Negotiations with the potential backers and sponsors failed, and the companies that would pay for Hideki Noda to drive the Simtek were severely affected by the Kobe earthquake.
As negociacións cos potenciais patrocinadores e patrocinadores fallaron, e as empresas que pagaban a Hideki Noda para pilotar o Simtek víronse gravemente afectados polo terremoto de Kobe.