Originally Posted by dansus:
“For those interested, think he is buying shares from his old mate Mansour Ojjeh, who reported is to be very ill and probably wants to liquidate his stake before he meets his maker.”
That'd suggest there's a lot going on behind the scenes, if true.
It was only a year ago that it was being reported that MO's son (IIRC) was administrating the TAG shares in McLaren in order to allow Ron to regain control of the team.
That being the case, it
seems like Ron could rely on MO's support without having to buy the shares.
If Ron
is buying out MO's stake in McLaren it would suggest that he's concerned that somebody who doesn't agree with him might buy them instead.
Kinda ironic that, a few years ago, he refused to sell a controlling interest in the team to Merc' and, more recently, he had to enact a "hostile takeover" to get his own team back and now it looks like
both of those things might end up being a waste of time if, say, it's Honda who're competing to buy up MO's shares.
Wouldn't go as far as to say it
will happen but I can see Ron quitting McLaren within the next month or so
if he doesn't manage to sort this out to his satisfaction.