Spotlight on
WILSONs in Automotive

 

Desire Wilson
Race Car Driver


Desiré Wilson enjoyed a 58 year career in racing which took her from micro midgets in South Africa at the age of five to the edge of a Formula One factory drive, Indy Cars and great success in World Endurance Sports Cars. During this time Des drove more than 130 types of race cars on 100 tracks in 18 different countries, making her by far the most versatile woman race driver of all time as well as the only lady to have won in Formula One cars and in the World Endurance Championship and to have raced at Le Mans and in Indy Cars.