Kammala wannan jumla: Dome ya shirya kafa tushen gwaji na Turai a lokacin bazara na 1996 kuma ya gudu a wurare da dama na Turai a kan kalandar kakar 1996 Formula One, amma wannan shirin bai taba samuwa ba saboda rashin kudi. Koyaya, ƙungiyar ta yi gwaji a Suzuka jim kaɗan bayan ƙarshen kakar.
Babban Gasar Japan ta 1996 a kan hanyar. Hattori ya kafa lokaci mafi kyau na 1: 46.270, wanda ya fi fiye da dakika bakwai jinkiri fiye da lokacin matsayi na farko na Jacques Villeneuve na 1: 38.909 wanda aka saita a cikin Williams FW18 chassis. Hakanan ya kasance da jinkirin 0.3 seconds fiye da alamar yankewa ta 107% don cancanta, kodayake ɗan jarida Sam Collins yayi hasashen cewa za a iya saita saurin lokaci tare da babban direba.