Bad news arrives for the rally world and, more generally, for motorsport as a whole. Sandro Munari, one of the greatest rally drivers of all time, has been hospitalized for a few hours and is in serious condition.
Il Drago di Cavarzere, as he has been known since he ran in a car, has been hospitalized for 2 days and revealed the news was Sandro’s wife, Flavia Pretolani, through a long post appeared on the Facebook group called “Munari-Mannucci fan club (Official group).
Mrs. Flavia, after a good anecdote about her husband, revealed her conditions in simple but very profound and heartfelt words: “I would like to share with you, who love Sandro, a great weight on my heart … Sandro he has been hospitalized since yesterday “.
“It’s pretty serious and I can’t be with him even for a minute, and that kills me. I’ve never left him alone for at least two months now and I can’t think of him in pain and confusion, with no one to hold his hand and caress him the forehead. I ask you a prayer for him so that he can come home to us for a little while longer … “.
Munari, born in Cavarzere on March 27, 1940, is known for his talent in driving rally cars and for being the first Italian to win the FIA Cup dedicated to drivers in 1977. He achieved success at the wheel of a Lancia Stratos. , for an all-tricolor combination.
Munari also distinguished himself for having won a European rally championship and 2 Italian rally championships, as well as 7 rallies with world validity including the Rallye Monte-Carlo three times in as many consecutive editions (from 1975 to 1977, always behind the wheel of a Lancia Stratos of the Lancia Alitalia team).
Over the last few hours, many messages of closeness have arrived towards Sandro and the Munari family. Among these, Franco Cunico’s is very beautiful: “My idol, my myth, my inspiration, what I wanted to become, the DRAGON”.
“This morning a post from my dear wife Flavia made us share in her pain, of the fact that since yesterday Sandro has been hospitalized in serious condition. My blood froze, the pain took me because of the admiration I always have had from an early age for Munari is immeasurable.
I’m speechless, I just have to pray for him with all of you “.
The Motorsport.com editorial team joins the Munari family, hoping that Sandro will soon return home.
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