The 1974 Rally of Portugal (formally the 8º TAP Rallye de Portugal) was the first round of the 1974 World Rally Championship season after the oil crisis forced the cancellation of the Monte Carlo and Swedish rallies.
| 1974 Rally of Portugal 8º TAP Rallye de Portugal | ||
|---|---|---|
Round 1 of the 1974 World Rally Championship season
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| Host country |  Portugal | |
| Rally base | Estoril | |
| Dates run | March 20 – 23 1974 | |
| Stages | 32 (454 km; 282 miles) | |
| Stage surface | Asphalt and gravel | |
| Overall distance | 2,057.20 km (1,278.28 miles) | |
| Statistics | ||
| Crews | 125 at start, 36 at finish | |
| Overall results | ||
| Overall winner |  Raffaele Pinto Arnaldo Bernacchini Fiat Fiat Abarth 124 Rally | |
Report edit
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 edit
| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Rallye de Portugal results | ||||||
| 1. | Raffaele Pinto
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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
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Citroën GS | 7:17:04 | 50.49 | 3 |
| 9. |  Chris Sclater
|
Neil Wilson
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Ford Escort RS1600 | 7:26:59 | 1:00.44 | 2 |
| 10. | António Borges
|
Miguel Sottomayor
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Fiat 124 Sport Spider | 7:27:55 | 1:01.40 | |
Source: Independent WRC archive[1]
Championship standings after the event edit
| 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 edit
- ^ "Portugal Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
External links edit
- Official website of the World Rally Championship
- 1974 Portugal Rally at Rallye-info Archived 2020-06-27 at the Wayback Machine