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The 1975 World Rally Championship season 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 season championship for the winningest manufacturer. 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.

Schedule of points by place:

1st place: 20 points
2nd place: 15 points
3rd place: 12 points
4th place: 10 points
5th place: 8 points
6th place: 6 points
7th place: 4 points
8th place: 3 points
9th place: 2 points
10th place: 1 point

[edit] Championship

**1975 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers**
Rank	Manufacturer	Event										Total points
Rank	Manufacturer	MON	SWE	KEN	GRC	MAR	POR	FIN	ITA	FRA	GBR	Total 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

[edit] 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
43ème Rallye Automobile de 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
25th International 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
23rd 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
22nd Acropolis Rally	24–31 May	Walter Röhrl (9h:20m:36s) 'Siroco' Livieratos (9h:56m:18s) Mihalis Koumas (11h:35m:53s)	Opel Ascona Alpine-Renault A110 1800 Mitsubishi Galant
18ème 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
8º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto	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
25th 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
17º 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
19ème 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
24th Lombard 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 RS1800

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