Luis Pérez Companc

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Luis Pérez Companc (born 2 January 1972) is a rally and racing driver.

Luis Pérez Companc
Companc at the 2006 Cyprus Rally.
NationalityArgentina Argentine
Born (1972-01-02) January 2, 1972 (age 52)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Racing licence FIA Bronze
World Rally Championship record
Active years2001–2008
TeamsBozian Racing, Ford, Stobart Ford, Munchi's Ford World Rally Team
Rallies25
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points9
First rally2001 Rally Argentina
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2009, 2011-
TeamsAF Corse, PeCom Racing
Best finish9th (2012)
Class wins0
Companc driving a Peugeot 206 WRC at the 2004 Cyprus Rally.

He competed at the World Rally Championship from 2001 to 2008, claiming a fifth place at the 2007 Rally Japan, a sixth at the 2004 Rally Argentina, and seventh at the 2006 Rally New Zealand. In 2007 he founded the Munchi's Ford World Rally Team.

Companc has competed in sports car racing since 2008, with spells at the FIA GT Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series and IMSA SportsCar Championship. He claimed class wins at the 2009 24 Hours of Spa, 2013 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and 2014 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, plus class podiums at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012 and 2014.

He is a son of Gregorio Pérez Companc, and the older brother of Pablo Pérez Companc, also involved in motorsport as a one-time Indy Pro Series racer with the Chip Ganassi Racing team, but who suffered serious injuries in an on-track incident in 2007.

Rallying career edit

Companc competed initially in the Production World Rally Championship. He debuted on his home event in 2001. He then won the Argentina Rally Championship in 2005 with a Toyota Corolla WRC. His profile heightened for the 2006 season, when he assumed a place in the newly formed Stobart VK M-Sport Ford team alongside the teenager Matthew Wilson, son of Malcolm Wilson, the boss of both the Stobart VK squad and the Blue Oval marque's more senior manufacturer-backed works team, which would incidentally go on to win the world manufacturers' title that year.

Having initially fared on the early season rallies with older, 2004-specification Ford Focus RS WRCs, both Companc and Wilson would eventually be entrusted with examples of the 2006 championship-winning car, an arrangement which persisted into the 2007 season. Aboard the Focus, Companc competed on eight rallies in all in 2006, while planning ten rounds for the following year, and scored his first WRC points on the 2006 Rally New Zealand. Companc's team for 2007, Munchi's Ford World Rally Team chose to pair him with fellow native, Juan Pablo Raies, who was in turn co-driven by Pérez Companc's brother, Jorge. When Raies was replaced in the Munchi's team's post-Rally Argentina lineup by Federico Villagra, winner of that rally in Group N, Jorge Pérez Companc continued his co-driving duties in the second car, with the exception of Rally Japan when Villagra was co-driven by José Díaz, according to personal problems of Jorge.

His last WRC participation was at the 2008 Rally Finland.[1]

Complete WRC results edit

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2001 Luis Pérez Companc Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI MON SWE POR ESP ARG
13
CYP GRE KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR NC 0
2002 Luis Pérez Companc Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII MON SWE FRA ESP CYP
Ret
ARG
Ret
GRE KEN FIN GER ITA NZL AUS GBR NC 0
2003 Luis Pérez Companc Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII MON SWE TUR NZL ARG
Ret
GRE CYP GER FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2004 Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC MON SWE MEX
Ret
NZL CYP
Ret
GRE TUR ARG
6
FIN GER JPN GBR ITA
Ret
FRA ESP AUS 23rd 3
2005 BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON SWE MEX NZL
Ret
ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG
14
FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS NC 0
2006 Stobart VK Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON SWE
23
MEX
12
ESP FRA ARG
9
ITA
12
GRE GER FIN CYP
14
TUR 26th 2
Ford Focus RS WRC 06 JPN
11
AUS
22
NZL
7
GBR
2007 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 06 MON SWE
15
NOR MEX
19
POR ARG
28
ITA
Ret
GRE
11
FIN
11
GER NZL
23
ESP
Ret
FRA JPN
5
IRE GBR
Ret
16th 4
2008 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 07 MON SWE MEX ARG
Ret
JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN
Ret
GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR NC 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results edit

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2009   AF Corse   Gianmaria Bruni
  Matías Russo
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 317 26th 6th
2010   AF Corse   Mika Salo
  Matías Russo
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 0 DNS DNS
2011   PeCom Racing   Matías Russo
  Pierre Kaffer
Lola B11/40-Judd LMP2 139 DNF DNF
2012   PeCom Racing   Pierre Kaffer
  Soheil Ayari
Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 352 9th 3rd
2013   PeCom Racing   Pierre Kaffer
  Nicolas Minassian
Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 325 10th 4th
2014   AF Corse   Marco Cioci
  Mirko Venturi
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Am
331 20th 3rd
2019   Clearwater Racing   Matt Griffin
  Matteo Cressoni
Ferrari 488 GTE GTE
Am
331 37th 7th
2023   Richard Mille AF Corse   Alessio Rovera
  Lilou Wadoux
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am
33 DNF DNF

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2012 PeCom Racing LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8 SEB
6
SPA
20
LMS
7
SIL
11
SÃO
8
BHR
6
FUJ
11
SHA
10
16th 34.5
2013 PeCom Racing LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8 SIL
3
SPA
1
LMS
4
SÃO
3
COA
2
FUJ
5
SHA
Ret
BHR
7
4th 110
2014 AF Corse LMGTE Am Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 SIL
6
SPA
1
LMS
3
COA
4
FUJ
SHA
BHR
SÃO
6th 76
2018–19 Clearwater Racing LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SPA
LMS
SIL
FUJ
SHA
SEB
DNS
SPA
3
LMS
3
15th 38
2023 Richard Mille AF Corse LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SEB
Ret
PRT
2
SPA
1
LMS
Ret
MNZ
6
FUJ
9
BHR
9
8th 56

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2022 AF Corse GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
4
SEB
3
LBH LGA MDO DET WGL
8
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
PET
8
20th 1119
2023 AF Corse GTD Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 DAY
19
SEB
LBH
MON
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
IMS PET
66th 136
2024 Richard Mille AF Corse LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
Ret
SEB WGL MOS ELK IMS ATL

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