Despite the fact that a Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) investigation had declared the JS41 legal earlier in the season, Newey stated that "as far as suspension geometry and aerodynamics are concerned, I'd say they are identical.
V tednu pred dirko je Williamsov glavni dizajner Adrian Newey ponovno oživil kritike o podobnosti dirkalnikov Benetton B195 in Ligier JS41, ki so se prvič pojavile na prvi dirki sezone za .