 Guido Forti , after discussing the matter with commercial rights @-@ owner Bernie Ecclestone , had decided to withdraw the team from the German GP as negotiations over the team 's ownership between himself and Shannon continued , despite the threat of the FIA ( F1 's governing body ) imposing a fine on the outfit for missing the race . Following the failure of these negotiations , he then announced that Shannon 's deal had fallen through and that he was back in charge of the team . He hoped to finalise some more sponsorship deals which would allow Forti to compete in the Hungarian GP . Shannon responded by claiming it still owned 51 % of the team , and that it intended to solve Forti 's financial problems itself , in addition to replacing Guido Forti as Team Principal . He duly took the company to court over the matter , an arduous process in the Italian legal system . 
