Munchi's Ford World Rally Team

Munchi's World Rally Team

Full name	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team
Base	Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Team principal(s)	Martin Christie
Drivers	Federico Villagra
Co-drivers	Jorge Perez Companc
Chassis	Ford Focus WRC
Tyres	Pirelli
World Rally Championship history
Debut	2007
Manufacturers' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Rally wins	0

The Munchi's Ford World Rally Team is a private team currently competing in the World Rally Championship. The team made its debut in the 2007 Swedish Rally. The cars are prepared and run by the Cumbria based M-Sport operation and Martin Christie is the team principal.

History

2007 season

Companc driving on a road section of the 2007 Rally Japan.

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 parlour chain, Munchi's. The team competed in the World Rally Championship in 2007 for ten rounds. The drivers who started the season for the team at the Swedish Rally were Pérez Companc and Juan Pablo Raies. Companc finished the rally in 15th, but his team mate Raies retired before the start of the event. Despite scoring eight points, Raies was replaced by Federico Villagra half way 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.

External links

• Munchi's Ford World Rally Team at WRC.com
• M-Sport website