1974 World Rally Championship















1974 World Rally Championship
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The 1974 World Rally Championship was the second season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). Due to the worldwide oil crisis, it was significantly reduced from its inaugural season, consisting of 8 events versus the previous 13 events. Notably absent were the Monte Carlo and Swedish rallies, though these would return the next year and remain part of the series to this day. However, other rallies such as those in Poland and Austria would never return to the WRC calendar. 1974 was the only year the WRC held two events in North America, though it would mark the last year for both of these events on the world stage.


Alpine-Renault proved unable to repeat its dominance from the previous year, with Italian manufacturers Lancia and Fiat vying for the title through the year. Fiat's Abarth 124 gained an early lead with a win at Monte Carlo, but fell to a strong performance by Lancia's Stratos HF which won three rallies, placing second again. Lancia's championship was the first of three consecutive WRC titles it would win through 1976 as well as the first of its record ten WRC manufacturer's championships. The Ford Escort was able to win a pair of rallies, repeating Ford's third-place finish of the previous year.


From 1973 to 1978, the WRC only awarded a season championship for the winning manufacturer. Scoring was given for the highest placing entry for each manufacturer. Thus if a particular manufacturer was to place 2nd, 4th, and 10th, they would receive points for 2nd place only. However, the manufacturer would still gain an advantage in scoring from its other entries, as the points for the 4th and 10th place entries would be denied to other manufacturers.




Contents






  • 1 Calendar


  • 2 Manufacturers' championship


  • 3 Events


  • 4 See also


  • 5 External links





Calendar


With the oil crisis, the WRC Calendar was reduced from 13 to just 8. Morocco, Poland and Austria where dropped, while Monte-Carlo, Sweden and Acropolis were planned but finally canceled. The only debut was the Canadian Rally Rideau Lakes.

























































Round
Rally name
Surface
Dates
1

Portugal Rallye de Portugal
Mixed (Tarmac - Gravel)
20–23 March
2

Kenya Safari Rally
Gravel
11–15 April
3

Finland 1000 Lakes Rally
Gravel
2–4 August
4

Italy Rallye Sanremo
Mixed (Tarmac - Gravel)
2–5 October
5

Canada Rally of the Rideau Lakes
Gravel
16–20 October
6

United States Press-on-Regardless Rally
Gravel
30 October–3 November
7

United Kingdom RAC Rally
Gravel
16–20 November
8

France Tour de Corse
Tarmac
30 November–1 December


Manufacturers' championship





























Position
 1st 
 2nd 
 3rd 
 4th 
 5th 
 6th 
 7th 
 8th 
 9th 
 10th 
Points
20
15
12
10
8
6
4
3
2
1

















































































































































































































































Pos.
Manufacturer

POR
Portugal

KEN
Kenya

FIN
Finland

ITA
Italy

CAN
Canada

USA
United States

GBR
United Kingdom

FRA
France
Points
1

Italy Lancia

3

1
1
4
3
1

94
2

Italy Fiat
1
10
3
2

2

6

69
3

United States Ford
9

1

4

1


52
4

Japan Toyota
4



3

4


32
5

France Alpine-Renault
6




5

2

29
6

Japan Datsun
5
4


5

9


28
7

Germany Porsche

2

5

7



27
8

Germany Opel


8
3


5
7

27
9

Sweden Saab


4



2


25
10

France Renault





1

8

23
11

Japan Mitsubishi

1







20
12

Sweden Volvo





10
6


7
13

Germany BMW
7








4
14

France Peugeot

7







4
15

France Citroën
8








3
16

Italy Alfa Romeo







10

1

Pos.
Manufacturer

POR
Portugal

KEN
Kenya

FIN
Finland

ITA
Italy

CAN
Canada

USA
United States

GBR
United Kingdom

FRA
France
Points















































Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish

Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank
Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)



Events














1974 World Rally Championship event map

WRC-1974.png
Black = Tarmac
Brown = Gravel
Red = Mixed Surface
























Colour

Rally Surface
Gold
Gravel
Silver
Tarmac
Blue
Snow/Ice
Bronze
Mixed Surface


























































































































































































































Round
Rally name
Podium finishers
Statistics
Rank
Driver
Car
Time
Stages
Length
Starters
Finishers
1

Portugal Rallye de Portugal
(20–23 March) — Results and report
1

Italy Raffaele Pinto

Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
6:26:15
32
454.00 km
120
36
2

Italy Alcide Paganelli

Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
6:30:12
3

Finland Markku Alén

Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
6:37:17

2

Kenya Safari Rally
(11–15 April) — Results and report
1

Kenya Joginder Singh

Mitsubishi Colt Lancer
+ 11:18 pen
¿?
5200.00 km
99
16
2

Sweden Björn Waldegård

Porsche 911
+ 11:46 pen
3

Italy Sandro Munari

Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
+ 12:22 pen

3

Finland 1000 Lakes Rally
(2–4 August) — Results and report
1

Finland Hannu Mikkola

Ford Escort RS1600
3:11:42
36
363.60 km
117
87
2

Finland Timo Mäkinen

Ford Escort RS1600
3:12:13
3

Finland Markku Alén

Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
3:13:52

4

Italy Rally Sanremo
(2–5 October) — Results and report
1

Italy Sandro Munari

Lancia Stratos HF
9:12:43
¿?
416.00 km
106
54
2

Italy Giulio Bisulli

Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
9:20:30
3

Italy Alfredo Fagnola

Opel Ascona
9:56:09

5

Canada Rally Rideau Lakes
(16–20 October) — Results and report
1

Italy Sandro Munari

Lancia Stratos HF
4:54:31
40
383.64 km
51
19
2

Finland Simo Lampinen

Lancia Beta Coupé
4:56:49
3

Canada Walter Boyce

Toyota Celica
5:07:45

6

United States Press-on-Regardless Rally
(30 October–3 November) — Results and report
1

France Jean-Luc Thérier

Renault 17 Gordini
5:29:47
¿?
244.00 km
64
28
2

Finland Markku Alén

Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
5:35:49
3

France Jean-Pierre Nicolas

Renault 17 Gordini
5:35:49

7

United Kingdom RAC Rally
(16–20 November) — Results and report
1

Finland Timo Mäkinen

Ford Escort RS1600
8:02:39
84
¿? km
190
83
2

Sweden Stig Blomqvist

Saab 96 V4
8:04:19
3

Italy Sandro Munari

Lancia Stratos HF
8:11:55

8

France Tour de Corse
(30 November–1 December) — Results and report
1

France Jean-Claude Andruet

Lancia Stratos HF
4:49:10
14
374.90 km
101
24
2

France Jean-Pierre Nicolas

Alpine-Renault A110 1800
4:52:38
3

France Jean-Luc Thérier

Alpine-Renault A310
5:12:09


See also


  • 1974 in sports


External links



  • FIA World Rally Championship 1974 at rallybase.nl








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