The team had been strengthened by 1971, and it was leaving no room for rivals. During this season, Eladio Doncel, would continue to occupy the post of Team Manager, although there were moments in which he recharged the team�s batteries by participating with them.�

�

In the Spanish Rally Championship, Alberto Ruiz Gim�nez was once again the key figure in the Team. He was responsible for retaking the title, and as such he began the year by winning the Fallas Rally in Valencia, accompanied by Javier Bueno, who would later share the season with Ricardo Mu�oz, at the side of �oso�.�

�

From the very beginning the results were brilliant, with Ruiz Gim�nez driving to victory in the Valencia Rally, Criterium Luis de Baviera, the Barcelona-Andorra and 2000 Virajes Rallies, the Bosch Rally, the Costa Brava Rally, and the Rally del Salm�n. He also came in second in various others, all of which put the Repsol Motor Racing Team at the top of the classification lists at the end of the season.

�

However, the regulations for the Spanish Rally Championship of that year, were very peculiar. Cars that had been manufactured in Spain began to participate, some of them entirely created in the country and others with some foreign components such as cylinder heads, camshafts, etc. In reality this year�s regulation was intended to promote national production, by giving extra points to Spanish cars.

�

Excellent partial results were also obtained in the circuits and mountain racing, these however, were only consolidated when Jos� Manuel Lencina won the Castilla Mountain Championship.