The chassis was designed by Mike Gascoyne, John Litjens and Nicolò Petrucci with the engine being designed by Luca Marmorini.

In Bahrain, neither driver made it through to the pole position shoot-out, indeed Ralf Schumacher failed even to make the second round.

This bad form continued for some months with the only highlight being Ralf's podium in Australia, which remained the team's best result that season.

[2] At Monaco a B version of the car was introduced but the effect was not immediate and it was not until Canada that Jarno Trulli scored his first points of the season.

[5] (key) (results in bold indicate pole position)