Sandro Munari

Sandro Munari
	Munari at the 1975 Rallye Sanremo
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	27 March 1940 (age 81); Cavarzere, Kingdom of Italy
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1973–1984
Co-driver	Ian Street; Jacques Jaubert; ; ;
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), 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. 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[]

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	6	7	8
1970	Lancia HF Squadra Corse	Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
1971	Lancia HF Squadra Corse	Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF	Ret		Ret	Ret			9
1972	Lancia HF Squadra Corse	Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF	1					Ret

Complete WRC results[]

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	WDC	Points
1973	Lancia Marlboro	Lancia Fulvia HF	MON Ret	SWE	POR	KEN	MOR	GRE	POL	FIN	AUT	ITA	USA	GBR	N/A	N/A
1974	Lancia Marlboro	Lancia Fulvia HF	C	C	POR	KEN 3	C								N/A	N/A
1974	Lancia Marlboro	Lancia Stratos HF							1	1	Ret	3	Ret		N/A	N/A
1975	Lancia Alitalia	Lancia Stratos HF	MON 1		2					Ret	Ret	Ret			N/A	N/A
1976	Lancia Alitalia	Lancia Stratos HF	1	SWE	1	Ret		3		2	1	4			N/A	N/A
1977	Lancia Alitalia	Lancia Stratos HF	1			3					Ret	Ret	25		1st	31
1978	Lancia Pirelli	Lancia Stratos HF	Ret										Ret		NC	0
1978	Alitalia Fiat	Fiat 131 Abarth				Ret	Ret			Ret		3			NC	0
1979	Alitalia Fiat	Fiat 131 Abarth				10									73rd	1
1980	Sandro Munari	Fiat 131 Abarth												6	36th	6
1981	Sandro Munari	Dodge Ramcharger				Ret									NC	0
1982	Sandro Munari	Porsche 911 SC				Ret									NC	0
1983	Autodelta	Alfa Romeo GTV6				Ret									NC	0
1984	International Casino	Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo				Ret									NC	0

WRC victories[]

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	16º Rallye Sanremo	1974		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		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[]

"Sandro Munari: Full results". eWRC-Results. Retrieved 2021-02-16.

Sporting positions
Preceded by	Italian Rally Champion 1967	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Italian Rally Champion 1969	Succeeded by
Preceded by Raffaele Pinto	European Rally Champion 1973	Succeeded by Walter Röhrl
Preceded by None	FIA Cup for Rally Drivers Champion 1977	Succeeded by Markku Alén
Records
Preceded by Jean-Luc Thérier 4 wins (1973–1984)	Most rally wins 7 wins, 5th at the 1976 Rallye de Portugal	Succeeded by Björn Waldegård 11 wins, 8th at the 1979 Acropolis Rally