This article recounts the chaotic and controversial first-ever World Rally Championship (WRC) event held at the 1973 Monte Carlo Rally. It details the widespread disqualifications of privateers due to late arrival on a snow-stricken stage, the ensuing protests, and the eventual victory of Jean-Claude Andruet in an Alpine A110.
One of the few January norms that isn’t utterly miserable is the Monte Carlo Rally. First held way back in 1911, it has served as an exciting, snowy-mountainside opener to almost every year since for rallyists. Today, it’s a standard World Rally Championship round, but historically it was an absolute epic, with crews departing from various locations all over Europe to meet in the French Alps and sprint down to the waterfront in Monaco.
Enjoy full access to the complete Autocar archive at the magazineshop.com Some 20 cars got stuck on the stage, either having crashed or got stuck behind those that had. Ambulances and tow trucks had to be allowed in, leading to yet more time delays. And come 11.30pm the road was closed, blocked by snow.
WRC MONACO RALLY ALPINES DISQUALIFICATION CONTROVERSY
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