There are more fears about the Qadbak company, which has acquired the Sauber F1 team from BMW. The mysterious Swiss foundation is also the owner of the Notts County soccer club in England but the latest news from there is that the soccer team may be wound up on November 18 at the High Court as a bankruptcy order has been tabled following the failure of the previous owner Blenheim 1862 to clear a debt. The petition to wind the team up comes from HM Revenue and Customs. Qadbak owns Notts County via a British Virgin Islands company called Munto Finance, which owns the shares of Blenheim 1862. It is reported that as part of the purchase it was agreed that the £400,000 owed to HM Revenue and Customs would be paid, but it has not been, raising questions about whether Qadbak really has the money it claims.

It is worth noting also that there has been a change in recent days on the board of the BMW-Sauber team with highly respected financier Oswald Grubel resigning his position. The chief executive of UBS has not given any reason for his decision.