Federico Villagra (born May 1, 1969) is an Argentine rally driver competing in the Argentine Rally Championship. He had previously competed in the World Rally Championship for the Munchi's Ford World Rally Team. His co-driver is Diego Curletto.

Federico Villagra
Villagra at the 2008 Rally of New Zealand.
Personal information
NationalityArgentina Argentine
Born (1969-05-01) May 1, 1969 (age 55)
World Rally Championship record
Active years2000–2011, 2015
Co-driverArgentina Javier Villagra
Argentina Diego Curletto
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Jose Maria Volta
Argentina José Luis Díaz
TeamsMitsubishi, Munchi's Ford World Rally Team
Rallies55
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins4
Total points83
First rally1998 Rally Argentina
Last rally2015 Rally Argentina

Career

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Villagra at the 2007 Wales Rally GB.

After experiencing success in his native championship (including winning the group N4 class every year between 2001 and 2005), Villagra came to the attention of a wider stage by winning the group N class of Rally Argentina in 2006 and 2007. This led to his employment by the Munchi's Ford World Rally Team halfway through the 2007 season. He scored his first points with an attrition aided seventh place in Japan.

In 2008 he will again drive for the Munchi's team in the ten events that they are competing in. He was off the pace in México, which was his first event of the season, but still managed to finish seventh and pick up two drivers points. He improved again at his home event in Argentina, finishing a career best sixth despite reliability issues,[1] and matched this performance again in Jordan.[2]

In 2009 Villagra scored more points than year before and finished best at 4th place at his home-event 2009 Rally Argentina and also at 2009 Acropolis Rally.

 
Villagra at the 2011 Acropolis Rally

At season 2010 Villagra changed his livery and continued in scoring points, he scored at least point 7 times out of his 8 rallies this year. Villagra got 36 points and 9th place overall. He also tried IRC with Ford Fiesta S2000 at 2010 Rally Argentina. Finishing 6th.

Racing record

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WRC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1998 Federico Villagra Peugeot 405 MI16 MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG
22
GRC NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2000 Federico Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG
22
GRC NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2001 Federico Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI MON SWE POR ESP ARG
15
CYP GRC KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR NC 0
2002 Federico Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI MON SWE FRA ESP CYP ARG
13
GRE KEN FIN GER ITA NZL AUS GBR NC 0
2003 Federico Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI MON SWE TUR NZL ARG
15
GRE CYP GER FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2004 Federico Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG
Ret
FIN GER JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS NC 0
2005 Federico Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MON SWE MEX NZL
19
ITA CYP
27
TUR
27
GRE ARG
DSQ
FIN GER GBR AUS
16
NC 0
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII JPN
Ret
FRA ESP
2006 VRS Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG
12
ITA GRE GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR NC 0
2007 VRS Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG
9
20th 2
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 06 ITA
11
GRE
32
FIN
14
GER NZL
11
ESP
13
FRA JPN
7
IRE GBR
18
2008 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 07 MON SWE MEX
7
ARG
6
JOR
6
ITA
14
GRE
13
TUR
9
FIN
Ret
GER NZL
8
ESP
12
FRA JPN
9
GBR 14th 9
2009 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 IRE NOR CYP
7
POR
7
ARG
4
ITA
Ret
GRE
4
POL FIN
11
AUS
8
ESP
8
GBR 9th 16
2010 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 SWE MEX
7
JOR
7
TUR
6
NZL
9
POR
8
BUL FIN GER JPN
8
FRA
7
ESP
15
GBR 9th 36
2011 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE MEX
9
POR
8
JOR
7
ITA
17
ARG
6
GRE
Ret
FIN GER AUS FRA ESP
16
GBR 13th 20
2015 Federico Villagra Ford Fiesta MR MON SWE MEX ARG
10
POR ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0

PWRC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points
2005 Federico Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII SWE NZL
6
CYP
8
TUR
9
ARG
DSQ
GBR AUS
6
14th 7
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII JPN
Ret
2007 VRS Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX SWE MEX ARG
1
GRE NZL JPN IRE GBR 10th 10

Dakar Rally results

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Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
2014 Cars   Mini 12th 0
2015   Ford 27th 0
2016 Trucks   Iveco 3rd 0
2017 4th 0
2018 DNF 2
2019 4th 0

References

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  1. ^ "Sixth place for Villagra is personal best". wrc.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  2. ^ "Villagra sixth for Munchi's in Jordan". wrc.com. Retrieved 2008-08-10.[permanent dead link]
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