The AUSTRALIAN and NEW ZEALAND
LANCIA STRATO'S
and STRATO'S REPLICA REGISTER
(for owners of Lancia Strato's vehicles)
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The AUSTRALIAN and NEW ZEALAND LANCIA STRATO'S and STRATO'S REPLICA REGISTER (for owners of Lancia Strato's vehicles) |
MOTORSPORT and the
LANCIA STRATO'S
LANCIA STRATO'S in the ALITALIA Racing Colours That Made it Famous
Photo courtesy of 
MAGAZINE
The LANCIA STRATO'S was produced with two aims in mind.
The Strato's made its motorsport debut in 1972 at the Tour de Corse rally in Corsica. Many in the motorsport department did not wish this to happen as they feared that the recently modified rear suspension mount fabrications ( the car was a prototype ) would not hold up on the seriously rougher than normal Corsican roads. The car, ( chassis number 2 ) painted in Marlboro livery and with no spoilers, lined up at the start. The car retired early in the event due to rear suspension failure.
The same Strato's was then raced at the Costa Del Sol rally in Spain only one month later. Again the rear suspension failed, but not before the Strato's had led the rally for several stages. The Lancia Strato's had proved that it had the potential required to be a champion.
PIRELLI WORKS STRATO'S at the 1977 LOMBARD RAC RALLY
In 1973 things began to come together for the Strato's. On the 6-8/4/73 the Strato's had its first win. At the hands of Sandro Munari, A614056 clad in
Marlboro livery, took out the Rallye Firestone. A further first was had in the Tour De L’Aisne driven by Andruet. Then came a very important win with Munari piloting Marlboro car no.111 to victory in the Tour De France which covered about 6000 km.……….
Lancia won the Championship in 1974 with a combination of wins by their older cars, topped off with Strato's wins in the following –
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Lancia again won the World Rally Championship in 1975, this time it was all Strato's in the famous
Alitalia colour scheme with wins in the following events –
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The Strato's won its final World Championship in 1976 with wins in the following events –
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At this point in time, the Fiat company decided to retire the Strato's in favour of one of its high production models – the Fiat 131. It was only to be entered in selected events. Despite this, The Strato's was the victor in the following events in 1977 –
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1977 saw the end of the
Alitalia colours on the Strato's.
A Road Racing Version of the LANCIA STRATO'S in the MATUSA COLLECTION MUSEUM in Japan
1978 was the last year of the "works" Strato's. This year saw the introduction of the
Pirelli colour scheme to the works cars for the few events they were to contest. The Strato's scored wins in the following events –
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1979 saw the entire Strato's competition fleet in privateer hands, but this didn’t stop the wins. The following are a list of victories from 1979 onward –
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NOTE: Figures may not be accurate
The above list was compiled using magazine articles of the day and several books on the Strato's that are worth the effort to read if you are a Strato's fan. They are as follows
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