Making light of takeover rumoursToro Rosso has cast a predictably humorous light on rumours this weekend that the German race car builder HWA could launch a $150m bid to buy Gerhard Berger's 50 per cent stake in the team.
'Who is buying us today?' the Faenza based
team's press department rhetorically asked in the headline of the post-race press release from the scene of the Malaysian Grand Prix.
STR forecast that 'a consortium of Martians' could be among the next potential buyers.
'We are over the moon about buying the team,' a phoney spokesman said.
More seriously, however, the HWA speculation is thought to be genuine, and Berger at Sepang tellingly refused to discuss the issue with reporters rather than simply issue a clear denial.
"I don't want to talk about it," Berger said.
Source GMM CAPSIS International
