Munchi's Ford World Rally Team
Template:Short description Template:WRC team 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,[1] also a car enthusiast and collector.[2]
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's[3] (which name had been taken from the nickname of María Sundblad, Pérez Companc's wife).[4] 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.[5] 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 |
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| 2007 | Ford Focus RS WRC 06 | 11 | Template:Flagicon Luís Pérez Companc | MON | SWE 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NOR | MEX 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POR DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ARG 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ITA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GRE 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FIN 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GER | NZL 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ESP RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FRA | JPN 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IRE | GBR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
16th | 4 | 6th | 14 |
| 12 | Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Raies | MON | SWE EXScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NOR | MEX 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POR | ARG 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
- | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Federico Villagra | ITA 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GRE 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FIN 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GER | NZL 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ESP 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FRA | JPN 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IRE | GBR 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20th | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 9 | Template:Flagicon Federico Villagra | MON | SWE | MEX 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ARG 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
JOR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ITA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GRE 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TUR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FIN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GER | NZL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ESP 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FRA | JPN 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GBR | 14th | 9 | 6th | 22 | |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Henning Solberg | MON | SWE | MEX 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ITA 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GER | NZL 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ESP 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FRA | JPN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GBR | 8th* | 22* | ||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Luís Pérez Companc | ARG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FIN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
- | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Armodios Vovos | GRE RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
- | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Barry Clark | JOR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TUR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
- | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 9 | Template:Flagicon Federico Villagra | IRE | NOR | CYP 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ARG 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ITA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GRE 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POL | FIN 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
AUS 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ESP 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GBR | 9th | 16 | 5th | 23 | ||||
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Matti Rantanen | IRE | NOR | CYP | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | POL | FIN 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
AUS | ESP | GBR | 15th | 4 | ||||||||
| 72 | Template:Flagicon Mattias Therman | IRE | NOR | CYP | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | POL | FIN 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
AUS | ESP | GBR | - | 0 | ||||||||
| 2010 | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 9 | Template:Flagicon Federico Villagra | SWE | MEX 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
JOR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TUR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NZL 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BUL | FIN | DEU | JPN 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FRA 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ESP 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GBR | 9th | 36 | 5th | 58 | |||
| 2011 | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 7 | Template:Flagicon Federico Villagra | SWE | MEX 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
JOR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ITA 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ARG 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GRE RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FIN | DEU | AUS | FRA | ESP 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GBR | 13th | 20 | 7th | 38 |
Gallery
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Aris Vovos at the 2008 Rally of Greece
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See also
References
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- ↑ Luis Perez Companc: Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team on Medium.com, 4 Aug 2017
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Murió Perez Companc on Cronista.com, 14 Jun 2024
- ↑ Munchi, la más rica on La Nación, 26 Jan 2021
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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External links
- Munchi's Ford World Rally Team at WRC.com (archived)
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