JANUARY 15, 2002
Michel studying the Prost dossier
As part of the deal it is expected that Prost himself will sign over some of his 51.3% shareholding in the team. It is not clear what will happen with the 40% owned by the Diniz Family now whether the other shareholders LV Capital (a division of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) and the US Internet company Yahoo will still be involved.
Prost says that he has $40m from a consortium of investors to keep the team running but says that he will need to find more sponsorship to keep the team running properly in the future. Michel, who's job it is to see that the a fair solution is found will now have to have talks with the creditors, the investors and the staff of Prost GP to see if the plan is realistic. He is expected to give his decision within a week.