1974 Rallye de Portugal

The 1974 Rally of Portugal (formally the 8º TAP Rallye de Portugal) was the first round of the

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	José Bernardo	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

Source: Independent WRC archive^[1]

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

References

External links

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