Tour de France for automobiles 1975

The 1975 Tour de France for automobiles was held as a stage race for automobiles from September 15 to 23 in France .

In 1975, the Tour Auto organizers broke with the tradition of holding special stages as mountain and circuit races . Up until the previous year, long-distance races on racetracks were not uncommon. In 1975 special stages like rallies were introduced, whereby the tour lost a large part of its character. But the form of the stage race was retained. The race started in Nice and led back to the starting point via Nîmes , Bourg-en-Bresse , Caen , Albi and La Grande-Motte . 127 participants - a record starter field - had to complete 22 special tests over 4200 km. 59 reached the destination in southern France.

The race was dominated by Bernard Darniche in a Lancia Stratos which, until he retired, only Jean Égreteaud in a Porsche 911 could follow. Christine Dacremont won the women’s ranking on an Alpine A310 , who finished sixth in the overall ranking.

The first six of the overall ranking

Pl.	driver	Copilot	vehicle
1	Bernard Darniche	Alain Mahé	Lancia Stratos
2	Jean-Francois Mas	M. Celrier	Porsche Carrera
3	Jean-Pierre Rouget	Jean-Claude Lefèvre	Porsche Carrera
4th	Maurice Nussbaumer	Didier Piole	Alpine A110 1800
5	Bernard Béguin	Jacques Andrevon	Alfa Romeo GTV
6th	Christine Dacremont	Ganaëlle	Alpine A310

Class winner

class	driver	Copilot	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Group 4/5	Bernard Darniche	Alain Mahé	Lancia Stratos	Overall victory
Group 3	Jean-Francois Mas	M. Celrier	Porsche Carrera	Rank 2
Group 2	Guy Chasseuil	Patrice Chonez	Opel Ascona	Rank 12
Group 1	Bernard Béguin	Jacques Andrevon	Alfa Romeo GTV	Rank 5