Luis Pérez Companc

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

NationalityArgentina Argentine
Born (1972-01-02) January 2, 1972 (age 54)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Categorisation FIA Silver (until 2013)[1]
FIA Bronze (2014–)[2]
Active years2001–2008
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Luis Pérez Companc
NationalityArgentina Argentine
Born (1972-01-02) January 2, 1972 (age 54)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Categorisation FIA Silver (until 2013)[1]
FIA Bronze (2014–)[2]
World Rally Championship record
Active years2001–2008
Co-driverArgentina Jose Maria Volta
Argentina José Luis Díaz
TeamsBozian Racing, Ford, Stobart Ford, Munchi's Ford World Rally Team
Rallies25
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points9
First rally2001 Rally Argentina
Last rally2008 Rally Finland
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Years2009, 2011-
TeamsAF Corse, PeCom Racing
Bestfinish9th (2012)
Classwins0
Quick facts 24 Hours of Le Mans career, Years ...
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2009, 2011-
TeamsAF Corse, PeCom Racing
Best finish9th (2012)
Class wins0
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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 driving a Peugeot 206 WRC at the 2004 Cyprus Rally.

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

Companc's last WRC participation was at the 2008 Rally Finland.[3]

Complete WRC results

Racing record

Complete FIA GT Championship results

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Points
2008 Advanced Engineering
Pecom Racing Team
GT2 Ferrari F430 GTC Ferrari 4.3 L V8 SIL
9
MNZ
9
ADR
6
OSC
6
SPA
6H
SPA
12H
SPA
24H
BUC
1

Ret
BUC
2

6
BRN
6
NOG
9
ZOL
5
SAN
1
11th 24.5
2009 Pecom Racing GT2 Ferrari F430 GTC Ferrari 4.3 L V8 SIL
2
ADR OSC
Ret
BUD
7
ALG
4
LEC
4
ZOL
10
6th 30
AF Corse SPA
1
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2009 Italy AF Corse Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Argentina Matías Russo
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 317 26th 6th
2010 Italy AF Corse Finland Mika Salo
Argentina Matías Russo
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 0 DNS DNS
2011 Argentina PeCom Racing Argentina Matías Russo
Germany Pierre Kaffer
Lola B11/40-Judd LMP2 139 DNF DNF
2012 Argentina PeCom Racing Germany Pierre Kaffer
France Soheil Ayari
Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 352 9th 3rd
2013 Argentina PeCom Racing Germany Pierre Kaffer
France Nicolas Minassian
Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 325 10th 4th
2014 Italy AF Corse Italy Marco Cioci
Italy Mirko Venturi
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Am
331 22nd 3rd
2019 Singapore Clearwater Racing Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Italy Matteo Cressoni
Ferrari 488 GTE GTE
Am
331 37th 7th
2023 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse Italy Alessio Rovera
France Lilou Wadoux
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am
33 DNF DNF
Sources:[4][5]
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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

More information Year, Entrant ...
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
Sources:[4][6]
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Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points Ref
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 [7]
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 [8]
2024 Richard Mille AF Corse LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
12
SEB
13
WGL
1
MOS
9
ELK
5
IMS
6
ATL
6
8th 1860 [9]
2025 AF Corse LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
7
SEB
10
WGL
6
MOS ELK
12
IMS
11
ATL
5
21st 1493 [10]
Source:[4]
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