Sandro Munari
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Cavarzere |
27 March 1940
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 1973–1984 |
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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 |
Sandro Munari (born 27 March 1940) is a former motor racing and rally driver from Italy.
Career
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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 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.
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
WRC victories
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# Event Season Co-driver Car 1 16º Rallye Sanremo
1974 Mario Mannucci Lancia Stratos HF 2 3rd Rally Rideau Lakes
1974 Mario Mannucci Lancia Stratos HF 3 43ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
1975 Mario Mannucci Lancia Stratos HF 4 44ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
1976 Silvio Maiga Lancia Stratos HF 5 10º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto
1976 Silvio Maiga Lancia Stratos HF 6 20ème Tour de Corse
1976 Silvio Maiga Lancia Stratos HF 7 45ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
1977 Silvio Maiga Lancia Stratos HF
References
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Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by | Italian Rally Champion 1967 |
Succeeded by Arnaldo Cavallari |
Preceded by | Italian Rally Champion 1969 |
Succeeded by Alcide Paganelli |
Preceded by | European Rally Champion 1973 |
Succeeded by Walter Röhrl |
Preceded by
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FIA Cup for Rally Drivers Champion 1977 |
Succeeded by Markku Alén |
Records | ||
Preceded by | Most Rally wins 7 wins, 5th at the 1976 Rallye de Portugal |
Succeeded by Björn Waldegård 11 wins, 8th at the 1979 Acropolis Rally |