Sandro Munari

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Sandro Munari
Sandro Munari (Lancia Alitalia) - 1975 Rallye Sanremo.jpg
Munari at the 1975 Rallye Sanremo
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg Italian
Born (1940-03-27) 27 March 1940 (age 83)
Cavarzere, Kingdom of Italy
World Rally Championship record
Active years 19731984
Co-driver Flag of Italy.svg Mario Mannucci
Flag of Kenya.svg Lofty Drews
Flag of Italy.svg Piero Sodano
Flag of Italy.svg Silvio Maiga
Flag of France.svg Jacques Jaubert
Flag of Kenya.svg Ian Street
Teams Lancia
Rallies36
Championships 1 (1977)
Rally wins 7
Podiums14
Stage wins91
Total points7
First rally 1973 Monte Carlo Rally
First win1974 San Remo Rally
Last win1977 Monte Carlo Rally
Last rally1984 Safari Rally

Sandro Munari (born 27 March 1940), also nicknamed 'Il Drago' (The Dragon) is a former motor racing and rally driver from Italy.

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Career

Sandro Munari was born in Cavarzere, in the Veneto region. He began rallying in 1965 and won the Italian Rally Championship in 1967 and 1969, adding the European Rally Championship title in 1973 driving a Lancia Fulvia Coupé 1.6 HF. In 1972 he won the Targa Florio sports car endurance race, partnering Arturo Merzario in a works Ferrari 312PB. Also in 1972 Munari claimed his first major rally victory, winning the Monte Carlo Rally in a works Lancia Fulvia.

Munari was to become strongly associated with another of Lancia's rally icons – the Lancia Stratos HF. The partnership between the Italian car and the driver scooped a further Monte Carlo Rally hat-trick in the mid-1970s, among a total of seven World Rally Championship victories. Munari also won the 1977 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers title. Later in his career he competed with a Fiat 131 Abarth, finishing third at the 1978 Tour de Corse and sixth at the 1980 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire. His last WRC appearances were at the Safari Rally, which he contested from 1981 to 1984, but retired each time.

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Complete IMC results

YearEntrantCar123456789
1970 Lancia HF Squadra Corse Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF MON
Ret
SWE
Ret
ITA
Ret
KEN
Ret
AUT GRE
Ret
GBR
Ret
1971 Lancia HF Squadra Corse Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF MON
Ret
SWE ITA
Ret
KEN
Ret
MAR AUT GRE GBR
9
1972 Lancia HF Squadra Corse Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF MON
1
SWE KEN MAR GRE AUT ITA
Ret
USA GBR

Complete WRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213WDCPoints
1973 Lancia Marlboro Lancia Fulvia HF MON
Ret
SWE POR KEN MOR GRE POL FIN AUT ITA USA GBR FRA N/AN/A
1974 Lancia Marlboro Lancia Fulvia HF MON
C
SWE
C
POR KEN
3
GRE
C
FIN N/AN/A
Lancia Stratos HF ITA
1
CAN
1
USA
Ret
GBR
3
FRA
Ret
1975 Lancia Alitalia Lancia Stratos HF MON
1
SWE KEN
2
GRE MOR POR FIN ITA
Ret
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
N/AN/A
1976 Lancia Alitalia Lancia Stratos HF MON
1
SWE POR
1
KEN
Ret
GRE MOR
3
FIN ITA
2
FRA
1
GBR
4
N/AN/A
1977 Lancia Alitalia Lancia Stratos HF MON
1
SWE POR KEN
3
NZL GRE FIN CAN ITA
Ret
FRA
Ret
GBR
25
1st31
1978 Lancia Pirelli Lancia Stratos HF MON
Ret
SWE KEN GBR
Ret
NC0
Alitalia Fiat Fiat 131 Abarth POR
Ret
GRE
Ret
FIN CAN ITA
Ret
CIV FRA
3
1979 Alitalia Fiat Fiat 131 Abarth MON SWE POR KEN
10
GRE NZL FIN CAN ITA FRA GBR CIV 73rd1
1980 Sandro Munari Fiat 131 Abarth MON SWE POR KEN GRE ARG FIN NZL ITA FRA GBR CIV
6
36th6
1981 Sandro Munari Dodge Ramcharger MON SWE POR KEN
Ret
FRA GRE ARG BRA FIN ITA CIV GBR NC0
1982 Sandro Munari Porsche 911 SC MON SWE POR KEN
Ret
FRA GRE NZL BRA FIN ITA CIV GBR NC0
1983 Autodelta Alfa Romeo GTV6 MON SWE POR KEN
Ret
FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN ITA CIV GBR NC0
1984 International Casino Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo MON SWE POR KEN
Ret
FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN ITA CIV GBR NC0

WRC victories

  #  EventSeasonCo-driverCar
1 Flag of Italy.svg 16º Rallye Sanremo 1974 Mario Mannucci Lancia Stratos HF
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 3rd Rally Rideau Lakes 1974 Mario MannucciLancia Stratos HF
3 Flag of Monaco.svg 43ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 1975 Mario MannucciLancia Stratos HF
4 Flag of Monaco.svg 44ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 1976 Silvio Maiga Lancia Stratos HF
5 Flag of Portugal.svg 10º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 1976 Silvio MaigaLancia Stratos HF
6 Flag of France.svg 20ème Tour de Corse 1976 Silvio MaigaLancia Stratos HF
7 Flag of Monaco.svg 45ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 1977 Silvio MaigaLancia Stratos HF

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Italian Rally Champion
1967
Succeeded by
Preceded by Italian Rally Champion
1969
Succeeded by
Preceded by European Rally Champion
1973
Succeeded by
Preceded by
None
FIA Cup for Rally Drivers
champion

1977
Succeeded by
Records
Preceded by Most rally wins
7 wins,

5th at the 1976 Rallye de Portugal
Succeeded by