Luis Pérez Companc

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

Companc 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.

Companc's last WRC participation was at the 2008 Rally Finland.

Complete WRC results 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 CYP GRE KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR NC 0 2002 Luis Pérez Companc Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII MON SWE FRA ESP CYP ARG GRE KEN FIN GER ITA NZL AUS GBR NC 0 2003 Luis Pérez Companc Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR NC 0 2004 Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GER JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS 23rd 3 2005 BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS NC 0 2006 Stobart VK Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN CYP TUR 26th 2 Ford Focus RS WRC 06 JPN AUS NZL GBR 2007 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 06 MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR 16th 4 2008 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 07 MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR NC 0

Racing record

Complete FIA GT Championship results

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 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 GTEAm 331 22nd 3rd 2019 Clearwater Racing Matt Griffin Matteo Cressoni Ferrari 488 GTE GTEAm 331 37th 7th2023 Richard Mille AF Corse Alessio Rovera Lilou Wadoux Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTEAm 33 DNF DNFSources:

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)