1973 Monte Carlo Rally

Infobox Rally
name=42nd Auto Rally of Monte-Carlo
native_name=42ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
country=MCO
round=1


caption=
rallybase=
start=Various cities
finish=Monte Carlo
startdate=January 19 1973
enddate=January 29 1973
stages=18
stagekm=420
overallkm=4800
surface=Tarmac
championship=1973 WRC for Manufacturers
driver1=flagicon|France Jean-Claude Andruet
team1=
car1=Alpine Renault A110 1800
driver2=flagicon|Sweden Ove Andersson
team2=
car2=Alpine Renault A110 1800
driver3=flagicon|France Jean-Pierre Nicolas
team3=
car3=Alpine Renault A110 1800
teamsstart=278
teamsfinish=44

The 1973 Monte Carlo Rally was the 42nd running of the Monte Carlo Rally, one of the world's oldest and most well-known automobile rallies. Run in late January and hosted in the principality of Monaco, the 1973 rally was notable for being the first rally on the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's (FIA) new World Rally Championship (WRC) inaugural season, making it the first ever WRC event to be held.

At this time, the Monte-Carlo rally was structured as a concentration rally, with teams beginning competition in some nine different cities, with the first objective of the rally being to reach Monte Carlo, followed by two legs of competitive special stages around Monaco and southeastern France. Traditionally run on tarmac roads commonly covered in snow and ice, especially at higher altitudes, bad weather did force cancellation of two special stages in 1973.

In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Alpine Renault dominated the event, a portent of their further success during the season with their Alpine-Renault A110 1800 car. They would take all three podium positions and five of the top six places.

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Results

See also

* 1973 World Rally Championship season
* Monte Carlo Rally
* [http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=result&rallyid=376 42ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo] at [http://www.rallybase.nl/ Rallybase]
* [http://www.juwra.com/monte_carlo_1973.html Monte Carlo 1973] at [http://www.juwra.com/ Jonkka's World Rally Archive]
* [http://www.rallye-info.com/event.asp?event=317 1973 Rally Monte Carlo, WRC Round 1] at [http://www.rallye-info.com/ Rallye-info]