Kammala wannan jumla: Grouillard ya kasance tare da Osella, wanda aka saya kuma aka sake masa suna Fondmetal. Dole ne ƙungiyar ta yi tsere tare da motar da aka yi amfani da ita a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata, wanda ya haifar da Grouillard ba zai iya wucewa ba kafin cancanta a Phoenix da Interlagos. An gina sabuwar mota, amma wannan bai canza kakar Grouillard ba, saboda yana da ƙarin gazawar uku don cancanta. Canjin sa'a ya zo a Mexico, inda ya cancanci mafi kyawun kakar sa ta 10, amma an tilasta shi ya fara daga filin jirgin sama bayan ya sha wahala daga matsalolin injiniya a cikin motar, kuma daga bisani ya sha wahala daga injin injin bayan 14 laps. Ya yi ritaya a tseren gidansa a Faransa tare da malalar mai, kuma ya sami ƙarin gazawar don cancantar cancanta a Silverstone da Hockenheim. A Hungary, Grouillard ya sami damar shiga babban taron cancantar, amma daga ƙarshe ya kasa cancanta. A cikin
Spa-Francorchamps, ya gama zagaye a baya a cikin 10th kuma ya yi ritaya daga matsalar injin a Monza tare da zagaye 7 kawai. Grouillard ya kasa cancanta a Fotigal, kuma dole ne ya ɗauki akwati na baya, tare da tsohon da ya kasa aiki. Ya ƙi barin motar ta yi amfani da sabon gearbox, kuma an kore shi bayan 'yan kwanaki daga shugaban kungiyar Gabriele Rumi. Ya yi nasarar shiga AGS a wurin da ya maye gurbinsa a Fondmetal, Gabriele Tarquini, don tseren na gaba a Catalunya. Don tseren, Grouillard ya kasance mafi jinkiri a cikin cancantar cancantar bayan sabon abokin aikinsa Fabrizio Barbazza, tare da ƙungiyar AGS da ke ninkawa kafin ma'auratan su isa Japan da Ostiraliya.