International Championship for Manufacturers

The FIA International Championship for Manufacturers (IMC) was a rally series culminating in a champion manufacturer. The championship was run from 1970 to 1972 and it was replaced by the FIA World Rally Championship in 1973. All the nine rallies of the 1972 IMC season were part of the 1973 World Rally Championship season.

In the inaugural season, Porsche's Björn Waldegård drove his 911 S to victory at the Monte Carlo Rally, the Swedish Rally and the Österreichische Alpenfahrt. With Porsche leading Alpine-Renault by only three points before the season-ending RAC Rally, the championship went down to the wire. Alpine-Renault recruited Ove Andersson for the event, but he had an accident and retired. Alpine-Renault's best result was then Andrew Cowan's fifth place, and Porsche took the title. Porsche's Gérard Larrousse also picked up a point for sixth place.

In 1971, Alpine-Renault ran away with the title as Andersson won four of the eight events in the Alpine A110 1600. The Alpine-Renault, driven by Bernard Darniche, also won the last Coupe des Alpes, but because the event ran with an insufficient number of starters (36 when the FIA minimum was 50), no points were awarded towards the championship.[1]

The final IMC title went to Lancia. The Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF was driven by Simo Lampinen (35 points), Harry Källström (22) Sandro Munari (20) and Amilcare Ballestrieri (20). Fiat finished second in the standings with their 124 Sport Spider.[2]

1970

Events

Round Event Dates  Starters   Finishers  Winner Car Second Car Third Car
1 Monte Carlo Rally 16–24 January 184 44 Björn Waldegård Porsche 911 S Gérard Larrousse Porsche 911 S Jean-Pierre Nicolas Alpine-Renault A110 1300
2 Swedish Rally 11–15 February 120 31 Björn Waldegård Porsche 911 S Stig Blomqvist Saab 96 V4 Lillebror Nasenius Opel Kadett Rallye
3 Rallye Sanremo 4–8 March 109 15 Jean-Luc Thérier Alpine-Renault A110 1600 Harry Källström Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF Jean Vinatier Alpine-Renault A110 1600
4 Safari Rally 26–28 March 91 19 Edgar Herrmann Datsun 1600 SSS Joginder Singh Datsun 1600 SSS Bert Shankland Peugeot 504
5 Österreichische Alpenfahrt 6–10 May 54 20 Björn Waldegård Porsche 911 S Håkan Lindberg Saab 96 V4 Jean-François Piot Ford Escort Twin Cam
6 Acropolis Rally 28–31 May 80 13 Jean-Luc Thérier Alpine-Renault A110 1600 Jean Vinatier Alpine-Renault A110 1600 Ove Andersson Ford Escort Twin Cam
7 RAC Rally 13–18 November 196 67 Harry Källström Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF Ove Eriksson Opel Kadett Rallye Lillebror Nasenius Opel Kadett Rallye

Final standings

Pos Manufacturer MON
SWE
ITA
KEN
AUT
GRC
GBR
Pts
1 Porsche 9991 28
2 Alpine-Renault 49292 26
3 Lancia 169 16
4 Saab 636 15
5 Opel 46 10
Ford 244 10
7 Datsun 9 9
8 Peugeot 4 4
9 Fiat 12 3
10 Volvo 2 3
11 BMW 1 1
Triumph 1 1
Volkswagen 1 1

1971

Events

Round Event Dates  Starters   Finishers  Winner Car Second Car Third Car
1 Monte Carlo Rally 22–29 January 248 22 Ove Andersson Alpine-Renault A110 1600 Jean-Luc Thérier Alpine-Renault A110 1600 Björn Waldegård Porsche 914/6
2 Swedish Rally 17–21 February 112 53 Stig Blomqvist Saab 96 V4 Lars Nyström BMW 2002 Ti Harry Källström Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
3 Rallye Sanremo 14–17 March 86 20 Ove Andersson Alpine-Renault A110 1600 Amilcare Ballestrieri Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF Sergio Barbasio Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
4 Safari Rally 8–12 April 107 32 Edgar Herrmann Datsun 240Z Shekhar Mehta Datsun 240Z Bert Shankland Datsun 240Z
5 Rallye du Maroc 28 April–1 May 60 9 Jean Deschazeaux Citroën SM Guy Chasseuil Peugeot 504 Ti Bernard Consten Citroën DS 21
6 Österreichische Alpenfahrt 13–16 May 54 15 Ove Andersson Alpine-Renault A110 1600 Alcide Paganelli Fiat 124 Sport Spider Klaus Russling Volkswagen Käfer 1302 S
7 Acropolis Rally 27–30 May 59 9 Ove Andersson Alpine-Renault A110 1600 Jean-Pierre Nicolas Alpine-Renault A110 1600 Simo Lampinen Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
8 Coupe des Alpes 21–26 June 36 11 Bernard Darniche Alpine-Renault A110 1600 Jean Vinatier Alpine-Renault A110 1800 Jean-François Piot Ford Escort RS 1600
9 RAC Rally 20–25 November 231 104 Stig Blomqvist Saab 96 V4 Björn Waldegård Porsche 911 S Carl Orrenius Saab 96 V4

Final standings

Herrmann's 1971 Safari Rally -winning Datsun 240Z.
Pos Manufacturer MON
SWE
ITA
KEN
MAR
AUT
GRC
GBR
Pts
1 Alpine-Renault 9999 36
2 Saab 99 18
3 Porsche 3.53226 16.5
4 Lancia 14641 16
5 Datsun 29 11
Fiat 263 11
7 Peugeot 46 10
8 Citroën 9 9
BMW 621 9
10 Ford 33 6
11 Volkswagen 4 4
Opel 22 4

1972

Events

Round Event Dates  Starters   Finishers  Winner Car Second Car Third Car
1 Monte Carlo Rally 21–28 January 264 24 Sandro Munari Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF Gérard Larrousse Porsche 911 S Rauno Aaltonen Datsun 240Z
2 Swedish Rally 17–20 February 91 56 Stig Blomqvist Saab 96 V4 Björn Waldegård Porsche 911 S Harry Källström Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
3 Safari Rally 30 March–3 April 85 18 Hannu Mikkola Ford Escort RS1600 Sobiesław Zasada Porsche 911 S Vic Preston jr. Ford Escort RS1600
4 Rallye du Maroc 27–30 April 52 6 Simo Lampinen Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF Bob Neyret Citroën DS 21 Proto Chassis Court Raymond Ponnelle Citroën DS 21
5 Acropolis Rally 25–28 May 98 14 Håkan Lindberg Fiat 124 Sport Spider Simo Lampinen Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF Achim Warmbold BMW 2002 Ti
6 Österreichische Alpenfahrt 6–8 September 58 8 Håkan Lindberg Fiat 124 Spider Günther Janger Volkswagen Käfer 1302 S Per Eklund Saab 96 V4
7 Rallye Sanremo 22–25 October 69 13 Amilcare Ballestrieri Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF Sergio Barbasio Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF Håkan Lindberg Fiat 124 Spider
8 Press-on-Regardless Rally 2–4 November 77 21 Gene Henderson Jeep Wagoneer Tom Jones Datsun 240Z Erhard Dahm Jeep Wagoneer
9 RAC Rally 2–5 December 192 80 Roger Clark Ford Escort RS1600 Stig Blomqvist Saab 96 V4 Anders Kulläng Opel Ascona

Final standings

Roger Clark's 1972 RAC Rally -winning Ford Escort RS1600.
Pos Manufacturer MON
SWE
KEN
MAR
GRC
AUT
ITA
USA
GBR
Pts
1 Lancia 201220152010 97
2 Fiat 3202012 55
3 Porsche 1515158 53
4 Ford 82020 48
5 Saab 201215 47
6 Datsun 128615 41
7 Opel 21026112 33
8 BMW 6124 22
9 Jeep 20 20
10 Citroën 15 15
Volkswagen 15 15
12 Peugeot 48 12
13 Volvo 101 11
14 Renault 10 10
15 Dodge 8 8
16 Toyota 62 8
17 Alpine-Renault 43 7
18 Alfa Romeo 3 3

References

  1. Pfundner, Martin (2005). Alpine Trials & Rallies: 1910 To 1973. Veloce Publishing Ltd. p. 65.
  2. "International Championship for Manufacturers". RallyBase. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
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