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

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

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
2001Luis Pérez CompancMitsubishi Lancer Evo VIMONSWEPORESPARG
13
CYPGREKENFINNZLITAFRAAUSGBRNC0
2002Luis Pérez CompancMitsubishi Lancer Evo VIIMONSWEFRAESPCYP
Ret
ARG
Ret
GREKENFINGERITANZLAUSGBRNC0
2003Luis Pérez CompancMitsubishi Lancer Evo VIIMONSWETURNZLARG
Ret
GRECYPGERFINAUSITAFRAESPGBRNC0
2004Bozian RacingPeugeot 206 WRCMONSWEMEX
Ret
NZLCYP
Ret
GRETURARG
6
FINGERJPNGBRITA
Ret
FRAESPAUS23rd3
2005BP Ford World Rally TeamFord Focus RS WRC 04MONSWEMEXNZL
Ret
ITACYPTURGREARG
14
FINGERGBRJPNFRAESPAUSNC0
2006Stobart VK Ford Rally TeamFord Focus RS WRC 04MONSWE
23
MEX
12
ESPFRAARG
9
ITA
12
GREGERFINCYP
14
TUR26th2
Ford Focus RS WRC 06JPN
11
AUS
22
NZL
7
GBR
2007Munchi's Ford World Rally TeamFord Focus RS WRC 06MONSWE
15
NORMEX
19
PORARG
28
ITA
Ret
GRE
11
FIN
11
GERNZL
23
ESP
Ret
FRAJPN
5
IREGBR
Ret
16th4
2008Munchi's Ford World Rally TeamFord Focus RS WRC 07MONSWEMEXARG
Ret
JORITAGRETURFIN
Ret
GERNZLESPFRAJPNGBRNC0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2009 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni
Matías Russo
Ferrari F430 GT2GT231726th6th
2010 AF Corse Mika Salo
Matías Russo
Ferrari F430 GT2GT20DNSDNS
2011 PeCom Racing Matías Russo
Pierre Kaffer
Lola B11/40-JuddLMP2139DNFDNF
2012 PeCom Racing Pierre Kaffer
Soheil Ayari
Oreca 03-NissanLMP23529th3rd
2013 PeCom Racing Pierre Kaffer
Nicolas Minassian
Oreca 03-NissanLMP232510th4th
2014 AF Corse Marco Cioci
Mirko Venturi
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2GTE
Am
33120th3rd
2019 Clearwater Racing Matt Griffin
Matteo Cressoni
Ferrari 488 GTEGTE
Am
33137th7th
2023 Richard Mille AF Corse Alessio Rovera
Lilou Wadoux
Ferrari 488 GTE EvoGTE
Am
33DNFDNF

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345678RankPoints
2012PeCom RacingLMP2Oreca 03Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8SEB
6
SPA
20
LMS
7
SIL
11
SÃO
8
BHR
6
FUJ
11
SHA
10
16th34.5
2013PeCom RacingLMP2Oreca 03Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8SIL
3
SPA
1
LMS
4
SÃO
3
COA
2
FUJ
5
SHA
Ret
BHR
7
4th110
2014AF CorseLMGTE AmFerrari 458 Italia GT2Ferrari 4.5 L V8SIL
6
SPA
1
LMS
3
COA
4
FUJ
SHA
BHR
SÃO
6th76
2018–19 Clearwater RacingLMGTE AmFerrari 488 GTEFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8SPA
LMS
SIL
FUJ
SHA
SEB
DNS
SPA
3
LMS
3
15th38
2023Richard Mille AF CorseLMGTE AmFerrari 488 GTE EvoFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8SEB
Ret
PRT
2
SPA
1
LMS
Ret
MNZ
6
FUJ
9
BHR
9
8th56

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

YearTeamClassMakeEngine123456789101112Pos.Points
2022AF CorseGTDFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8DAY
4
SEB
3
LBHLGAMDODETWGL
8
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
PET
8
20th1119
2023AF CorseGTDFerrari 296 GT3Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6DAY
19
SEB
LBH
MON
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
IMSPET
66th136
2024Richard Mille AF CorseLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8DAY
12
SEB
13
WGLMOSELKIMSATL13th*414*

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