Career
He is the father of current World Rally Championship driver Matthew Wilson. He has also been married to Elaine Wilson since 1982. He has over 20 years experience of rallying at world championship level, much of it with Ford.
He drove for three factory teams in the world championship, including MG, in whose Group B Metro 6R4, he shared driving duties with fellow Briton, Tony Pond.
He spent several years as Ford"s chief test driver, developing new rally cars, including the short lived RS1700T and RS200 models. After his driving career, he went on to manage and run the Ford World Rally Team with his M-Sport operation, based at Dovenby Hall near Cockermouth in Cumbria, England.
Under his guidance, M-Sport (formerly Malcolm Wilson Motorsport) has become one of the world"s leading rallying private teams, with a string of international titles and wins to its cartulary-register The company now employs over 170 people.
In September 2008, Wilson took part in the Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally, a round of the Scottish Rally Championship centred in Perth in Scotland.
He entered the event in a VK Vodka Kick sponsored Ford Escort RS1800 with co-driver Peter Martin. He was one of a number of ex-world and British champions to take part in the event in memory of McRae, who died in 2007. Wilson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.
