Due to lack of funds, the car was built and tested once[citation needed] before the team withdrew from Formula One in April 1995.
[5] Larrousse consequently ordered the previous year's chassis, the LH94, to be modified to meet new technical regulations for 1995, whilst he waited to see if the French government would give the team financial support, as way of compensation for the fact that the so-called "Evin's Law" had banned possible revenue from tobacco and alcohol sponsorship.
[9] The following week, the team elected to miss the first two races of the season in Brazil and Argentina, reasoning that it was better to focus on building a new car than upgrading the LH94, which would have been expensive and difficult to achieve.
[11] One week before the San Marino Grand Prix, Larrousse announced his team's withdrawal from F1, blaming others for failing to produce promised funding.
At the same time, he announced his intention to return to the sport for 1996, but the team's debts and lawsuits from former partners, drivers and suppliers made this impossible.