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![An orange Lancia Stratos HF Stradale, front three-quarter view on a warm ember field with a broad bloom of light](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/lancia-stratos-hf-stradale/hero-wide-2560.jpg)

# Stratos HF Stradale

Five hundred was the target

Marcello Gandini drew the wedge, Bertone built its shells and Lancia placed Ferrari's 2.4-litre Dino V6 across the middle. The road car existed to make the rally car legal. The file contains no uncontested count.

1972–1975 assembly · ≈492 completed · Grugliasco / Chivasso

## The price and the proof

Indicative road-car band €590K–€815K · 8 documented road sales · 8 recorded sales on file · market as of 2026-09-01. Modeled values are not observed sales. Nothing here is investment advice.

Confidence: medium. A thin public road-car reference band: the 2024 Monaco sale of 001832 and the 2026 Paris record for 001932. It is not a generic appraisal, and Group 4 cars need a defined works or conversion status before comparison. Period list-price accounts disagree between ITL 8.5M and ITL 10.725M; other currencies and dates are not directly comparable.

As-sold public results with buyer's premium where the auctioneer reported a sold total. No currency normalisation.

The ledger begins with an early publicity car at £249,200 in 2012 and ends with a 2,000-km Celeste time capsule at €815,000 in 2026. The stations are different cars in different currencies; only 001832 repeats.

| Record | Amount | What | Venue | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Road record | €815'000 | Stratos HF Stradale · 001932 · 2,000 km | Gooding Christie's, Paris | 2026 |
| Road record | €625'000 | Period Group 4 conversion · 001581 | Broad Arrow, Knokke-Heist | 2025 |

Valuation method and source rules: [HICONIUM standards](https://hiconium.dev/standards). Observed auction results across the wider market: [Market terminal](https://hiconium.dev/market).

### Model readouts

8 documented anchors. model v1 · seed lancia-stratos-hf-stradale. Compound annual growth is modeled price CAGR; S&P 500 is a price index without dividends. Forecast quantiles are not investment advice.

| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1Y | -1.3% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | +12.6% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
| 10Y | +6.7% | +13.3% | +11.8% |

| Series | Deepest drawdown | Window |
| --- | --- | --- |
| This car* | -18.8% | Jul 2015 → Apr 2018 · recovered Jun 2020 |
| S&P 500 | -50.8% | Oct 2007 → Mar 2009 · recovered Mar 2013 |
| Gold | -39.3% | Sep 2011 → Dec 2015 · recovered Jul 2020 |

| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| +6M | €658'441 | €721'682 | €790'997 |
| +12M | €668'824 | €751'081 | €843'455 |
| +24M | €692'893 | €813'521 | €955'149 |

### Documented sales

8 recorded. Every public sale on this file, newest first. Amounts keep the recorded currency. Source links appear only when the catalog stores a public auction-lot URL.

| Date | Chassis / label | Class | House | Venue | Amount | Currency | Basis | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-01-29 | gooding · Rétromobile Paris Auction · incl. buyer's premium | Road | gooding | Rétromobile Paris Auction | €815'000 | EUR | incl. buyer's premium | [https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1975-lancia-stratos-hf-stradale-1](https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1975-lancia-stratos-hf-stradale-1) |
| 2025-03-08 | 2025 | Road | Broad Arrow Auctions | The Amelia Auction 2025, Amelia Island, USA | $692'500 | USD | incl. buyer's premium | [https://www.broadarrowauctions.com/vehicles/am25_r037/1975-lancia-stratos-hf-stradale](https://www.broadarrowauctions.com/vehicles/am25_r037/1975-lancia-stratos-hf-stradale) |
| 2024-05-11 | RM Sotheby's · Monaco · incl. buyer's premium | Road | RM Sotheby's | Monaco | €590'000 | EUR | incl. buyer's premium | [https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/mc24/monaco/lots/r0081-1975-lancia-stratos-hf-stradale-by-bertone/1472370](https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/mc24/monaco/lots/r0081-1975-lancia-stratos-hf-stradale-by-bertone/1472370) |
| 2023-03-02 | 2023 | Road | gooding | Amelia Island Auctions 2023 | $582'500 | USD | incl. buyer's premium | [https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1974-lancia-stratos-hf-stradale-1](https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1974-lancia-stratos-hf-stradale-1) |
| 2021-07-03 | Dorotheum · Classic Cars, Vösendorf, Austria · incl. buyer's premium | Road | Dorotheum | Classic Cars, Vösendorf, Austria | €383'800 | EUR | incl. buyer's premium | [https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/7252120/](https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/7252120/) |
| 2020-10-30 | Gooding Christie's · Geared Online, Online, USA · incl. buyer's premium | Road | Gooding Christie's | Geared Online, Online, USA | $451'000 | USD | incl. buyer's premium | [https://glenmarch.com/auction-cars/show-backup-image/83364/results](https://glenmarch.com/auction-cars/show-backup-image/83364/results) |
| 2019-10-11 | bonhams · Knokke-Heist, Le Zoute · hammer | Road | bonhams | Knokke-Heist, Le Zoute | €350'000 | EUR | hammer | [https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/25565/lot/19/1974-lancia-stratos-hf-stradale-coupe-chassis-no-chassis-no-229-aro-01646/](https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/25565/lot/19/1974-lancia-stratos-hf-stradale-coupe-chassis-no-chassis-no-229-aro-01646/) |
| 2007-12-19 | bonhams · Geneva, Av. Pictet-de-Rochemont · hammer | Road | bonhams | Geneva, Av. Pictet-de-Rochemont | CHF 245'000 | CHF | hammer | [https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/15485/lot/231/24000-kilometres-from-new1974-lancia-stratos-hf-stradale-coupe-chassis-no-229-aro-01646-engine-no-829-aro-3103/](https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/15485/lot/231/24000-kilometres-from-new1974-lancia-stratos-hf-stradale-coupe-chassis-no-229-aro-01646-engine-no-829-aro-3103/) |

The ex-Jolly Club 001754 was estimated at €750,000–900,000 in Monaco in 2026 but did not sell; an estimate is not entered as a transaction.

## Overview

| Highlight | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| The engine negotiation | Ferrari feared the Stratos would eclipse the Dino 246. Ten prototype engines arrived in May 1972; the production allocation of 500 was not agreed until 14 December. Cesare Fiorio drove the negotiations and convinced Gobbato to make the programme real. Until the agreement, even the Ferrari-Dino-engined 1971 show car had no settled production engine supply. |
| Homologated in components | FIA did not require 500 finished cars parked together. It accepted that enough bodies and parts existed to complete the target. The exact finished-car position remains disputed: 147 before 1 October, about 140 widely believed against a factory report of 200, and 183 by the end of 1974 all appear in reviewed accounts. |
| The handover | Alpine entered 1974 as the inaugural WRC manufacturers' champion. By season's end Lancia had 94 points to Alpine's 29 and the Stratos was the new benchmark. Munari's prototype had already won the 1973 Firestone Rally and Tour de France Auto. Homologation on 1 October 1974 turned proof outside the championship into the late-season works surge that delivered Lancia the manufacturers' crown. |

| Label | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Power | 190 bhp |
| 0 to 100 | 6.8 s claim |
| Completed | ≈492 |
| Layout | Transverse mid-V6 |
| Homologated | 1 October 1974 |

## Technical specifications

### Powertrain

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Engine | 2'418 cc Ferrari Dino V6 | transverse, mid-mounted |
| Induction | Triple Weber 40 IDF carburettors |  |
| Stradale output | 190 bhp @ 7'400 rpm |  |
| Transmission | 5-speed manual transaxle |  |
| Group 4 output | 270 hp / 300 hp | specification-family claims; not one universal works tune |

### Performance

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 0 to 100 km/h | 6.8 s | factory-era road-car claim; protocol and surface unspecified |
| Conflicting sprint | 5.2 s | reproduced comparison; no comparable protocol |

### Chassis & dimensions

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brakes | Four-wheel Girling discs |  |
| Length | 3'710 mm |  |
| Width | 1'750 mm | Ultimatecarpage gives 1'760 mm |
| Stradale weight | 980 kg | kerb / dry reference wording differs by source |
| Group 4 weight | 790 kg dry | New Stratos comparison-sheet figure |

### Production & identity

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Homologation target | 500 in 24 months | later Group 4 rules used 400 |
| Accepted | 1 October 1974 | on shells and components sufficient to finish the run |
| Completed | ≈492 | sources range 491–498; another account says 457 on wheels |
| Official racing versions | 26 | period conversions and later competition cars sit outside this count |
| Body / assembly | Bertone, Grugliasco / Lancia, Via San Paolo–Chivasso |  |

## One wedge, three visible coats

The Stradale made the homologation case; Group 4 made the rally reputation. The Group 5 Turbo was a separate closed-course prototype line; the visible coats remain the road car, Marlboro prototype and Alitalia works car.

| Variant | Years | Built | Rarity | Indicative value | Documented cars | File |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stratos HF Stradale | 1972–1975 assembly | 492 | Works / very rare |  | 11 | [Open variant file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale/stradale) |
| Stratos HF Gruppo 4 | Homologated 1974 | 26 | Works / very rare |  | 2 | [Open variant file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale/gruppo-4) |
| Stratos Turbo Gruppo 5 | 1976 | 2 | Works / very rare |  | 0 | [Open variant file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale/gruppo-5-turbo) |

The counts are not additive: about 492 road cars, 26 official Group 4 versions, two Group 5 Turbo prototypes, and a wider family of period conversions and later competition cars.

### Stratos HF Stradale

1972–1975 assembly · Works / very rare · 492 · [Open as its own file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale/stradale)

The homologation road car: a transverse 2.4-litre Dino V6, triple Webers and a five-speed transaxle inside Gandini's Bertone wedge.

Roughly 492 is the working catalogue count, not a settled factory ledger. Sources range from 491 to 498 completed cars; another account says 457 were on wheels when assembly stopped. The original homologation bid targeted 500 within 24 months.

- 190 bhp at 7'400 rpm
- Group 4 confirmation: 1 October 1974
- ≈492 completed; 500 was the cited homologation target
- Public road-car references: €590'000–815'000, 2024–2026

| Label | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Engine | 2'418 cc Ferrari Dino V6 · triple Weber 40 IDF |
| Power | 190 bhp |
| Weight | 980 kg kerb / dry reference |
| 0–100 km/h | 6.8 s claim |

### The Stratos HF Stradale register

11 documented · public records only. Private, unpublished and member-only chassis files are omitted.

| Year | Chassis | Colour | Provenance | Last public sale | File |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1973 | 829AR0 0003 | Colour not documented. | Completed 31 October 1973 and registered by Lancia; used for early publicity and said to appear on the 1 October 1974 FIA homologation papers. Restored to its early configuration. | £249'200 · RM Sotheby's · 2012 | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale?file=829AR0%200003) |
| 1974 | 829AR0 001527 | Rosso Arancio | The 27th of fewer than 500, body 31, with two owners and 6,440 km. Offered at RM Sotheby's Monterey in 2018 and not sold against a $600,000–675,000 estimate. |  | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale?file=829AR0%20001527) |
| 1974 | 829AR0 001544 | Colour not documented. | The 44th built, body 214, finally assembled on 1 July 1974. Its original engine, gearbox and body were documented before its 2023 sale. | $582'500 · Gooding Christie's · 2023 | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale?file=829AR0%20001544) |
| 1974 | 829AR0 001556 | Colour not documented. | Preserved and unrestored after 35 years with one Swiss owner, showing 56,500 km at its 2013 public sale. | $429'000 · Gooding Christie's · 2013 | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale?file=829AR0%20001556) |
| 1975 | 829AR0 001599 | Dark blue | Delivered in Milan, then taken to Japan and California. Parked from the early 1990s and offered as an unrestored discovery. | $451'000 · Gooding Christie's · 2020 | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale?file=829AR0%20001599) |
| 1975 | 829AR0 001666 | Red-Orange | Delivered in Padova on 22 May 1975, body 132, in Red-Orange over Havana Alcantara. Offered at RM Sotheby's St. Moritz in 2022 and not sold against a CHF600,000–700,000 estimate. |  | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale?file=829AR0%20001666) |
| 1975 | 829AR0 001832 | Azzurro Chiaro | Body 397, Azzurro Chiaro over black Alcantara. Sold to Guido Bignardi in 1975 and retained by him for 30 years; Lancia Classiche certified the chassis and engine in 2020. Sold publicly in 2019 and again in 2024. | €590'000 · RM Sotheby's · 2024 | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale?file=829AR0%20001832) |
| 1975 | 829AR0 001843 | Colour not documented. | Completed in January 1975 with factory records, warranty-book entries and ASI papers. It retains its original panels and most of its original paint. |  | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale?file=829AR0%20001843) |
| 1975 | 829AR0 001932 | Celeste | Delivered new to Rome in Celeste and retained by Mario Righini for more than 45 years. Showing 2,000 km with tools, warranty book, registration booklet and delivery papers, it set the public model auction record in 2026. | €815'000 · Gooding Christie's · 2026 | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale?file=829AR0%20001932) |
| 1975 | 829AR0 001948 | Azzuro | Originally Azzuro, later part of the Rosso Bianco Collection and subsequently given a cosmetic and mechanical restoration. | $451'000 · Gooding Christie's · 2017 | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale?file=829AR0%20001948) |
| 1975 | 829AR0 001976 | Colour not documented. | Body 445 with matching chassis, engine and body and documented Italian ownership. Sold in London in 2015, then offered at Amelia Island in 2020 and not sold. | £308'000 · RM Sotheby's · 2015 | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale?file=829AR0%20001976) |

### Stratos HF Gruppo 4

Homologated 1974 · Works / very rare · 26 · [Open as its own file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale/gruppo-4)

The competition family: 26 official racing versions, joined by factory-approved period conversions and later competition-spec cars that must not be counted as works chassis.

The works engine evolved from 12 to 24 valves. Stellantis quotes 300 hp for the latter; the New Stratos comparison gives 270 hp and 790 kg dry. Pirelli documents P7 tyres for Munari's 1977 Monte-Carlo win; its red, white and black body livery belongs to a separate 1978 record.

- 26 factory or official racing versions
- Monte-Carlo 1975: Munari/Mannucci, +3:06
- 001581 period conversion: €625'000, Knokke-Heist 2025
- Works, period conversion and later recreation are separate files

| Label | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Engine | 2'418 cc Dino V6 · 12V / 24V works evolution |
| Power | 270–300 hp |
| Weight | 790 kg dry reference |

### The Stratos HF Gruppo 4 register

2 documented · public records only. Private, unpublished and member-only chassis files are omitted.

| Year | Chassis | Colour | Provenance | Last public sale | File |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1974 | 829AR0 001619 | Bleu 2312 | Rolled out on 23 July 1974, sold in 1978 and converted for rallying by Roberto Mervic. Later maintained by Konrad Schmidt, still wearing the Bleu 2312 it was originally finished in, its original engine confirmed by Lancia Classiche. | €379'500 · Dorotheum · 2015 | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale?file=829AR0%20001619) |
| 1976 | 829AR0 001754 | Colour not documented. | Delivered as a Stradale and immediately converted by University Motors with factory approval. It ran nearly 40 rallies from 1976 to 1982; after a 1977 crash it was rebuilt around a replacement shell from 1682 and renumbered 1754. |  | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale?file=829AR0%20001754) |

### Stratos Turbo Gruppo 5

1976 · Works / very rare · 2 · [Open as its own file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lancia/stratos-hf-stradale/gruppo-5-turbo)

The two factory silhouette prototypes for closed-course endurance racing, including a 1976 Le Mans entry.

The single-turbo Group 5 cars formed a separate circuit programme rather than an evolution of the Group 4 rally car. One contested Le Mans in 1976 with Christine Dacremont and Lella Lombardi among its crew.

- Two FIA Group 5 silhouette prototypes
- Separate closed-course programme from the Group 4 rally car
- Le Mans entry in 1976 with Dacremont and Lombardi

| Label | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Engine | Single-turbo Dino V6 |
| Power | Up to 560 hp |

## Numbers that moved

A Stratos file begins with four distinct questions: the homologation target, cars complete at approval, total production and the boundary between official works cars and the wider competition family.

| Plate A | Plate B | Year | Story |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 500 | 400 later | The homologation rule | RM records 500 examples within 24 months as the target for the 1974 bid. Stellantis cites at least 400, and a later RM account says the rule was subsequently lowered. The page keeps 500 as the original target and does not project the later 400 rule backwards. |
| 147 / ≈140 | 183 / 200 | Cars complete at homologation | One source gives 147 completed before 1 October 1974; another says the factory reported 200 but about 140 were widely believed to exist; RM Essen gives 183 by the end of 1974. FIA accepted shell and component sufficiency. No reviewed source settles the completed-car count at confirmation. |
| ≈492 | 491–498 / 457 | Total production | RM and Gooding use 492, while RM Monaco gives a 491–498 range. Auto Italia says 457 were on wheels when assembly stopped, with remaining chassis used as spares or finished by specialists. Overview copy therefore says roughly 492 completed, not exactly 492. |
| 26 official | ≈50 Gr.4 family | The competition ledger | Stellantis and Broad Arrow count 26 factory or official racing versions. Ultimatecarpage gives around 50 for the wider Group 4 family. Works cars, factory-approved period conversions and later competition-spec cars remain separate categories. |

## Heritage

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> Gooding Christie's · chassis 001932 · Paris 2026

### A concept with no settled engine

The proposition

Bertone unveiled the running Stratos Zero on 28 October 1970. A year later Lancia and Bertone returned to Turin with the production-shaped Stratos HF: Marcello Gandini's hard wedge, wraparound screen and a transverse Ferrari Dino V6 placed amidships — although the November 1971 press release still left the final engine open.

Ferrari worried the new car would eclipse the Dino 246. A promise of 500 engines stalled; ten prototypes arrived in late May 1972, and the full allocation was not agreed until 14 December. Between those dates the Stratos had already made a premature Tour de Corse start and retired with rear-suspension trouble.

### Winning before legality

The prototype

From 8 April to 23 September 1973, Munari's prototype won the Firestone Rally, finished second at the Targa Florio and won the Tour de France Auto. The Marlboro-liveried car was proving the proposition before Group 4 homologation existed.

The results did not erase the production problem. The target remained 500 within 24 months, and the file still carries incompatible counts for complete cars when FIA approval arrived.

![Munari's Marlboro-liveried Stratos prototype at the 1973 Targa Florio](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/lancia-stratos-hf-stradale/story/marlboro-targa-florio-1973.jpg)

![Marlboro-liveried Stratos during the 1973 Tour de France Auto](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/lancia-stratos-hf-stradale/story/marlboro-tour-de-france-1973.jpg)

### Five hundred without five hundred cars

The papers

Group 4 confirmation came on 1 October 1974. FIA accepted that enough shells and components existed to complete 500; it did not require five hundred finished cars to stand together. Accounts say 147 before approval, about 140 against a factory report of 200, or 183 by year-end. The durable fact is sufficiency of parts, not one settled completed-car count.

The sporting answer was less ambiguous. Alpine had won the inaugural 1973 manufacturers' championship with 147 points. In 1974 it fell to fifth on 29 while Lancia took the crown on 94, the homologated Stratos delivering the handover after its late-season surge.

![Alitalia-liveried Stratos Gruppo 4 in side profile](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/lancia-stratos-hf-stradale/story/alitalia-group4-side.jpg)

### Roughly four hundred and ninety-two

The civilians

Bertone built the shells at Grugliasco; Lancia completed assembly at Via San Paolo and Chivasso. The working catalogue figure is roughly 492, but reviewed sources range from 491 to 498 and another account says 457 were on wheels when assembly stopped, with remaining chassis used as spares or finished by specialists.

The market now rewards precisely the things the homologation count obscures: one chassis, one specification, one continuous file. Chassis 001932 remained with Mario Righini for more than 45 years, carried only 2,000 km and retained its Celeste finish, tools and papers. Its €815,000 Paris result in 2026 is the public model auction record.

![Blue Stratos HF Stradale on a mountain road](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/lancia-stratos-hf-stradale/story/blue-front.jpg)

![Dino V6 engine bay of a blue Stratos HF Stradale](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/lancia-stratos-hf-stradale/story/blue-engine.jpg)

### Milestones

| Date | Title | What happened | Standing |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 28 October 1970 | Stratos Zero | Bertone unveils the running Fulvia-V4 concept at the Turin Salon. |  |
| November 1971 | Stratos HF prototype | The Gandini production shape appears with a Dino V6, while the final engine supply remains unresolved. |  |
| 14 December 1972 | Five hundred engines | Ferrari finally agrees to the production allocation after supplying ten prototype engines in May. |  |
| 23 September 1973 | Tour de France Auto | Munari's prototype completes its run of pre-homologation proof with victory. |  |
| 1 October 1974 | Group 4 confirmed | FIA accepts shell and component sufficiency for the 500-car target. |  |
| 23 January 1975 | Monte-Carlo | Munari and Mannucci win by 3:06 after twenty-two special stages. |  |
| 2026 | The public record | The 2,000-km Celeste chassis 001932 sells in Paris for €815,000. |  |

## Three men, one impossible programme

A designer, a political operator and the driver who proved the car before the paperwork caught up.

### Cesare Fiorio

Sporting director · programme architect

Fiorio drove the negotiations, secured Ferrari's engine agreement and convinced Gobbato to make the Stratos programme real.

### [Marcello Gandini](https://hiconium.dev/people/marcello-gandini)

Designer · Bertone

Gandini shaped the production Stratos for Bertone: the hard wedge and wraparound windscreen that made the purpose-built rally car visually unmistakable.

### Sandro Munari

Works driver · project advocate

![Marlboro-liveried Lancia Stratos on a rally stage](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/lancia-stratos-hf-stradale/team/sandro-munari.jpg)

The driver most closely linked to the Stratos and its most successful works advocate. Munari carried the prototype wins into the homologated car and won Monte-Carlo in 1975.

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