Villagra gets nine-event WRC bid in Munchi’s Fiesta

1st February 2011

By Anthony Peacock

Multiple Argentine title winner Federico Villagra has secured a nine-event deal to contest the World Rally Championship in Ford’s new Fiesta RS WRC this year.

Villagra, who drove a Fiesta Super 2000 on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge round in Argentina last season, will start off his campaign on Rally Mexico in March, before taking part on the world championship rounds in Portugal, Italy, Argentina, Greece, Finland, Australia, France and Spain.

Villagra will once again run under the Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team banner, co-driven by Jorge Perez Companc. The 42-year-old will also contest the Argentine national championship driving a Group N Mitsubishi Lancer.

“All the time, I am learning new things,” said Villagra, whose best result in the WRC was fourth on Rally Argentina in 2009. “It’s not so easy sometimes when you are jumping in between different cars, but I think we have shown that we deserve our place in the world championship.”

The Munchi’s car will be one of 10 Ford Fiesta RS WRCs that factory team M-Sport is planning to field during the 2011 season.