# Munchi's Ford World Rally 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, also a car enthusiast and collector.
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 (which name had been taken from the nickname of María Sundblad, Pérez Companc's wife). 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 15 | NOR | MEX 19 | POR DNS | ARG 28 | ITA Ret | GRE 11 | FIN 11 | GER | NZL 23 | ESP Ret | FRA | JPN 5 | IRE | GBR Ret | 16th | 4 | 6th | 14 |
| 2007 | Ford Focus RS WRC 06 | 12 | Juan Pablo Raies | MON | SWE EX | NOR | MEX 12 | POR | ARG 12 | | | | | | | | | | | - | 0 | 6th | 14 |
| 2007 | Ford Focus RS WRC 06 | 12 | Federico Villagra | | | | | | | ITA 11 | GRE 32 | FIN 14 | GER | NZL 11 | ESP 13 | FRA | JPN 7 | IRE | GBR 18 | 20th | 2 | 6th | 14 |
| 2008 | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 9 | Federico Villagra | MON | SWE | MEX 7 | ARG 6 | JOR 6 | ITA 14 | GRE 13 | TUR 9 | FIN Ret | GER | NZL 8 | ESP 12 | FRA | JPN 9 | GBR | | 14th | 9 | 6th | 22 |
| 2008 | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 10 | Henning Solberg | MON | SWE | MEX 5 | | | ITA 7 | | | | GER | NZL 9 | ESP 11 | FRA | JPN Ret | GBR | | 8th* | 22* | 6th | 22 |
| 2008 | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 10 | Luís Pérez Companc | | | | ARG Ret | | | | | FIN Ret | | | | | | | | - | 0 | 6th | 22 |
| 2008 | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 10 | Armodios Vovos | | | | | | | GRE Ret | | | | | | | | | | - | 0 | 6th | 22 |
| 2008 | Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 10 | Barry Clark | | | | | JOR 12 | | | TUR 10 | | | | | | | | | - | 0 | 6th | 22 |
| 2009 | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 9 | Federico Villagra | IRE | NOR | CYP 7 | POR 7 | ARG 4 | ITA Ret | GRE 4 | POL | FIN 11 | AUS 8 | ESP 8 | GBR | | | | | 9th | 16 | 5th | 23 |
| 2009 | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 10 | Matti Rantanen | IRE | NOR | CYP | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | POL | FIN 5 | AUS | ESP | GBR | | | | | 15th | 4 | 5th | 23 |
| 2009 | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 72 | Mattias Therman | IRE | NOR | CYP | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | POL | FIN 15 | AUS | ESP | GBR | | | | | - | 0 | 5th | 23 |
| 2010 | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 9 | Federico Villagra | SWE | MEX 7 | JOR 7 | TUR 6 | NZL 9 | POR 8 | BUL | FIN | DEU | JPN 8 | FRA 7 | ESP 15 | GBR | | | | 9th | 36 | 5th | 58 |
| 2011 | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 7 | Federico Villagra | SWE | MEX 9 | POR 8 | JOR 7 | ITA 17 | ARG 6 | GRE Ret | FIN | DEU | AUS | FRA | ESP 16 | GBR | | | | 13th | 20 | 7th | 38 |

## Gallery

* Federico Villagra at the 2007 Wales Rally GB
* Luis Pérez Companc at the 2007 Wales Rally GB
* Aris Vovos at the 2008 Rally of Greece
* Federico Villagra at the 2008 Rally Argentina
* Federico Villagra at the 2008 Rally Argentina
* Federico Villagra at the 2009 Rally de Portugal