Sandro Munari

Sandro Munari
Munari at the 1975 Rallye Sanremo
Personal information
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1940-03-27) 27 March 1940 (age 84)
Cavarzere, Kingdom of Italy
World Rally Championship record
Active years1973–1984
Co-driverItaly Mario Mannucci
Kenya Lofty Drews
Italy Piero Sodano
Italy Silvio Maiga
France Jacques Jaubert
Kenya Ian Street
TeamsLancia
Rallies36
Championships1 (1977)
Rally wins7
Podiums14
Stage wins91
Total points7
First rally1973 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.

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

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points
1973 Lancia Marlboro Lancia Fulvia HF MON
Ret 		SWE POR KEN MOR GRE POL FIN AUT ITA USA GBR FRA N/A N/A
1974 Lancia Marlboro 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

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 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