Following the race Wirth wrote, in one of his regular Usenet newsgroup postings, that "a major new backer of the team, with whom I had signed a contract before the season, has finally pulled out and left a large hole in our finances".
Logo da carreira Wirth escribiu, nun dos seus regulares grupos de noticias de internet, que "o novo e máis importante patrocinador do equipo, co que asinara un contrato antes da tempada, finalmente retirouse e deixou un gran buraco en nosas finanzas ".