# 1974 Rallye de Portugal

The 1974 Rally of Portugal (formally the 8º TAP Rallye de Portugal) was the first round of the 1974 World Rally Championship season after the oil crisis forced the cancellation of the Monte Carlo and Swedish rallies.

## Report

As with all of the WRC rounds in 1974, there was only a manufacturer championship, so only manufacturers results were counted for points. Only the top finishing car for each manufacturer counted. Fiat locked out the podium places but only picked up 20 points in the championship due to this rule. An advantage is gained though, because the next finishing manufacturer can only pick up the points available for where their driver finished - in this case Ove Andersson took 10 points for 4th place in a Toyota Corolla.

## Results

| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
| 1974 Rallye de Portugal results |||||||
| 1. | Raffaele Pinto | Arnaldo Bernacchini | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally | 6:26:15 | 0.0 | 20 |
| 2. | Alcide Paganelli | Ninni Russo | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally | 6:30:12 | 3.57 | |
| 3. | Markku Alén | Ilkka Kivimäki | Fiat Abarth 124 Rally | 6:37:17 | 11.02 | |
| 4. | Ove Andersson | Arne Hertz | Toyota Corolla | 6:40:54 | 14.39 | 10 |
| 5. | Harry Källström | Claes Billstam | Datsun 260Z | 6:54:27 | 28.12 | 8 |
| 6. | Bob Neyret | Yveline Vanoni | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | 7:04:18 | 38.03 | 6 |
| 7. | Georg Fischer | Harald Gottlieb | BMW 2002 | 7:05:02 | 38.47 | 4 |
| 8. | Francisco Romãozinho | João Nogueira da Silva | Citroën GS | 7:17:04 | 50.49 | 3 |
| 9. | Chris Sclater | Neil Wilson | Ford Escort RS1600 | 7:26:59 | 1:00.44 | 2 |
| 10. | António Borges | Miguel Sottomayor | Fiat 124 Sport Spider | 7:27:55 | 1:01.40 | |
| 11. | Johan Wiklund | Lars-Erik Karlsson | BMW 2002 | 7:33:32 | 1:07.17 | |
| 12. | Américo Nunes | António Morais | Porsche 911 | 7:38:32 | 1:12.17 | |
| 13. | Celso Silva | António Vicente | Datsun 1200 | 7:48:58 | 1:22.43 | |
| 14. | Chris Wathen | Tim Bosence | Ford Escort RS 1600 | 7:59:12 | 1:32.57 | |
| 15. | Ferreira da Cunha | Carlos Resende | Datsun 1200 | 8:11:15 | 1:45.00 | |
| 16. | Jorge Ortigão | Pedro d'Abreu | Mazda 818 | 8:14:22 | 1:48.07 | |
| 17. | Conde do Botelho | Augusto Roxo | Citroën DS 21 | 8:14:37 | 1:48.22 | |
| 18. | Will Sparrow | Barry Hughes | Hillman Avenger | 8:24:20 | 1:58.05 | |
| 19. | Pedro Queiroz | Dico Mendes | Opel 1904 SR | 8:25:12 | 1:58.57 | |
| 20. | António Rodrigues | A. Mergulhão | Toyota Celica | 8:25:22 | 1:59.07 | |
| 21. | Adérito Parente | Pedro Vareta | Datsun 1200 | 8:33:37 | 2:07.22 | |
| 22. | Anthony Stilwell | Ronald Crellin | Fiat 125 | 8:37:34 | 2:11.19 | |
| 23. | António Cunha Lino | S. Mendonça | Opel 1904 SR | 8:39:30 | 2:13.15 | |
| 24. | Adolfo Sampaio | José Bernardo) | Citroën GS | 8:42:10 | 2:15.55 | |
| 25. | Mário Costa | Luís Calafate | Datsun 1200 | 8:42:13 | 2:15.58 | |
| 26. | Manuel Coentro | Pedro Martins | BMW 2002 | 8:44:41 | 2:18.26 | |
| 27. | Carlos Amaral | Matos Penalva | Ford Escort RS 1600 | 8:45:28 | 2:19.13 | |
| 28. | Leopold Mayer | Oswald Schurek | Volvo 164 | 8:49:49 | 2:23.34 | |
| 29. | João Nabais | Pedro Almeida | Morris Marina | 8:52:24 | 2:26.29 | |
| 30. | Manuel Inácio | José Dias | Opel 1904 SR | 8:52:40 | 2:26.25 | |
| 31. | Rui Guimarães | Guilherme Salvador | Opel 1904 SR | 8:55:28 | 2:29.13 | |
| 32. | José Pedra | Ricardina Pedra | Opel 1904 SR | 9:13:35 | 2:47.20 | |
| 33. | Evaristo Saraiva | J. Emerenciano | Fiat 127 | 9:20:20 | 2:54.05 | |
| 34. | Ramos Ruella | Eric Macário | BMW 2002 | 9:22:28 | 2:56.13 | |
| 35. | Bengt Lundström | Stig Johansson | Toyota Celica | 9:27:46 | 3:01.31 | |
| 36. | Ingrid Weber | Brigitte Scheibelreiter | BMW 2002 | 9:42:48 | 3:16.33 | |
Source: Independent WRC archive, eWRC Results

## Championship standings after the event

| Rank | Manufacturer | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Total points |
| Rank | Manufacturer | POR | KEN | FIN | ITA | CAN | USA | GBR | FRA | Total points |
| 1 | Fiat | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 2 | Toyota | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| 3 | Datsun | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 4 | Alpine-Renault | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 5 | BMW | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 6 | Citroën | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 7 | Ford | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |