International Championship for Manufacturers

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Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF at the 1972 Press-on-Regardless Rally
.

The

1973 World Rally Championship season
.

In the inaugural season,

RAC Rally, the championship went down to the wire. Alpine-Renault recruited Ove Andersson for the event, but he had an accident and retired. Alpine-Renault's best result was then Andrew Cowan's fifth place, and Porsche took the title. Porsche's Gérard Larrousse
also picked up a point for sixth place.

In 1971, Alpine-Renault ran away with the title as Andersson won four of the eight events in the

Coupe des Alpes, but because the event ran with an insufficient number of starters (36 when the FIA minimum was 50), no points were awarded towards the championship.[1]

The final IMC title went to

Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF was driven by Simo Lampinen (35 points), Harry Källström (22) Sandro Munari (20) and Amilcare Ballestrieri (20). Fiat finished second in the standings with their 124 Sport Spider.[2]

1970

Events

Round Event Dates  Starters   Finishers  Winner Car Second Car Third Car
1 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 16–24 January 184 44 Sweden Björn Waldegård Porsche 911 S France Gérard Larrousse Porsche 911 S France Jean-Pierre Nicolas
Alpine-Renault A110 1300
2
Swedish Rally
11–15 February 120 31 Sweden Björn Waldegård Porsche 911 S Sweden Stig Blomqvist
Saab 96 V4
Sweden Lillebror Nasenius Opel Kadett Rallye
3 Italy Rallye Sanremo 4–8 March 109 15 France Jean-Luc Thérier
Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Sweden Harry Källström
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
France Jean Vinatier
Alpine-Renault A110 1600
4 Kenya Safari Rally 26–28 March 91 19 Kenya Edgar Herrmann
Datsun 1600 SSS
Kenya Joginder Singh
Datsun 1600 SSS
Tanzania Bert Shankland Peugeot 504
5 Austria Österreichische Alpenfahrt 6–10 May 54 20 Sweden Björn Waldegård Porsche 911 S Sweden Håkan Lindberg
Saab 96 V4
France Jean-François Piot
Ford Escort Twin Cam
6 Greece Acropolis Rally 28–31 May 80 13 France Jean-Luc Thérier
Alpine-Renault A110 1600
France Jean Vinatier
Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Sweden Ove Andersson
Ford Escort Twin Cam
7
RAC Rally
13–18 November 196 67 Sweden Harry Källström
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
Sweden Ove Eriksson Opel Kadett Rallye Sweden Lillebror Nasenius Opel Kadett Rallye

Final standings

Pos Manufacturer MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
ITA
Italy
KEN
Kenya
AUT
Austria
GRC
Greece
GBR
United Kingdom
Pts
1 Germany Porsche 9 9 9 1 28
2
Alpine-Renault
4 9 2 9 2 26
3 Italy Lancia 1 6 9 16
4 Sweden Saab 6 3 6 15
5 Germany Opel 4 6 10
United Kingdom Ford 2 4 4 10
7 Japan Datsun 9 9
8 France Peugeot 4 4
9 Italy Fiat 1 2 3
10 Sweden Volvo 2 2
11 Germany BMW 1 1
United Kingdom Triumph 1 1
Germany Volkswagen 1 1
Source:[3]

1971

Events

Round Event Dates  Starters   Finishers  Winner Car Second Car Third Car
1 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 22–29 January 248 22 Sweden Ove Andersson
Alpine-Renault A110 1600
France Jean-Luc Thérier
Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Sweden Björn Waldegård
Porsche 914/6
2
Swedish Rally
17–21 February 112 53 Sweden Stig Blomqvist
Saab 96 V4
Sweden Lars Nyström
BMW 2002 Ti
Sweden Harry Källström
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
3 Italy Rallye Sanremo 14–17 March 86 20 Sweden Ove Andersson
Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Italy Amilcare Ballestrieri
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
Italy Sergio Barbasio
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
4 Kenya Safari Rally 8–12 April 107 32 Kenya Edgar Herrmann
Datsun 240Z
Kenya Shekhar Mehta
Datsun 240Z
Tanzania Bert Shankland Peugeot 504
5 Morocco Rallye du Maroc 28 April – 1 May 60 9 Morocco Jean Deschazeaux Citroën SM France Guy Chasseuil Peugeot 504 Ti France Bernard Consten
Citroën DS 21
6 Austria Österreichische Alpenfahrt 13–16 May 54 15 Sweden Ove Andersson
Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Italy Alcide Paganelli Fiat 124 Sport Spider Austria Klaus Russling
Volkswagen Käfer 1302 S
7 Greece Acropolis Rally 27–30 May 59 9 Sweden Ove Andersson
Alpine-Renault A110 1600
France Jean-Pierre Nicolas
Alpine-Renault A110 1600
Finland Simo Lampinen
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
8
Coupe des Alpes
21–26 June 36 11 France Bernard Darniche
Alpine-Renault A110 1600
France Jean Vinatier
Alpine-Renault A110 1800
France Jean-François Piot
Ford Escort RS 1600
9
RAC Rally
20–25 November 231 104 Sweden Stig Blomqvist
Saab 96 V4
Sweden Björn Waldegård Porsche 911 S Sweden Carl Orrenius
Saab 96 V4

Final standings

Datsun 240Z
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Pos Manufacturer MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
ITA
Italy
KEN
Kenya
MAR
Morocco
AUT
Austria
GRC
Greece
GBR
United Kingdom
Pts
1
Alpine-Renault
9 9 9 9 36
2 Sweden Saab 9 9 18
3 Germany Porsche 3.5 3 2 2 6 16.5
4 Italy Lancia 1 4 6 4 1 16
5 Japan Datsun 2 9 11
Italy Fiat 2 6 3 11
7 France Peugeot 4 6 10
8 France Citroën 9 9
Germany BMW 6 2 1 9
10 United Kingdom Ford 3 3 6
11 Germany Volkswagen 4 4
Germany Opel 2 2 4
Source:[4]

1972

Events

Round Event Dates  Starters   Finishers  Winner Car Second Car Third Car
1 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 21–28 January 264 24 Italy Sandro Munari
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
France Gérard Larrousse Porsche 911 S Finland Rauno Aaltonen
Datsun 240Z
2
Swedish Rally
17–20 February 91 56 Sweden Stig Blomqvist
Saab 96 V4
Sweden Björn Waldegård Porsche 911 S Sweden Harry Källström
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
3 Kenya Safari Rally 30 March – 3 April 85 18 Finland Hannu Mikkola
Ford Escort RS1600
Poland Sobiesław Zasada Porsche 911 S Kenya Vic Preston jr.
Ford Escort RS1600
4 Morocco Rallye du Maroc 27–30 April 52 6 Finland Simo Lampinen
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
France Bob Neyret
Citroën DS 21 Proto Chassis Court
Morocco Raymond Ponnelle
Citroën DS 21
5 Greece Acropolis Rally 25–28 May 98 14 Sweden Håkan Lindberg Fiat 124 Sport Spider Finland Simo Lampinen
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
Germany Achim Warmbold
BMW 2002 Ti
6 Austria Österreichische Alpenfahrt 6–8 September 58 8 Sweden Håkan Lindberg
Fiat 124 Spider
Austria Günther Janger
Volkswagen Käfer 1302 S
Sweden Per Eklund
Saab 96 V4
7 Italy Rallye Sanremo 22–25 October 69 13 Italy Amilcare Ballestrieri
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
Italy Sergio Barbasio
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
Sweden Håkan Lindberg
Fiat 124 Spider
8 United States Press-on-Regardless Rally 2–4 November 77 21 United States Gene Henderson Jeep Wagoneer United States Tom Jones
Datsun 240Z
Germany Erhard Dahm Jeep Wagoneer
9
RAC Rally
2–5 December 192 80 United Kingdom Roger Clark
Ford Escort RS1600
Sweden Stig Blomqvist
Saab 96 V4
Sweden Anders Kulläng Opel Ascona

Final standings

Ford Escort RS1600
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Pos Manufacturer MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
MAR
Morocco
GRC
Greece
AUT
Austria
ITA
Italy
USA
United States
GBR
United Kingdom
Pts
1 Italy Lancia 20 12 20 15 20 10 97
2 Italy Fiat 3 20 20 12 55
3 Germany Porsche 15 15 15 8 53
4 United Kingdom Ford 8 20 20 48
5 Sweden Saab 20 12 15 47
6 Japan Datsun 12 8 6 15 41
7 Germany Opel 2 10 2 6 1 12 33
8 Germany BMW 6 12 4 22
9 United States Jeep 20 20
10 France Citroën 15 15
Germany Volkswagen 15 15
12 France Peugeot 4 8 12
13 Sweden Volvo 10 1 11
14 France Renault 10 10
15 United States Dodge 8 8
16 Japan Toyota 6 2 8
17
Alpine-Renault
4 3 7
18 Italy Alfa Romeo 3 3
Source:[5]

References

  1. ^ Pfundner, Martin (2005). Alpine Trials & Rallies: 1910 To 1973. Veloce Publishing Ltd. p. 65.
  2. ^ "International Championship for Manufacturers". RallyBase. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
  3. ^ "FIA Motor Sport Bulletin N°42 December 1970" (PDF). historicdb.fia.com.
  4. ^ "FIA Motor Sport Bulletin N°54 December 1971" (PDF). historicdb.fia.com.
  5. ^ "FIA Motor Sport Bulletin N°67 January 1973" (PDF). historicdb.fia.com.

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