1975 World Rally Championship

The 1975 World Rally Championship was the third season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). 10 events were included on the schedule, including the return to the series of the famous Monte Carlo and Swedish rallies after a one season absence of those events. Both North American events were removed from the schedule however. Other returning entries to the schedule included the Acropolis Rally in Greece, which would become a staple of the WRC circuit to this day, and the Rallye du Maroc.

Lancia, with its powerful Stratos HF, continued its dominance despite struggling with reliability. Lancia won four rallies during the season however, outpacing competitors Fiat and Alpine-Renault. The battle for second place in the season was ultimately determined by a single point, with Fiat outscoring Alpine-Renault 61 points to 60, while Opel's Ascona made a strong bid to be competitive, scoring 58 points.

From 1973 to 1978, the WRC only awarded a championship for manufacturers. Scoring was given for the highest placing entry for each manufacturer. Thus if a particular manufacturer was to place 2nd, 4th, and 10th, they would receive points for 2nd place only. However, the manufacturer would still gain an advantage in scoring from its other entries, as the points for the 4th and 10th place entries would be denied to other manufacturers.

Calendar

After the oil crisis of 1973 that affected the 1974 season, the Rallye du Maroc returned to the calendar.

Round Rally name Surface Dates 1 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed (Tarmac - Snow) 15–24 January 2 Swedish Rally Snow 13–15 February 3 Safari Rally Gravel 25–31 March 4 Rally of the Rideau Lakes Gravel 16-19 April 5 Acropolis Rally Gravel 24–31 May 6 Rallye du Maroc Gravel 24–28 June 7 Rally de Portugal Mixed (Tarmac - Gravel) 18–21 July 8 1000 Lakes Rally Gravel 29–31 August 9 Rallye Sanremo Mixed (Tarmac - Gravel) 1–4 October 10 Tour de Corse Tarmac 8–9 November 11 RAC Rally Gravel 22–26 NovemberSources:

Manufacturers' championship Points were awarded to the best placed vehicle of each manufacturer.

Schedule of points by place:

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Manufacturer MON SWE KEN GRC MAR POR FIN ITA FRA GBR Points 1 Lancia 20 20 15 - - - - 20 20 1 96 2 Fiat 15 8 - - - 20 - 15 - 3 61 3 Alpine-Renault 6 - - 15 12 - - 12 15 - 60 4 Opel - 3 - 20 - 10 8 6 1 10 58 5 Peugeot - - 20 - 20 - - - - - 40 6 Ford - 1 - - - 2 12 - - 20 35 7 Toyota - - - - - 12 20 - - - 32 8 Saab - - 6 - 6 8 6 - - - 30 9 Datsun 3 - - 4 - - - 4 12 - 26 10 Alfa Romeo 3 - - 4 - - - 4 12 - 23 11 Mitsubishi - - 10 12 - - - - - - 22 12 Citroën - - - - 10 3 - - - - 13 13 Porsche 4 - - - - - - 8 - - 12 14 Volvo - 2 - 6 1 - - - - - 9 15= Renault 8 - - - - - - - - - 8 15= Audi - - - 8 - - - - - - 8 17 Škoda - 4 - - - - - - - - 4 18= Chrysler - - - - - - 2 - - - 2 18= Vauxhall - - - - - - - - - 2 2 20= BMW 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 20= Lada - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 Manufacturer MON SWE KEN GRC MAR POR FIN ITA FRA GBR PointsSources:

Events

1975 World Rally Championship event map Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface

1975 World Rally Championship schedule and results Rally Name Start-End Date Podium Drivers (Finishing Time) Podium Cars Rallye Monte Carlo 15–23 January Sandro Munari (6h:25m:59s) Hannu Mikkola (6h:29m:05s) Markku Alén (6h:29m:46s) Lancia Stratos HF Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye Swedish Rally 13–15 February Björn Waldegård (7h:19m:46s) Stig Blomqvist (7h:21m:33s) Simo Lampinen (7h:31m:22s) Lancia Stratos HF Saab 96 V4 Lancia Beta Coupé Safari Rally 27–31 March Ove Andersson (+11m:58s penalties) Sandro Munari (+12m:36s penalties) Björn Waldegård (+13m:57s penalties) Peugeot 504 Lancia Stratos HF Lancia Stratos HF Acropolis Rally 24–31 May Walter Röhrl (9h:20m:36s) Tasos'Siroco' Livieratos (9h:56m:18s) Mihalis Koumas (11h:35m:53s) Opel Ascona Alpine-Renault A110 1800 Mitsubishi Galant Rallye du Maroc 24–28 June Hannu Mikkola (23h:30m:48s) Bernard Consten (25h:12m:03s) Bob Neyret (25h:48m:19s) Peugeot 504 Peugeot 504 Alpine-Renault A110 1800 Rallye de Portugal 18–21 July Markku Alén (6h:24m:15s) Hannu Mikkola (6h:26m:58s) Ove Andersson (6h:29m:29s) Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye Toyota Corolla 1000 Lakes Rally 29–31 August Hannu Mikkola (2h:52m:33s) Simo Lampinen (2h:53m:47s) Timo Mäkinen (2h:54m:35s) Toyota Corolla Saab 96 V4 Ford Escort RS1800 Rallye Sanremo 4–10 October Björn Waldegård (10h:22m:52s) Maurizio Verini (10h:25m:40s) Jean-Luc Thérier (10h:59m:04s) Lancia Stratos HF Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye Alpine-Renault A110 1800 Tour de Corse 8–9 November Bernard Darniche (4h:58m:26s) Jean-Pierre Nicolas (4h:58m:58s) Jean-Claude Andruet (5h:09m:51s) Lancia Stratos HF Alpine-Renault A110 1800 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT RAC Rally 22–26 November Timo Mäkinen (6h:00m:44s) Roger Clark (6h:01m:57s) Tony Fowkes (6h:06m:11s) Ford Escort RS1800 Ford Escort RS1800 Ford Escort RS1800Sources:

1975 World Rally Championship

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