Ferrari driver Raikkonen said recently that he would be interested in rallying when he retires from F1, which is widely thought to be set for the end of the 2009 season.
And Wilson seems keen to offer the Finn the chance to compete in a Ford Focus, should be follow through with the idea.
“I’d offer him a test. It’d be a great opportunity for us,” said Wilson. “We can do it because we’ve got the forest [stages] on our doorstep.”
Wilson added that McLaren star Hamilton and BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica of Poland could well find themselves competing in the WRC in future - and may even prefer it to F1.
“I’m really pleased guys that are in Formula One would like to be driving a world rally car,” he said. “One or two of them would like to be driving a world rally car rather than an F1 car if the same sort of rewards were there.
Defending WRC champion Sebastien Loeb said: “I would welcome [Raikkonen] because it’s good to have big names coming into rallying.
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