1973 Rally of Portugal

Infobox Rally
name=7th TAP Rally of Portugal
native_name=7º TAP Rallye de Portugal
country=POR
round=3


caption=
rallybase=
start=Various cities in Europe
finish=Estoril, Portugal
startdate=March 13 1973
enddate=March 18 1973
stages=32
stagekm=387
overallkm=4600
surface=Asphalt and gravel
championship=1973 WRC for Manufacturers
driver1=flagicon|France Jean-Luc Thérier
team1=
car1=Alpine Renault A110 1800
driver2=flagicon|France Jean-Pierre Nicolas
team2=
car2=Alpine Renault A110 1800
driver3=flagicon|Portugal Francisco Romaozinho
team3=
car3=Citroën DS 21
teamsstart=80
teamsfinish=23

The 1973 Rally of Portugal was the 7th running of the Rallye de Portugal and the third round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-March in southern Portugal on a mixture of asphalt and gravel, the rally began with a concentration run from a number of European cities, covering about 4,600 km and ending in Estoril, Portugal.

In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. As in the earlier Monte Carlo Rally, the Alpine A110s led the event, taking first and second place well ahead of other competitors. Fiat had a disastrous rally, with all three of its cars failing to finish, limiting Fiat to points gained from local entrants. Despite a significant number of international entries, only four non-Portuguese teams finished in the top 15 at the end.

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Results

Championship standings

See also

* 1973 World Rally Championship season
* Rally de Portugal
* [http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=result&rallyid=378 7° TAP Rallye de Portugal] at [http://www.rallybase.nl/ Rallybase]
* [http://www.rallye-info.com/event.asp?event=319 1973 Rallye de Portugal, WRC Round 3] at [http://www.rallye-info.com/ Rallye-info]