Tony Fernandes, who owns the Team Lotus Formula One team, has been strongly linked by British media with a move to take control of the London-based football club by buying out majority shareholder Bernie Ecclestone, the F1 boss.
QPR got off to a terrible start in their first match in the top flight since 1996 on Saturday, losing QPR 0-4 Bolton Wanders at home.
The match featured an own goal, an injury to one of their new signings and a red card.
"I think we'll have to wait and see," said the club's manager, Neil Warnock.
"I know he is very interested. Stability is what we need really." Neil Warnock told Sky television when asked about Tony Fernandes.
Bernie Ecclestone and former Renault Formula One team boss Flavio Briatore own around 70 percent of the club with Indian steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal the other major shareholder.
Television pictures showed Tony Fernandes sitting in the directors box with Flavio Briatore on the 14 August 2011 (Saturday) match.
In conclusion, QPR is not the first London football club to be associated with Tony Fernandes, with the owner of Malaysia-based budget airline AirAsia saying in the past he had wanted to buy into West Ham United, who were relegated from the top flight last season. He also classes himself as a West Ham supporter.
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