 Car owner and former sports car driver Gabriele Rafanelli withdrew the World Racing Team (WRT) from the series to focus on the American Le Mans Series operation and tired of Formula 3000 due to a lack of financing and driver stability.European Formula Racing ended its partnership with the Arrows Formula One team and causing team owner Paul Stoddart to re-brand the team to European Minardi F3000.Fortec Motorsport were included on the initial entry list before the team later withdrew from the championship because they could not locate any decent drivers to sign and they wanted to focus on other junior series.