On 22 November 1999, the appeal absolved Head and Newey of all charges, stating that no new evidence had come to light (there was missing data from the black box recorder on Senna's car due to damage, and 1.6 seconds of video from the onboard camera of Senna's car was unavailable because the broadcaster switched to another car's camera just before the accident), and so under Article 530 of the Italian Penal Code, the accusation had to be declared as "non-existent or the fact doesn't subsist".
O 22 de novembro de 1999, a corte de apelación absolveu a Head e Newey de todos os cargos, afirmando que non había novas probas (faltaban datos da gravadora da caixa negra do coche de Senna, debido aos danos e 1´6 segundos de vídeo da cámara de a bordo do coche de Senna non estaban dispoñibles debido a que a emisora cambiou a outra cámara do coche xusto antes do accidente), polo que en virtude do artigo 530 do Código Penal italiano, a acusación tivo que ser declarada como "non existe ou o feito non subsiste".