The Munchi's Ford World Rally Team was a private team competing in the World Rally Championship, founded by rally driver Luís Pérez Companc, son of Argentine entrepreneur Gregorio Pérez Companc,Luis Perez Companc: Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team on Medium.com, 4 Aug 2017 also a car enthusiast and collector.Perez Companc y los autos: una millonaria colección y la increíble pista de pruebas profesional de Escobar by Diego Zorrero at Infobae.com, 14 Jun 2023
The team made its debut in the 2007 Swedish Rally. The cars were prepared and run by the Cumbria based M-Sport operation and Martin Christie is the team principal.
History
2007 season
The Munchi's Ford World Rally Team was founded by Argentine rally driver Luís Pérez Companc, using the name of his family's ice cream parlor chain, Munchi'sMurió Perez Companc on Cronista.com, 14 Jun 2024 (which name had been taken from the nickname of María Sundblad, Pérez Companc's wife).Munchi, la más rica on La Nación, 26 Jan 2021 The team competed in the World Rally Championship in 2007 for ten rounds. The drivers who started the season for the team at the Rally Sweden were Pérez Companc and Juan Pablo Raies. Companc finished the rally in 15th, but his teammate Raies retired before the start of the event. Despite scoring eight points, Raies was replaced by Federico Villagra halfway through the season in Italy. Villagra would go on to score just two points. The best result for the team came at the 2007 Rally Japan when Companc and Villagra finished fifth and seventh respectively, scoring six points for the team. The team finished last in the constructors' championship with 14 points. However, the initial season for the team was simply to familiarise themselves with the series and the car.
2008 season For the 2008 season the team contested ten rounds. Federico Villagra drove all ten rounds for the team, while Luís Pérez Companc, who also began driving in the FIA GT Championship in 2008, shared the second car with Stobart Ford regular Henning Solberg, Aris Vovos and Barry Clark, the reigning Fiesta Sporting Trophy International champion, who contested 3 rounds of the championship for the team.
2009 season With a healthy amount of experience under their belts and the competitiveness of the Ford Focus RS WRC, the Argentinean duo of Villagra and Companc gathered a strong haul of 23 points in the 2009 season. They also had their best WRC finishes, finishing Acropolis Rally and Rally Argentina in fourth position overall.
2010 season For the 2010 season the team took part in 8 rounds out of 13. Federico Villagra drove the 8 rounds with various co-drivers in Ford Focus RS WRC 08 car. At the end of season, the team scored 58 points and ranked 5 of the Manufacturers' championship. Villagra scored 36 points and finished 9th in Drivers' Championship.
2011 season It was announced that Federico Villagra is going to continue in 2011 with Ford. Currently with Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
WRC results Year Car No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points TC Points 2007 Ford Focus RS WRC 06 11 Luís Pérez Companc MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR 16th 4 6th 14 12 Juan Pablo Raies MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG - 0 Federico Villagra ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR 20th 2 2008 Ford Focus RS WRC 07 9 Federico Villagra MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR 14th 9 6th 22 10 Henning Solberg MON SWE MEX ITA GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR 8th* 22* Luís Pérez Companc ARG FIN - 0 Armodios Vovos GRE - 0 Barry Clark JOR TUR - 0 2009 Ford Focus RS WRC 08 9 Federico Villagra IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POL FIN AUS ESP GBR 9th 16 5th 23 10 Matti Rantanen IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POL FIN AUS ESP GBR 15th 4 72 Mattias Therman IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POL FIN AUS ESP GBR - 0 2010 Ford Focus RS WRC 08 9 Federico VillagraSWE MEX JOR TUR NZL PORBULFINDEU JPN FRA ESPGBR 9th 36 5th 58 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC 7 Federico Villagra SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN DEU AUS FRA ESP GBR 13th 20 7th 38
Gallery
See also M-Sport World Rally Team Ford World Rally Team
References
External links
at WRC.com (archived)