car company outside the USA and pioneered the modern concept of creating a sales and services network that... |
7 | 33 |
| 6 | 24 | BMW BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands... |
8 | 28 |
| 7 | 24 | Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry.... |
9 | 27 |
| 8 | 22 |  DatsunDatsun Datsun was an automobile marque. The name was created in 1931 by the DAT Motorcar Co. for a new car model, spelling it as "Datson" to indicate its smaller size when compared to the existing, larger DAT car. Later, in 1933 after Nissan Motor Co., Ltd... |
6 | 34 |
| 9 | 19 | Volvo Volvo Cars Volvo Car Corporation, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish automobile manufacturer founded in 1927, in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. Volvo was originally formed as a subsidiary company to the ball bearing maker SKF. When Volvo AB was introduced on the Swedish... |
4 | 44 |
| 10 | 17 | Lancia Lancia Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat Group in 1969. The company has a long history of producing distinctive cars and also has a strong rally heritage. Some modern Lancias are seen as presenting a more... |
13 | 17 |
| 11 | 15 |  Wartburg |
14 | 15 |
| 12 | 15 | Opel Opel Adam Opel AG, generally shortened to Opel, is a German automobile company founded by Adam Opel in 1862. Opel has been building automobiles since 1899, and became an Aktiengesellschaft in 1929... |
11 | 25 |
| 13 | 14 | Volkswagen Volkswagen Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is... |
15 | 15 |
| 14 | 13 | Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion... |
16 | 13 |
| 15 | 12 |  Polski FiatPolski Fiat Polski Fiat was a Polish car brand. Under this brand, cars under licence of the Italian manufacturer FIAT were manufactured or assembled in Poland.-Before World War II:... |
12 | 18 |
| 16 | 5 | Toyota |
10 | 25 |
| 17 | 4 | Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Motors is a multinational automaker headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. In 2009 it was the fifth-largest Japan-based automaker and the 17th-largest in the world measured by production... |
17 | 4 |
| 18 | 3 |  ŠkodaŠkoda Auto Škoda Auto , more commonly known as Škoda, is an automobile manufacturer based in the Czech Republic. Škoda became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group in 2000, positioned as the entry brand to the group... |
18 | 3 |
| 19 | 1 | Audi Audi Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer, from supermini to crossover SUVs in various body styles and price ranges that are marketed under the Audi brand , positioned as the premium brand within the Volkswagen Group.... |
20 | 2 |
See also
- 1973 World Rally Championship season
- Sanremo Rally
- 15° Rallye Sanremo at Rallybase
- San Remo 1973 at Jonkka's World Rally Archive
- 1973 San Remo Rally, WRC Round 10 at Rallye-info