Malcolm Wilson (rally driver)
Personal information | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | 17 February 1956 |
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 1977–1995 |
Co-driver |
Bryan Thomas Nicky Grist Ian Grindrod Nigel Harris Terry Harryman |
Teams | Ford, MG Rover, Vauxhall |
Rallies | 42 |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 0 |
Podiums | 2 |
Stage wins | 29 |
Total points | 59 |
First rally | 1977 RAC Rally |
Last rally | 1995 RAC Rally |
Malcolm Irving Wilson, OBE (born 17 February 1956) is a British former rally driver and current owner of team and constructor M-Sport. He is the father of current World Rally Championship driver Matthew Wilson. He has also been married to Elaine Wilson since 1982. [1] [2] [3]
Biography
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.
As a driver, he won two British national titles in the late 1970s and achieved a long-held ambition by winning the British Rally Championship in 1994, all at the wheel of Ford Escorts.
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 credit. The company now employs over 170 people.
Their work culminated in 2006 when Wilson led Ford to the World Rally Championship Constructors' title for the first time in 25 years; the team repeated this achievement in 2007.
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 (OBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.[4][5]
Complete WRC results
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WDC | Points |
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1977 | Malcolm Wilson | Ford Escort RS 2000 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | NZL | GRE | FIN | CAN | ITA | FRA | GBR 12 |
– | 0 | |||
1978 | Malcolm Wilson | Ford Escort RS 1800 | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | GRE | FIN | CAN | ITA | CIV | FRA | GBR Ret |
– | 0 | |||
1979 | Total Oil | Ford Escort RS 1800 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | GRE | NZL | FIN | CAN | ITA | FRA | GBR 15 |
CIV | – | 0 | ||
1980 | Total Oil | Ford Escort RS 1800 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | GRE | ARG | FIN | NZL | ITA | FRA | GBR Ret |
CIV | – | 0 | ||
1981 | Rothmans Rally Team | Ford Escort RS 1800 | MON | SWE | POR Ret |
KEN | FRA | GRE Ret |
ARG | BRA | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR Ret |
– | 0 | ||
1982 | Malcolm Wilson | Ford Escort RS 1800 | MON | SWE | POR Ret |
KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | BRA | FIN | ITA | CIV | 66th | 1 | |||
Audi Sport UK | Audi Quattro | GBR 10 |
66th | 1 | ||||||||||||||
1983 | British Junior Rally Team | Ford Escort RS1600i | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR 13 |
– | 0 | ||
1984 | Top Gear | Audi Quattro A1 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR Ret |
– | 0 | ||
1985 | Malcolm Wilson | Audi Quattro A1 | MON | SWE Ret |
POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | – | 0 | |||
Austin Rallying | MG Metro 6R4 | GBR Ret |
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1986 | Austin Rover World Rally Team | MG Metro 6R4 | MON Ret |
SWE Ret |
POR Ret |
KEN | FRA Ret |
GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN 10 |
CIV | ITA | GBR 17 |
USA | 70th | 1 | |
1987 | GM Dealer Sport | Opel Kadett GSI | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR Ret |
– | 0 | |
1988 | Malcolm Wilson | Opel Kadett GSI | MON | SWE 8 |
POR | KEN | FRA | – | 0 | |||||||||
GM Euro Sport | Vauxhall Astra GTE | GRE Ret |
USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR Ret |
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1989 | Malcolm Wilson | Vauxhall Astra GTE | SWE 13 |
MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | 18th | 19 | ||||||||
GM Euro Sport | NZL 3 |
ARG | FIN | AUS 6 |
ITA | CIV | ||||||||||||
Vauxhall Dealer Sport | GBR 10 |
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1990 | Q8 Team Ford | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN Ret |
AUS | ITA Ret |
CIV | GBR Ret |
– | 0 | ||
1991 | Q8 Team Ford | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 | MON 7 |
SWE | POR Ret |
KEN | FRA 5 |
GRE Ret |
NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA 10 |
CIV | ESP | GBR Ret |
18th | 13 |
1992 | Ford Motor Co Ltd | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR 9 |
58th | 2 |
1993 | Ford Motor Co Ltd | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | MON | SWE Ret |
POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | ARG | NZL | 19th | 12 | ||||||
Malcolm Wilson | FIN Ret |
AUS | ITA | ESP | ||||||||||||||
Michelin Pilot Team Ford | GBR 3 |
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1994 | Ford Motor Co Ltd | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE 6 |
ARG | NZL | FIN | GBR Ret |
23rd | 8 | |||||
Jolly Club | ITA 9 |
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1995 | R.A.S. Ford | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | MON | SWE | POR | FRA | NZL | AUS | ESP | GBR Ret |
– | 0 | ||||||
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNsFXtOGeMA
- ↑ http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/other/how-malcolm-wilson-cumbria-s-mr-rally-turned-the-corner-1.1022641
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ6lG1t0K44
- ↑ Evans, David (13 June 2009). "Malcolm Wilson awarded OBE". Autosport. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59090. p. 13. 13 June 2009.
External links
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Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Louise Aitken-Walker |
Autosport National Rally Driver of the Year 1988 |
Succeeded by David Llewellin |
Preceded by Richard Burns |
Autosport National Rally Driver of the Year 1994 |
Succeeded by Alister McRae |