Sandro Munari
World Rally Championship record
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1973 - 1984
Teams	Lancia
Rallies	36
Championships	1 (1977)
Rally wins	7
Podium finishes	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.

[edit] Career

Munari with a Group 5 Lancia Stratos Turbo in 2005.

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, 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.

[edit] WRC victories

#	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

[edit] References

• "Driver Profile - Sandro Munari". www.Rallye-Info.com. http://www.rallye-info.com/driverprofile.asp?driverid=240. Retrieved 2007-02-17. 
• "Sandro Munari: Full results". RallyBase. http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=3486. Retrieved 2007-02-17. 

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