1974 Rallye de Portugal

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 baseEstoril
Dates runMarch 20 – 23 1974
Stages32 (454 km; 282 miles)
Stage surfaceAsphalt and gravel
Overall distance2,057.20 km (1,278.28 miles)
Results
Overall winner Raffaele Pinto
Arnaldo Bernacchini
Fiat
Fiat Abarth 124 Rally
Crews125 at start, 36 at finish

Report

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
Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
1974 Rallye de Portugal results
1. Raffaele Pinto 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 Citroën GS 7:17:04 50.49 3
9. Chris Sclater Neil Wilson Ford Escort RS1600 7:26:59 1:00.44 2
10. António Borges Miguel Sottomayor Fiat 124 Sport Spider 7:27:55 1:01.40

Source: Independent WRC archive[1]

Championship standings after the event
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
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References
  1. "Portugal Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-17.


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