Towards the end of 1973 Wilson had persuaded Brazilian sugar and alcohol conglomerate Copersucar to sponsor his Formula One team, and from 1976 he had retired from driving and to concentrate on the management of the team, which ran with occasional flashes of success in Formula One from 1975 until it shut down in 1982.
Cara a finais de 1973, Wilson convencera ao conglomerado brasileiro de azucre e alcohol Copersucar para patrocinar o seu equipo de Fórmula Un e, desde 1976, retirouse da condución e concentrouse na xestión do seu equipo, que corría con flashes ocasionais de éxito na Fórmula Un desde 1975 ata que pechou en 1982.