What about Wilson? The battle of curiosity factor is comprehensible; his M-Sport agency has packages throughout motorsport, with a close to 30-year dedication to Ford’s WRC effort nonetheless essentially the most outstanding.
Query is: does the danger of potential battle outweigh the advantage of Wilson’s lifetime of curiosity within the sport? We’re all very effectively conscious MW’s seen motorsport from each side; as a privateer, a manufacturing unit driver, a crew proprietor and producer consultant.
And now he’s leaping ship to face on the opposite facet of the fence. There’ll at all times be these questioning his motives; all I can say to that’s that I’ve recognized him my total profession and, whereas we’ve had our ups and downs, I might by no means query his dedication to creating motorsport higher.
Does he have to be deputy president of sport? Not a little bit of it. Will it change his life? Not an opportunity. Does he want the extra workload, even whether it is only for the subsequent six months? No. Are we naïve sufficient to assume he’s going to steam into the president’s workplace and suggest change after change to enhance the potential for promoting rally vehicles or a tweak of the foundations to boost the efficiency of the M-Sport-developed Ford Raptor T1+ within the World Rally Raid Championship? Let’s hope not.
For me, one of many key factors is Wilson’s relationship with Mohammed Ben Sulayem. The 2 have recognized one another for many years. They competed towards one another and so they’ve labored along with the now president driving vehicles from the Cumbrian’s secure.
I bear in mind being struck a number of years in the past by how simple they had been collectively – MW stays the one individual I’ve heard name MBS “Mo.” Does that matter? Completely it does. Whereas remaining completely respectful of the president’s place within the sport, Wilson has the connection to problem Ben Sulayem when he must be challenged.
The approaching weeks are going to be fascinating within the WRC’s political panorama – not least with all of the speak of the upcoming sale of WRC Promoter. At the very least two events had been current in Las Palmas final weekend, with lots predicting a change of possession announcement as early as this week.
Because the Scorpions as soon as sang: The longer term’s within the air. I can really feel it all over the place. Blowing with the wind of change.
Fascinating instances.
