The idea is to balance the field, not overloading any of the six groups with European squads, who make up 13 of the 24 teams in the tournament.

Roxburgh will select his European squad at the end of this month.

However, team USA lost the event 14-10 to the European squad.

While the American B98/10s struggled against factory teams from Audi, BMW, and Panoz, the European squads saw more success.

Bianchetti remained in Inter's European squad, but promoted to List A, along with Romanò.

The 787B was retained in Japan while the European squad turned to Monza with an older 787.

The European squad meanwhile continued to use the older 787, finishing in fifth at the Nürburgring and seventh at Magny-Cours.

He led the team to its first victory over the European squad since 1999.

Last year, Floyd was the captain of the United States Ryder Cup team, which tied the European squad in September.