In Putrajaya, Cerruti was taken out by Katherine Legge whilst Trulli lost three laps in the pits with crash damage having run as high as second early in the race.

At the penultimate round in Moscow, Trulli drew the ire of rivals António Félix da Costa and Justin Wilson – as well as commentator Dario Franchitti – for consistently cutting a chicane and retaining position.

[6] The Motomatica powertrain proved perennially unreliable and dangerous during private testing, with Liuzzi claiming the car was "not even able to drive one metre out of the garage" due to constant breakdowns and that at one point he had been electrocuted.

[8][9] The team organised private freight to the opening round in Beijing to continue troubleshooting, but failed pre-race scrutineering with most of its parts stuck in customs.

Following withdrawal from the second round in Putrajaya, the team's future looked uncertain and it was ultimately withdrawn from the grid on 15 December 2015 in favour of new OEM Jaguar Racing's debut in the 2016–17 season.