Английская Википедия:1973 Safari Rally
The 1973 Safari Rally (formally the 21st East Africa Safari Rally) was the fourth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-April in central Kenya, the Safari was a markedly different rally from the other dates on the WRC schedule. About Шаблон:Cvt of gravel roads comprised the course, though there were not distinct special stages as in other rallies, but instead the course was uncontrolled. The rally was considered very punishing, and thus many of the successful teams were specifically focused on it, leading to a different set of front-runners than led most other rallies. The rally was won by a local driver, Shekhar Mehta.
Report
In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Like the drivers, the cars were different for Africa than for other rallies. As a result, the successful types did not mirror the results of other rallies on the circuit, and Datsun and Peugeot both made strong showings. Additionally, cars were not broken into separate groups or classes as in other rallies, so only overall results were classified. Time was not measured as the total elapsed through special stages as with other rallies, but instead a penalty was assessed at each time control for not meeting the target: total penalty time was the measure of who was in what place.
Results
Source: Independent WRC archive[1]
Championship standings after the event
| After round 4 | Team | Season end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Points | Position | Points | |
| 1 | 52 | Шаблон:Flagicon Alpine Renault | 1 | 147 |
| 2 | 22 | Шаблон:Flagicon Datsun | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | 22 | Шаблон:Flagicon Fiat | 2 | 84 |
| 4 | 20 | Шаблон:Flagicon Saab | 5 | 42 |
| 5 | 13 | Шаблон:Flagicon Lancia | 13 | 17 |
| 6 | 12 | Шаблон:Flagicon Citroën | 7 | 33 |
| 12 | Шаблон:Flagicon Peugeot | 16 | 13 | |
| 8 | 12 | Шаблон:Flagicon Ford | 3 | 76 |
| 9 | 8 | Шаблон:Flagicon Porsche | 9 | 27 |
| 10 | 6 | Шаблон:Flagicon Volkswagen | 15 | 15 |
| 11 | 5 | Шаблон:Flagicon Opel | 11 | 25 |
| 12 | 4 | Шаблон:Flagicon BMW | 8 | 28 |
| 4 | Шаблон:Flagicon Mitsubishi | 17 | 4 | |
| 11 | 3 | Шаблон:Flagicon Škoda | 18 | 3 |
| 13 | 2 | Шаблон:Flagicon Volvo | 4 | 44 |
References
External links
- Official website of the World Rally Championship
- 1973 Safari Rally Шаблон:Webarchive at Rallye-info Шаблон:Webarchive
