To be honest, i dont know too much about shareholding. But from football it seems something that could go either way.
surely there must be benifits for some people to invest in this. PDVSA or whatever there called for instance must have some intrest in a stake in the team. Also has williams is a very reputable name in f1 where perhpas other big teams have some on them to use a metaphor. I could see a company or even rich indiviual willing to part with a few quid to help a team struggling a little.
i fear something like what happened at Man Utd and liverpool could happen with Williams though. Being fully taken over by a company/rich indiviual (group of) who perhaps don't have the best intrest of the team or formula 1 at heart and are just looking for a quick buck or plaything. But i don't know weather that could happen if only a portion of the team is floated where mAn Utd and Liverpool i belive were full floated on the stock-market.
hopefully though this is a buisness decision that has financial benifits and not a last ditch desprate attempt to rescue a sinking ship.
I would love to know more about how its done if anybody is a bit of an expert about it.
If it does happen perhaps some of us lot should scrape a few quid to together and buy a small portion of the stakeholding. We might only get a small chance to decide what colour coffee mugs are used at Grove, but at least we could say we own a small part of a race team.
