Tour de France for automobiles 1973

Ove Andersson and Freddy Kottulinsky’s Toyota Celica , here at the 6-hour race at the Nürburgring in 1973; The two Swedes also contested the Tour de France with the same car

The 1973 Tour de France for automobiles , also known as the Tour de France , was held as a stage race for automobiles from September 14 to 22 in France and Spain .

The race

The Tour Auto was started again in Nice in 1973 and led back to Nice over five sections and the stage locations Clermont-Ferrand , Lille , Albi and Biarritz . The organizers shortened the special stages to 17 and decided not to go to the Nürburgring this year . However, the circuit race at the Circuit de Montjuïc in Barcelona remained in the program . As in previous years, the races on racetracks also included mountain tests and the participants had to cover a total of 5500 km. 77 teams started the race on September 14th, 32 of them were able to finish eight days later.

In that year the organizers opened the competition for Group 5 vehicles, which meant that the works Lancia Stratos and the Ligier JS2 were eligible to compete . The overall victory went to the Italian rally driver Sandro Munari . Munari was the first non-French overall winner since the Belgian Lucien Bianchi in 1964. As in the previous two years, the women's standings were secured by French Marie-Claude Charmasson , who this year drove an Opel Commodore GSE and came twelfth in the overall standings .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Travel time
1	Size 4/5	111	Marlboro Lancia Italia	Sandro Munari Mario Mannucci	Lancia Stratos	3: 24: 50,500
2	Size 4/5	107	Alméras	Jacques Alméras Serge Mas	Porsche Carrera RSR	3: 29: 01,800
3	Gr.3	81		Dominique Thirry Jacques Henry	Porsche Carrera RS	3: 32: 35,600
4th	Gr.3	79		Thierry Sabine Jean Delannoy	Porsche Carrera RS	3: 33: 18,400
5	Gr.3	80		Claude Haldi Miloud Khalfi	Porsche Carrera RS	3: 34: 57.700
6th	Gr.3	83	Ecurie Franco Britannic	Jean Vinatier Jacques Jaubert	De Tomaso Pantera	3: 37: 12,200
7th	Gr.3	73		Gérard Darton-Merlin Gérard Hugon	Porsche Carrera RS	3: 38: 26.700
8th	Gr.3	68		Guy Gentis Bernard Poizat	Porsche Carrera RS	3: 41: 32.700
9	Gr.3	70		Noël Labaune Jean Mauvin	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	3: 44: 03,500
10	Size 4/5	115		Guy Chasseuil Christian Baron	Ligier JS2	3: 46: 12,500
11	Size 2	52		Jean-Claude Briavoine V. Laverne	Ford Capri RS	3: 46: 34,300
12	Gr.1	25th	Henri Greder Racing	Marie-Claude Charmasson Christine Giganot	Opel Commodore GS / E	3: 47: 13,800
13	Gr.1	24	Henri Greder Racing	Henri Greder Thomas	Opel Commodore GS / E	3: 48: 41,500
14th	Gr.1	10		F. Vincent R. Salustri	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV	3: 51: 48.800
15th	Gr.3	72		Pierre Lelong Danger	Porsche Carrera RS	3: 53: 51.700
16	Gr.1	23		Jacky Ravenel Dany Wauters Ravaze	Opel Commodore GS / E	3: 54: 18,000
17th	Size 2	49		Alain Flotard A. Collard	Ford Capri RS	3: 55: 51,300
18th	Gr.3	65		Roger Adonto P. Pierron	Porsche 911S	4: 01: 15,220
19th	Gr.1	14th		Jean-Louis Davin Gilbert Salles	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV	4: 01: 55,200
20th	Size 2	55		Raymond Pontier Jean-Sébastien Couloumiés	BMW 3.0 CSL	4: 04: 29,300
21st	Gr.1	22nd		Jean-Louis Ravenel Jacques Levacher	Opel Commodore GS / E	4: 05: 02,400
22nd	Gr.1	11		"Jaca" J. Beidel	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV	4: 06: 22,400
23	Size 2	33		Jean-Paul Moreau JP Coquelet	Simca 1000 rally 2	4: 07: 53,200
24	Size 2	37		Yves Evrard JL Demarquet	Audi 80	4: 09: 58,200
25th	Gr.3	62		Roger Soulat "Christo"	Fiat 124S	4: 15: 22.700
26th	Size 2	43		Bernard Coetmeur J. Betry	Renault R12 Gordini	4: 15: 26,200
27	Gr.1	3		Claude Buchet RC Gentlemen	Opel Ascona 16S	4: 18: 06,600
28	Size 2	32		Georges Alexandrovitch Bernard Pujos	Fiat 128	4: 21: 39.700
29	Gr.1	27		Aimé Dirant B. Vautrin	BMW 3.0 Si	4: 26: 11,300
30th	Size 2	57		Jean-Claude Sellos Scelland Gérard Foucault	Mercedes-Benz 350 SLC	4: 26: 14,800
31	Gr.1	12		Richard Kiss J. Mancini	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV	4: 28: 39.800
32	Gr.1	2		Maurice van der Bruwaene André Buge Paul Flament	Audi 80	6: 06: 44,300
Failed
33	Size 2			Lucien Guitteny R. Moreau	Audi R80
34	Gr.3			Jean-Marie Alméras	Porsche Carrera RS
35	Size 4/5	102		Guy Fréquelin Maurice Gélin	Porsche Carrera RSR
36	Size 4/5			Jean-Claude Guérie Cyril Grandet	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4
37	Size 4/5	95		Jacques Marquet Paoletti	Alpine A110
38	Gr.3	84	Ecurie Franco Britannic	Jean-Luc Thérier Jacky Coolen	De Tomaso Pantera
39	Gr.1	9		Roland Imbert Etienne Stalpaert	Alfa Romeo 2000
40	Gr.1	29		Jean-Claude Depince Belly	BMW 3.0 Si
41	Size 2	40		Emile Holvoet Claude Laurent	Toyota Celica
42	Size 2	45		Jean-Claude Gamet W. Huret	Ford Escort RS1600
43	Size 2	53		Jean-Pierre Rouget P. Routier	Ford Capri RS
44	Size 2	54		Claus Nolle F. Nolle	Mercedes-Benz 280E
45	Gr.3	76		Francis Roussely JF Grobot	Porsche 911S
46	Gr.3	85		Bernard de Dryver Pierre Dieudonné Pierre Rubens	De Tomaso Pantera
47	Size 4/5	105		Jean-Louis Lafosse JP Angoulet	Porsche Carrera RSR
48	Size 4/5	108	Sonauto	Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Claude Morénas	Porsche Carrera RSR
49	Size 4/5	109		Jean-François Piot Jean-Philippe Grand	Porsche Carrera RSR
50	Size 4/5	110		Jean-Claude Andruet Michèle Espinosi-Petit	Lancia Stratos
51	Size 4/5	112		Martial Delalande J. Balayer	Ligier JS2
52	Size 4/5	114		Gérard Larrousse Christian Delferrier	Ligier JS2
53	Size 4/5	99		Marie-Odile Desvignes Brigitte Carrier	Porsche 911S
54	Gr.3			François Sérvanin J. Pin	Porsche Carrera RS
55	Gr.3	4th		Marcel Grue Jean Boissonet	Toyota Celica
56	Size 4/5	103		Hervé Bayard René Ligonnet	Porsche Carrera RS
57	Gr.1	8th		JL Billiards G. Moreau	BMW 2002 TI
58	Size 2			Joel Bonnemaison G. Coisy	Simca 1000 rally 2
59	Gr.1	16		Pierre Bos J. Malet	BMW 2002 TI
60	Size 4/5	93		M. Alibelli, O. Peri	Alpine A110
61	Size 4/5	90		Gerard Cuynet J. Agat	Alpine A110
62	Size 4/5	96		C. Villon A. Villon	Alpine A110
63	Size 2	50		"Patou"	Ford Capri RS
64	Size 4/5	94		Michel Julien P. Youjan Y. Celestin	Alpine A110
65	Size 2			Philippe Mercier "Sial"	Audi 80
66	Gr.3			Claude Laurent Jacques Marché	Porsche 911S
67	Gr.3	61		Christian Lorang J. Jung	Alpine A110
68	Size 2	42		Maurice Nussbaumer Naud	Renault R12
69	Gr.1	5		M. Henault G. Guerin	Fiat 124
70	Gr.1	20th		S. Delserre G. Michel	Mercedes-Benz 280E
71	Gr.3			Jacques Diebolt JP Vast-Coulon	Porsche Carrera RS
72	Size 4/5	101		Jean Égreteaud	Porsche Carrera RS
73	Gr.1	21st		C. Coeuille "Sylvain"	Opel Commodore GS / E
74	Size 4/5				Maserati Bora
75	Gr.1	17th		V. Arianoff Bernard Debus scissors	BMW 2002 TI
76	Size 2			J. François Catala	NSU
77	Gr.1			"Sial" "Louet"	Alfa Romeo 2000
78	Size 2	43		Georges Houel JY Goasdoue	Alfa Romeo GTAm
79	Gr.3			Bernard Chenevière	Porsche Carrera RS
80	Size 2			Ove Andersson Freddy Kottulinsky	Toyota
81	Gr.1	15th		"Jichelle" Frank Caron	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
82	Size 2	51		Philippe Heuze G. Breton	Ford Capri RS
83	Gr.3	60		Bruno Saby Pierre Thimonier	Alpine A110
84	Gr.3	67		"Ardu"	Porsche Carrera RS
85	Gr.3	74			Porsche 911
86	Size 4/5	91		"Charlotte" Marie-José Hommel	Alpine A110

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
87	Gr.1			Jean-Pierre Magalhaes Daniel Erculisse	Alfa Romeo 2000
88	Size 4/5			JL Gamma	Jidé 1600
89	Size 4/5			M. Robini "Tchine"	Jidé 1800
90	Size 4/5			Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Jean-Claude Perramond	Maserati Bora
91	Size 4/5			Thierry Gore Wakisaka	Lamborghini Miura

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 4/5	Sandro Munari	Mario Mannucci	Lancia Stratos	Overall victory
Gr.3	Dominique Thirry	Jacques Henry	Porsche Carrera RS	Rank 3
Size 2	Jean-Claude Briavoine	V. Laverne	Ford Capri RS	Rank 11
Gr.1	Marie-Claude Charmasson	Christine Giganot	Opel Commodore GS / E	Rank 12

Racing data

• Registered: 91
• Started: 86
• Rated: 32
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: unknown
• Driving time of the winning team: 3: 24: 50,500 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: none
• Total distance of the winning team: 5500,000 km
• Winner's average: unknown
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: none
• Racing series: Round 9 of the GT European Championship 1973

Web links

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