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1973 Acropolis Rally

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1973 Acropolis Rally
21st Acropolis Rally
Round 6 of the 1973 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Greece
Rally baseAthens, Greece
Dates run23 May 1973 – 28 May 1973
Length549 km (341 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel (some asphalt)
Overall distance3,358 km (2,087 miles)
Statistics
Crews83 at start, 11 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Jean-Luc Thérier
France Christian Delferrier
France Alpine Renault
Alpine Renault A110 1800

The 1973 Acropolis Rally (formally the 21st Acropolis Rally) was the sixth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in late-May on the punishing hot gravel roads of central Greece, the Acropolis is a long-standing event on the WRC calendar.

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In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. In Greece, the Alpine Renault team had another strong showing, with their fourth win of the year. Driver Jean-Luc Thérier became the first driver to win two WRC rallies with his victory here.

Results

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1973 Acropolis Rally results
Finish Total
time
Group Car # Driver
Co-driver
Car Mfr.
points
Overall In
group
1 1 7 h : 37 m : 58 s 4 1 France Jean-Luc Thérier
France Christian Delferrier
France Alpine-Renault A110 1800 20
2 2 7 h : 44 m : 59 s 4 12 Finland Rauno Aaltonen
United Kingdom Robin Turvey
Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 15
3 3 7 h : 45 m : 56 s 4 5 France Jean-Pierre Nicolas
France Michel Vial
France Alpine-Renault A110 1800
4 4 7 h : 57 m : 21 s 4 3 Sweden Håkan Lindberg
Sweden Arne Hertz
Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
5 1 8 h : 34 m : 57 s 2 19 Austria Georg Fischer
Austria Hans Siebert
Germany Volkswagen 1303S 8
6 1 8 h : 40 m : 14 s 1 21 Austria Richard Bochnicek
Austria Sepp-Dieter Kernmayer
France Citroën DS 23 6
7 2 8 h : 43 m : 26 s 2 9 United Kingdom Chris Sclater
Netherlands Bob de Jong
United Kingdom Ford Escort RS1600 4
8 2 9 h : 40 m : 1 s 1 26 Austria Helmut Doppelreiter
Austria Ossi Schurek
Germany Volkswagen 1303S
9 3 9 h : 43 m : 47 s 2 42 Greece Ioánnis Psihas
Greece Andreas Papatriantifillou
Japan Toyota Corolla 2
10 3 10 h : 16 m : 59 s 1 56 Greece Ioánnis Bardopoulos
Greece Theodoros Karelas
Germany Audi 80 GL 1
11 4 11 h : 15 m : 11 s 2 Sweden Ted Hansson
Sweden Mats Andersson
Germany Opel Ascona 19
Retired (accident) 2 2 Germany Achim Warmbold
France Jean Todt
Germany BMW 2002
Retired (mechanical) 2 4 Sweden Ove Andersson
Sweden Gunnar Häggborn
Japan Toyota Celica
Retired (mechanical) 2 6 Sweden Björn Waldegård
Sweden Fergus Sager
Germany BMW 2002
Retired (mechanical) 2 7 Sweden Harry Källström
Sweden Claes Billstam
Germany Volkswagen 1303S
Retired (mechanical) 2 8 Italy Alcide Paganelli
Italy Ninni Russo
Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
Retired (illness) 4 10 France Bernard Darniche
France Alain Mahé
France Alpine Renault A110 1800
Retired (accident) 2 11 Austria Günther Janger
Austria Harald Gottlieb
Germany Volkswagen 1303S
Retired (mechanical) 2 15 United Kingdom Tony Fall
United Kingdom Mike Wood
Germany Volkswagen 1303S
Retired (mechanical) 2 16 United Kingdom Will Sparrow
United Kingdom Henry Liddon
United Kingdom Ford Escort RS1600
Retired (mechanical) 4 17 Greece Siroco (driver)
Greece Miltos Andriopoulos
France Alpine Renault A110 1800

Source: Independent WRC archive[1]

Championship standings after the event

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1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 6
After round 6 Team Season end
Position Points Position Points
1 92 France Alpine Renault 1 147
2 43 Italy Fiat 2 84
3 33 France Citroën 7 33
4 22 Japan Datsun 6 34
5 20 Sweden Saab 5 42
6 16 United States Ford 3 76
7 14 Germany Volkswagen 15 15
8 13 Italy Lancia 13 17
9 13 France Peugeot 16 13
10 8 Germany Porsche 9 27
11 5 Germany Opel 11 25
12 4 Germany BMW 8 28
4 Japan Mitsubishi 17 4
4 Sweden Volvo 4 44
15 3 Czechoslovakia Škoda 18 3
16 2 Japan Toyota 10 25
17 1 Germany Audi 20 2

References

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  1. ^ "Acropolis Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
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