by Gauk
Mon, Nov 28, 2016 9:43 PM

Sandro Munari (born 27 March 1940) is a former motor racing and rally driver from Italy.

Sandro Munari
Personal information
Nationality Italy Italian
Born 27 March 1940 (age 76)
Cavarzere
World Rally Championship record
Active years 1973–1984
Co-driver Kenya Ian Street
France Jacques Jaubert
Italy Piero Sodano
Italy Silvio Maiga
Italy Mario Mannucci
Teams Lancia
Rallies 36
Championships 1 (1977)
Rally wins 7
Podiums 14
Stage wins 91
Total points 7
First rally 1973 Monte Carlo Rally
First win 1974 San Remo Rally
Last win 1977 Monte Carlo Rally
Last rally 1984 Safari Rally

Career

Born at Cavarzere, Veneto, Sandro Munari began rallying in 1965 and won the Italian Rally Championship in 1967 and 1969, adding the European Rally Championship title in 1973. In 1972 he won the Targa Floriosports 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.

He was to become synonymous with another of Lancia's rally icons, the Lancia Stratos HF, and the partnership of Italian car and Italian 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.

Complete WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points
1973 Lancia Italia Lancia Fulvia HF MON
Ret		 SWE POR KEN MOR GRE POL FIN AUT ITA USA GBR FRA N/A N/A
1974 Lancia Italia Lancia Fulvia HF MON
C		 SWE
C		 POR KEN
3		 GRE
C		 FIN               N/A N/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/A N/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/A N/A
1977 Lancia Alitalia Lancia Stratos HF MON
1		 SWE POR KEN
3		 NZL GRE FIN CAN ITA
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
25		     1st 31
1978 Lancia Pirelli Lancia Stratos HF MON
Ret		 SWE KEN               GBR
Ret		     NC 0
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   73rd 1
1980 Sandro Munari Fiat 131 Abarth MON SWE POR KEN GRE ARG FIN NZL ITA FRA GBR CIV
6		   36th 6
1981 Sandro Munari Dodge Ramcharger MON SWE POR KEN
Ret		 FRA GRE ARG BRA FIN ITA CIV GBR   NC 0
1982 Sandro Munari Porsche 911 SC MON SWE POR KEN
Ret		 FRA GRE NZL BRA FIN ITA CIV GBR   NC 0
1983 Autodelta Alfa Romeo GTV6 MON SWE POR KEN
Ret		 FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN ITA CIV GBR   NC 0
1984 International Casino Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo MON SWE POR KEN
Ret		 FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN ITA CIV GBR   NC 0

WRC victories

  # Event Season Co-driver Car
1 Italy 16º Rallye Sanremo 1974 Mario Mannucci Lancia Stratos HF
2 Canada 3rd Rally Rideau Lakes 1974 Mario Mannucci Lancia Stratos HF
3 Monaco 43ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 1975 Mario Mannucci Lancia Stratos HF
4 Monaco 44ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 1976 Silvio Maiga Lancia Stratos HF
5 Portugal 10º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 1976 Silvio Maiga Lancia Stratos HF
6 France 20ème Tour de Corse 1976 Silvio Maiga Lancia Stratos HF
7 Monaco 45ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 1977 Silvio Maiga Lancia Stratos HF
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