M-Sport team boss Malcolm Wilson has been nominated as the new deputy president for sport at motorsport’s governing body the FIA.
The 69-year-old has been chosen by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to replace Robert Reid, who resigned two weeks ago.
FIA members will vote on Wilson’s nomination at the organisation’s General Assembly in Macau in June.
Wilson, a former British rally champion, is the managing director of M-Sport, which has run Ford’s world rally championship programme since 1997.
Ben Sulayem nominated Wilson without first seeking the support or approval of MotorsportUK, the UK’s national sporting authority.
MotorsportUK chairman David Richards has recently been critical of Ben Sulayem’s actions, saying he has had a “shift of moral compass”.
Richards is among a series of critics who have described what they say is the erosion of accountability within the FIA and concentration of power in the president’s hands.
