At the 1996 F1 European GP, team Forti Corse presented their new car, the FG03, although it wasn’t used during the weekend, Forti used the FG01B at the Nurburgring. The FG03 made it’s race debut at the next race in San Marino, where 1 car was available, with Luca Badoer using it. For the Monaco GP, two FG03 were available.