Sport and family are not separate. Matthew Wilson (Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team) is guided by his father, Malcolm Wilson, who is team principal and director of M-Sport. There are family links in marathon running: with Russian twin sisters and Bulgarian brothers.
Even competition between siblings is not rare: Serena and Venus Williams (tennis players) [...]
FIA World Rally Championship
Rally Ireland, 30 January – 1 February 2009
Update after SS3
Aava leads for Stobart at Stormy Rally Ireland
The Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team enjoyed an outstanding start to rain-lashed Rally Ireland – with new boys Urmo Aava/Kuldar Sikk leading the field after the first loop of stages.
The Cumbrian-based team saw two of [...]
The Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team has confirmed that it will contest the 2009 FIA World Rally Championship, according to crash.net.
A spokesman for the Stobart team commented to crash.net:
A Stobart team was registered on Monday as we felt it was important to demonstrate our commitment and confidence in the championship.”
Matthew Wilson is the only driver [...]