- Rallye du Maroc
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The Rallye du Maroc (Morocco Rally) was a marathon rally, similar to the Safari Rally. It was first run in 1934, and held intermittently until 1988. Established by the Royal Automobile Club of Morocco, it is one of the more difficult automotive rallies[citation needed]. In 1969 for example, 7 cars completed the course, out of a starting field of 68 vehicles.
The event was an World Rally Championship round in 1973, 1975 and 1976. The stages were varied - from shorter, but rough and challenging more typical ones to desert crossings (like in Dakar rally), which were very long, reaching even few hundred kilometers, making refueling during the stage mandatory.
List of winners
Season Event Driver / co-driver Car 1934 1er Rallye du Maroc 
BravardEssex 1935 2ème Rallye du Maroc Jean Trévoux
Marcel LesurqueBugatti 3L 1937 3ème Rallye du Maroc Jean Trévoux
Marcel LesurqueBugatti 3L 1950 4ème Rallye du Maroc Costa
PreynatSimca 8 Sport 1951 5ème Rallye du Maroc Jean Lucas
Jacques PéronFerrari 212 1952 6ème Rallye du Maroc Robert Amic
MareschiSimca Aronde 1953 7ème Rallye du Maroc 
Paul van de Kaart
Jacques PéronPorsche 356 1300 1954 8ème Rallye du Maroc Robert La Caze
GrammaticoSimca Aronde 1955 9ème Rallye du Maroc Jean Deschazeaux
MarteauPeugeot 203 1967 10ème Rallye du Maroc 
Robert La Caze
Raymond PonnelleSimca Aronde 1968 11ème Rallye du Maroc Jean-Pierre Nicolas
Jean de AlexandrisRenault 8 Gordini 1969 12ème Rallye du Maroc Robert Neyret
Jacques TerramorsiCitroen DS 21 1970 13ème Rallye du Maroc Robert Neyret
Jacques TerramorsiCitroen DS 21 1971 14ème Rallye du Maroc Jean Deschazeaux
Jean PlassardCitroën SM 1972 15ème Rallye du Maroc 
Simo Lampinen
Sölve AndreassonLancia Fulvia HF 1.6 Coupé 1973 16ème Rallye du Maroc
(8 - 13 May) Bernard Darniche
Alain MahéAlpine A110 1800 1975 18ème Rallye du Maroc
(22 - 27 June) Hannu Mikkola
Jean TodtPeugeot 504 1976 19ème Rallye du Maroc
(24 - 28 June) Jean-Pierre Nicolas
Michel GametPeugeot 504 1985 20ème Rallye du Maroc 
Shekhar Mehta
Yvonne MehtaNissan 240RS 1986 21er Rallye du Maroc 
Alain Ambrosino
Daniel Le SauxNissan 240RS 1987 22ème Rallye du Maroc Maurice Chomat
Gilles ThimonierCitroën Visa 1000 Pistes 1988 23ème Rallye du Maroc Paul Émile Descamps
Michel GautheronOpel Manta 400 References
- Alpha Encyclopedie/Editeur : Editions Grange Batellière / Editions Kister, Genève / Editions Erasme, Bruxelles, Anvers.
- List of winners
External links
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