Update: Trulli to miss Putrajaya? (Update 2)

UPDATE (Editor's note: The team tweeted earlier this week they had received their equipment and would be racing in Putrajaya. However, it appears their finally-arrived cars did not meet specification. This rumor goes from false to fact.)

There will be just 18 drivers on the entry list for tomorrow’s Putrajaya ePrix, round two of the FIA Formula E Championship.

As was the case for the season-opener in Beijing, the two drivers from the Trulli team are absent from the official entry.

Trulli presented its Motormatica JT-01 for scrutineering, but the car did not pass all of the mandatory checks. As a result, it could not be entered for the event.

The team will be able to resubmit its cars for scrutineering for round three of the series in Punta del Este on December 19.

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11/04/15 UPDATE After missing the season-opening Beijing ePrix due to a customs issue, the Trulli Formula E Team has received its equipment in Malaysia. And barring anything unforeseen, the team will compete in this weekend's Putrajaya ePrix. This rumor is downgraded to false.

AR1 Staff Report

10/28/15 With the team's motors and inverters not released by Chinese customs officials, Trulli Formula E was unable to participate in the season-opening Beijing ePrix. And whatever the dispute so happens to be appears to have not been resolved and the team could be in danger of likewise missing the upcoming ePrix at Putrajaya. Team Principal Lucio Cavuto discussed the problem with Motorsport.com.

"We delivered our inverters and our motors by our own freight and not by the championships logistics, which is with DHL Motorsport," Cavuto told Motorsport.

"The package landed on the October 8 and since between then and October 17, we could not get answers on a release from the customs people.

"So we then asked DHL Motorsport if they could please help us clear our case. We involved Formula E Holdings and also Mr. Steven Lu from NEXTEV who helped us a lot. So, last Wednesday we received an email from DHL Motorsport saying we had a green light for the package.

"We received another email on Thursday morning saying it was a red light and it was a big problem," added Cavuto.

"We did all the papers and the requests of Chinese customs but the situation is that this case is still there at customs now.

"The next step we took was to speak to Mr. Alberto Longo (Deputy CEO of FEH). We are now trying to get the case from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur for the next round via DHL.

"We hope this happens and they will deliver because if we have to handle ourselves then we have to go back to Italy and deliver to KL, and we could have the same issues."