Pablo Pérez Companc (born December 11, 1982) is an

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racing driver from

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. Pérez Companc started editing the Argentine version of Evo in 2012 and

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in 2013. His father is businessman

Gregorio Pérez Companc Gregorio Pérez Companc (born Jorge Gregorio Bazán; 23 August 1934 – 14 June 2024) also known as Don Gregorio or Goyo, was an Argentine businessman who was one of the country's wealthiest individuals, with an estimated net worth of US dollar, ...

. He is the younger brother of

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driver,

Luís Pérez Companc Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

Motorsport career

He began his racing career in the Canadian

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2000 in 2000. In 2001 and 2002 he drove in the Argentine Formula Renault Championship. From 2004 to 2005 Pérez competed in the

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. In 2004 he drove for PropCar Racing and finished 13th in points and in 2005 he drove for Nasr- Castroneves Racing and captured his first win and finished 9th in points. The year 2006 saw him move to

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, an Argentine

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series, where he won all three races he contested. Champ 1 Motorsports AMG GT3

He signed with

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for

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in the

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. In his first race for the team at Homestead-Miami Speedway he made contact with

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's car on lap 47. His car launched over Guthrie and into the

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where the footbox of his car was sheared off, resulting in what an observer termed as "gruesome" injuries to his feet and legs. He underwent extensive surgery on both legs below the knees. He was able to attend activities at Indy in May, 2007, albeit confined to a wheelchair. The following year he had recovered and returned to GT 2000 where he won two of the four races he contested. He followed that up with winning the 2009 championship, capturing victories in eight of the ten races. However, 2010 was less successful as he only won once and finished 11th in the championship. He continued to drive in GT 2000 in 2011. In 2017, Pérez Companc is competing in the

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with the Champ 1 Motorsports

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Car Collection

Companc is a prolific collector of automobiles and founded the Florida-based Squadra Lupo Import to house his extensive collection. The collection houses a number of

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cars, as well as

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and muscle cars. The collection includes: *

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Revolucion, #3 of 5 *

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BC, nicknamed "Wild Minion" * Liquid Carbon Fibre

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* Ford GT (2005) *

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Squadra Corse *

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Super Trofeo Evo * Porsche 911 GT2 RS *

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* Shelby GT500 * Dodge Demon * Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI *

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* Subaru Impreza WRC ex Peter Solberg * Aston Martin Vantage V12 * Mercedes 190 EVO II

Motorsport results

American open-wheel racing

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Indy Lights

References

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