Luis-Perez Companc will lead the Munchi's Ford World Rally Team into Finland this coming weekend, what will be a new event for himself - and his team-mate,
Federico Villagra.
Companc managed to score the team's first ever manufacturers point in Greece just prior to the summer break and now the Argentine is keen to try and add to that. He is more than aware though that it won't be easy as this will be his first attempt at the Rally Finland.
Furthermore while he has often gone well on fast rallies in the past, with his two best WRC results coming in Argentina and NZ, the fact this will be his first go on the Jyväskylä-based event means he will definitely be up against it.
“I would very much like to score points for the team in Finland but I also know that it is not going to be so easy,” he conceded. “For sure my experience on fast roads will help but with this being my first time in Finland I will have to be very accurate with my pace-notes because this is a very technical event.
“Each time you go to a new event you must pay special attention when writing the pace-notes and in this event with jumps and high speed we will try to have notes that can make us go as fast as possible. There are many local drivers that have very good knowledge of the roads and also good notes too, but we will try as hard as possible.”
Companc and Villagra both tested during the summer break and in total the Munchi's squad did four full days of testing on both tarmac and gravel. In June they headed to Tarragona, Spain, for two days of tarmac work then over to Cardona, where they had two full days of testing on the loose ahead of the remaining five rounds in their 2007 ten event campaign.
“The test in Spain was very positive, I had my first drive with the asphalt specification car and what really surprised me, was the grip and speed levels around corners,” Companc added. “On gravel we came up with some good solutions and we hope to apply these in the gravel events for the rest of the season.”
