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Sandro Munari

{{short description|Italian rally driver (born 1940)}}

{{Infobox WRC driver

| name = Sandro Munari

| image = Sandro Munari (Lancia Alitalia) - 1975 Rallye Sanremo.jpg

| caption = Munari at the 1975 Rallye Sanremo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|03|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cavarzere, Kingdom of Italy

| nationality = {{flagicon|Italy}} Italian

| Co-driver = {{flagicon|Italy}} Mario Mannucci
{{flagicon|Kenya}} Lofty Drews
{{flagicon|Italy}} Piero Sodano
{{flagicon|Italy}} Silvio Maiga
{{flagicon|France}} Jacques Jaubert
{{flagicon|Kenya}} Ian Street

| Years = {{WRC|1973}}–{{WRC|1984}}

| Teams = Lancia

| Races = 36

| Championships = 1 ({{WRC|1977}})

| Wins = 7

| Podiums = 14

| Stagewins = 91

| Points = 7

| First race = 1973 Monte Carlo Rally

| First win = 1974 San Remo Rally

| Last win = 1977 Monte Carlo Rally

| Last race = 1984 Safari Rally

}}

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

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.

Bibliography

  • Sandro Munari and Cesare De Agostini, La coda del Drago, Edizioni Rombo, Bologna, 1981
  • Sandro Munari and Sergio Remondino, Sandro Munari: Una vita di traverso, Giorgio Nada Editore, Milan, 2007

=Complete IMC results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

1970

! Lancia HF Squadra Corse

! Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
Ret

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SWE
Ret

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
Ret

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KEN
Ret

| AUT

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GRE
Ret

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
Ret

|

|

1971

! Lancia HF Squadra Corse

! Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
Ret

| SWE

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
Ret

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KEN
Ret

| MAR

| AUT

| GRE

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
9

|

1972

! Lancia HF Squadra Corse

! Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MON
1

| SWE

| KEN

| MAR

| GRE

| AUT

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
Ret

| USA

| GBR

Complete WRC results

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! WDC

! Points

1973

! Lancia Marlboro

! Lancia Fulvia HF

| style="background:#efcfff;"| MON
Ret

| SWE

| POR

| KEN

| MOR

| GRE

| POL

| FIN

| AUT

| ITA

| USA

| GBR

| FRA

! N/A

! N/A

rowspan=2| 1974

! rowspan=2| Lancia Marlboro

! Lancia Fulvia HF

| MON
C

| SWE
C

| POR

| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| KEN
3

| GRE
C

| FIN

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

! rowspan=2| N/A

! rowspan=2| N/A

Lancia Stratos HF

|

|

|

|

|

|

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| ITA
1

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| CAN
1

| style="background:#efcfff;"| USA
Ret

| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| GBR
3

| style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA
Ret

|

|

1975

! Lancia Alitalia

! Lancia Stratos HF

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| MON
1

| SWE

| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| KEN
2

| GRE

| MOR

| POR

| FIN

| style="background:#efcfff;"| ITA
Ret

| style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA
Ret

| style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR
Ret

|

|

|

! N/A

! N/A

1976

! Lancia Alitalia

! Lancia Stratos HF

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| MON
1

| SWE

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| POR
1

| style="background:#efcfff;"| KEN
Ret

| GRE

| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| MOR
3

| FIN

| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ITA
2

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| FRA
1

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| GBR
4

|

|

|

! N/A

! N/A

1977

! Lancia Alitalia

! Lancia Stratos HF

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| MON
1

| SWE

| POR

| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| KEN
3

| NZL

| GRE

| FIN

| CAN

| style="background:#efcfff;"| ITA
Ret

| style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA
Ret

| style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR
25

|

|

! style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

! style="background:#ffffbf;"| 31

rowspan=2| 1978

! Lancia Pirelli

! Lancia Stratos HF

| style="background:#efcfff;"| MON
Ret

| SWE

| KEN

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR
Ret

|

|

! rowspan=2| NC

! rowspan=2| 0

Alitalia Fiat

! Fiat 131 Abarth

|

|

|

| style="background:#efcfff;"| POR
Ret

| style="background:#efcfff;"| GRE
Ret

| FIN

| CAN

| style="background:#efcfff;"| ITA
Ret

| CIV

| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| FRA
3

|

|

|

1979

! Alitalia Fiat

! Fiat 131 Abarth

| MON

| SWE

| POR

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| 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

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| CIV
6

|

! 36th

! 6

1981

! Sandro Munari

! Dodge Ramcharger

| MON

| SWE

| POR

| style="background:#efcfff;"| KEN
Ret

| FRA

| GRE

| ARG

| BRA

| FIN

| ITA

| CIV

| GBR

|

! NC

! 0

1982

! Sandro Munari

! Porsche 911 SC

| MON

| SWE

| POR

| style="background:#efcfff;"| KEN
Ret

| FRA

| GRE

| NZL

| BRA

| FIN

| ITA

| CIV

| GBR

|

! NC

! 0

1983

! Autodelta

! Alfa Romeo GTV6

| MON

| SWE

| POR

| style="background:#efcfff;"| KEN
Ret

| FRA

| GRE

| NZL

| ARG

| FIN

| ITA

| CIV

| GBR

|

! NC

! 0

1984

! International Casino

! Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo

| MON

| SWE

| POR

| style="background:#efcfff;"| KEN
Ret

| FRA

| GRE

| NZL

| ARG

| FIN

| ITA

| CIV

| GBR

|

! NC

! 0

WRC victories

:

class="wikitable"

!   #  

! Event

! Season

! Co-driver

! Car

1

| {{Flagicon|Italy}} 16º Rallye Sanremo

| {{WRC|1974}}

| Mario Mannucci

| Lancia Stratos HF

2

| {{Flagicon|Canada}} 3rd Rally Rideau Lakes

| {{WRC|1974}}

| Mario Mannucci

| Lancia Stratos HF

3

| {{Flagicon|Monaco}} 43ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo

| {{WRC|1975}}

| Mario Mannucci

| Lancia Stratos HF

4

| {{Flagicon|Monaco}} 44ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo

| {{WRC|1976}}

| Silvio Maiga

| Lancia Stratos HF

5

| {{Flagicon|Portugal}} 10º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto

| {{WRC|1976}}

| Silvio Maiga

| Lancia Stratos HF

6

| {{Flagicon|France}} 20ème Tour de Corse

| {{WRC|1976}}

| Silvio Maiga

| Lancia Stratos HF

7

| {{Flagicon|Monaco}} 45ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo

| {{WRC|1977}}

| Silvio Maiga

| Lancia Stratos HF

References

  • {{cite web |url= https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/23082-sandro-munari |title= Sandro Munari: Full results |access-date=2021-02-16 |work= eWRC-Results }}

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{{s-sports}}

{{succession box|before=Leo Cella|title=Italian Rally Champion|years=1967|after=Arnaldo Cavallari}}

{{succession box|before=Arnaldo Cavallari|title=Italian Rally Champion|years=1969|after=Alcide Paganelli}}

{{succession box|before= Raffaele Pinto|title=European Rally Champion|years=1973|after= Walter Röhrl}}

{{succession box|before=None|title=FIA Cup for Rally Drivers
champion|years={{WRC|1977}}|after= Markku Alén}}

{{S-ach|rec}}

{{Succession box|title=Most rally wins
7 wins, | before = Jean-Luc Thérier
4 wins
({{WRC|1973}}–{{WRC|1984}})| after = Björn Waldegård
11 wins,
8th at the {{WRC|1979}} Acropolis Rally | years =5th at the {{WRC|1976}} Rallye de Portugal}}

{{s-end}}

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{{World Rally Champions}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Munari, Sandro}}

Category:1940 births

Category:Living people

Category:Lancia people

Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Venice

Category:Italian rally drivers

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Category:European Rally Championship drivers