The team was excluded from the event for not having paid the $100,000 deposit for new teams in the World Championship, Sassetti arguing that it was not a new team as he had simply taken over the Coloni team and not formed a new one but the FIA were unmoved.
O equipo foi excluído da proba por non pagar a fianza de 100.000 dólares como novo equipo no Campionato do Mundo, Sassetti argumentaba que non era un equipo novo e que se limitou a tomar o control do equipo Coloni e non formara un equipo novo.