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Sahara's Force India stake looks a hard sell

India's embattled Sahara conglomerate said it wants to sell its 42.5 percent stake in the Force India Formula One team to help release founder Subrata Roy from jail, but some motor racing insiders are sceptical about how easy it will be to find a buyer. Sahara, which paid $100 million for the shareholding in 2011, sought the Indian Supreme Court's permission this month to dispose of Force India and other assets to raise a combined 53 billion Indian rupees ($778.38 million) However, former Jordan, Jaguar and Red Bull marketing executive Mark Gallagher said such a sale would not be easy. 'I don’t think anybody will pay 100 million pounds, euros or dollars for 42.5 percent of a mid-level F1...
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