Benetton Formula

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**Benetton**

Full name	Benetton Formula Ltd.
Base	Enstone, United Kingdom

Notable staff	Flavio Briatore Rocco Benetton Ross Brawn Mike Gascoyne Nigel Stepney Pat Symonds Steve Matchett David Richards Peter Collins Rory Byrne
Notable drivers	Michael Schumacher Nelson Piquet Gerhard Berger Riccardo Patrese
Formula One World Championship Career


Debut	1986 Brazilian Grand Prix
Races competed	260
Constructors' Championships	1 (1995)
Drivers' Championships	2 (1994, 1995)
Race victories	27
Pole positions	15
Fastest laps	36
Final race	2001 Japanese Grand Prix

Benetton Formula Ltd., commonly referred to simply as Benetton, was a Formula One constructor that participated from 1986 to 2001. The team was owned by the Benetton family who run a worldwide chain of clothing stores of the same name. In 2000 the team was purchased by Renault, but competed as Benetton for the 2001 season. In 2002 the team became Renault F1.

History

The Benetton Group entered in Formula 1 as a sponsor company for Tyrrell in 1983, then Alfa Romeo in 1984 and 1985 and finally Toleman in 1985. Benetton Formula Ltd. was formed at the end of 1985 when the Toleman and the Spirit teams were sold to the Benetton family. The team began with BMW engines and then later switched to Ford.

The Benetton B191

The team was managed by Flavio Briatore from 1990 until 1997. Rocco Benetton, the youngest son of Luciano Benetton joined the team as aerodynamics engineer in 1998 and fired Briatore. He replaced him with Prodrive boss David Richards, who lasted only for a year when he too was fired, due to a disagreement with the Benetton family about future strategy. Following Richards' departure, Rocco Benetton managed the team for three years until its sale to Renault. Rocco Benetton successfully managed to achieve an unheard of salesprice in F1 terms.

The Benetton team is best known for its success with Michael Schumacher, who accounts for 19 of the team's 27 career victories and their 2 drivers' championships. After switching to Renault engines, they also won the constructor's championship in 1995 with Schumacher and Johnny Herbert. After 1995, Schumacher moved to Ferrari along with Ross Brawn, Nigel Stepney, Rory Byrne and 11 other key figures from his two championship winning seasons with Benetton. From this point, the Benetton team was never what it once was.

Benetton's last Formula One car, the B201.

On March 16 2000, the team was sold to Renault for $120 million US. As part of their restructuring, Renault brought back Flavio Briatore as team manager. During their final season in 2001 the drivers, Jenson Button and Giancarlo Fisichella, were often on the back two rows of the grid. This was in part attributed to the new 110-degree wide angle engine. But as the Renault era approached, the cars' performance lifted. Towards the end of the season, Giancarlo Fisichella recorded a fine podium finish behind Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard. Continued development allowed Benetton to leave Formula 1 on somewhat of a high.

Controversy

The Benetton B194-Cosworth

During the 1994 season, some rival teams claimed Benetton had found a way to violate the FIA-imposed ban on electronic aids, including Traction Control and Launch Control. On investigation, the FIA discovered "start sequence" (launch control) software in the Benetton B194 cars, and a variety of illegal software in rival teams' cars as well. FIA had no evidence the software was ever used, so teams found with the software received little to no punishment. No traction control software was found to be in the Benetton cars, however. Flavio Briatore, Benetton's chief in 1994, said in 2001 that "Our only mistake was that at the time we were too young and people were suspicious".^[1] However, one of the B194 cars used by Schumacher during 1994 has recently been offered for sale, its condition described as "exactly as in the day, with traction control".^[2]

During the 1994 season Benetton removed a fuel filter from the refueling rig used during pit stops. This may have resulted in a fire that took place during Jos Verstappen's first pitstop at Hockenheim.

Nationality

Johnny Herbert driving for Benetton in the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix. Benetton won the 1995 World Constructors' Championship title as a British team.

Benetton Team had a United Kingdom license from 1986 to 1995 and an Italian license from 1996 to 2001. The Benetton family wanted this change of nationality in order to have a F1 team of their own country.^[3]^[4]

Benetton drivers

Former drivers for Benetton include

Complete Formula One Results

() (results in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	WCC
1986	Benetton B186	BMW 4 in-line (t/c)	P		BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN	USE	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	MEX	AUS		19	6th
				Teo Fabi	10	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	10
				Gerhard Berger	6	6	3	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	7	5	Ret	1	Ret
1987	Benetton B187	Ford V6 (t/c)	G		BRA	SMR	BEL	MON	USE	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	ESP	MEX	JPN	AUS		28	5th
				Teo Fabi	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	5	6	Ret	Ret	3	7	4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret
				Thierry Boutsen	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	4	4	5	14	Ret	Ret	5	3
1988	Benetton B188	Ford V8	G		BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	CAN	USE	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS		39	3rd
				Alessandro Nannini	Ret	6	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	6	3	18	Ret	DSQ	9	Ret	3	5	Ret
				Thierry Boutsen	7	4	8	8	3	3	Ret	Ret	6	3	DSQ	6	3	9	3	5
1989	Benetton B188 Benetton B189	Ford V8	G		BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS		39	4th
				Alessandro Nannini	6	3	8	4	Ret	DSQ	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4	Ret	1	2
				Johnny Herbert	4	11	14	15	5	DNQ
				Emanuele Pirro							9	11	Ret	8	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
1990	Benetton B189B Benetton B190	Ford V8	G		USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS		71	3rd
				Alessandro Nannini	11	10	3	Ret	Ret	4	16	Ret	2	Ret	4	8	6	3
				Roberto Moreno															2	7
				Nelson Piquet	4	6	5	DSQ	2	6	4	5	Ret	3	5	7	5	Ret	1	1
1991	Benetton B190B Benetton B191	Ford V8	P		USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS		38.5	4th
				Roberto Moreno	Ret	7	13	4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	8	8	4
				Michael Schumacher												5	6	6	Ret	Ret
				Nelson Piquet	3	5	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	8	5	Ret	Ret	3	6	5	11	7	4
1992	Benetton B191B Benetton B192	Ford V8	G		RSA	MEX	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN	AUS		91	3rd
				Michael Schumacher	4	3	3	2	Ret	4	2	Ret	4	3	Ret	1	3	7	Ret	2
				Martin Brundle	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	5	Ret	3	3	4	5	4	2	4	3	3
1993	Benetton B193 Benetton B193B	Ford V8	G		RSA	BRA	EUR	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN	AUS		72	3rd
				Michael Schumacher	Ret	3	Ret	2	3	Ret	2	3	2	2	Ret	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret
				Riccardo Patrese	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	10	3	5	2	6	5	16	Ret	8
1994	Benetton B194	Ford V8	G		BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS		103	2nd
				Michael Schumacher	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	DSQ	Ret	1	DSQ	EX	EX	1	2	Ret
				Jos Verstappen	Ret	Ret					Ret	8	Ret	3	3	Ret	5	Ret
				J.J. Lehto			Ret	7	Ret	6						9	Ret
				Johnny Herbert															Ret	Ret
1995	Benetton B195	Renault V10	G		BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	PAC	JPN	AUS	137	1st
				Michael Schumacher	1	3	Ret	1	1	5	1	Ret	1	11	1	Ret	2	1	1	1	Ret
				Johnny Herbert	Ret	4	7	2	4	Ret	Ret	1	4	4	7	1	7	5	6	3	Ret
1996	Benetton B196	Renault V10	G		AUS	BRA	ARG	EUR	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN		68	3rd
				Jean Alesi	Ret	2	3	Ret	6	Ret	2	3	3	Ret	2	3	4	2	4	Ret
				Gerhard Berger	4	Ret	Ret	9	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	2	13	Ret	6	Ret	6	4
1997	Benetton B197	Renault V10	G		AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	AUT	LUX	JPN	EUR	67	3rd
				Jean Alesi	Ret	6	7	5	Ret	3	2	5	2	6	11	8	2	Ret	2	5	13
				Gerhard Berger	4	2	6	Ret	9	10	Inj	Inj	Inj	1	8	6	7	10	4	8	4
				Alexander Wurz							Ret	Ret	3
1998	Benetton B198	Playlife V10	B		AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	LUX	JPN		33	5th
				Giancarlo Fisichella	Ret	6	7	Ret	Ret	2	2	9	5	Ret	7	8	Ret	8	6	8
				Alexander Wurz	7	4	4	Ret	4	Ret	4	5	4	9	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	9
1999	Benetton B199	Playlife V10	B		AUS	BRA	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	EUR	MAL	JPN		16	6th
				Giancarlo Fisichella	4	Ret	5	5	9	2	Ret	7	12	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	11	14
				Alexander Wurz	Ret	7	Ret	6	10	Ret	Ret	10	5	7	7	14	Ret	Ret	8	10
2000	Benetton B200	Playlife V10	B		AUS	BRA	SMR	GBR	ESP	EUR	MON	CAN	FRA	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	MAL	20	4th
				Giancarlo Fisichella	5	2	11	7	9	5	3	3	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	14	9
				Alexander Wurz	7	Ret	9	9	10	12	Ret	9	Ret	10	Ret	11	13	5	10	Ret	7
2001	Benetton B201	Renault V10	M		AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	10	7th
				Giancarlo Fisichella	13	Ret	6	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	11	13	4	Ret	3	10	8	17
				Jenson Button	14	11	10	12	15	Ret	7	Ret	13	16	15	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	7

Footnotes

1. ^ Reuters. "Seven-year ban on traction control likely over", www.ESPN.com, 2001-02-04. Retrieved on 2006-10-24.
2. ^ Motor Sport, March 2007, p. 9
3. ^ New Benetton launched today. GrandPrix.com (February 5, 1996). Retrieved on September 13, 2006.
4. ^ Will Benetton's nationalism cause problems?. GrandPrix.com (January 1, 1996). Retrieved on September 13, 2006.

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United Colors of Benetton

Preceded by Williams	Formula One Constructors' Champion 1995	Succeeded by Williams

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Formula One cars: B186 \| B187 \| B188 \| B189 \| B189B \| B190 \| B190B \| B191 \| B191B \| B192 \| B193 \| B193B \| B194 \| B195 \| B196 \| B197 \| B198 \| B199 \| B200 \| B201

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Enstone is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is the largest parish in Oxfordshire and takes its name from a neolithic burial site, a standing stone just off the Charlbury Road known as the "Ent Stone".
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" ^[2] (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" ^[3]
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Flavio Briatore (born April 12, 1950) is an Italian businessman and managing director of the Renault Formula One team.

Early life and Benetton career

Briatore was born in Verzuolo near Cuneo, Italy, in the Maritime Alps, from a family of elementary school teachers.
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Rocco Benetton (born September 29, 1969 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy) is the former chief executive of the Benetton Formula One team.

Personal background

He is the son of Luciano and Maria Teresa Benetton and a member of the Italian Benetton family which founded the Benetton
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Ross Brawn (born November 23, 1954) is a British motorsport engineer. He has worked for a number of Formula 1 teams, latterly as the technical director of the championship-winning Benetton Formula and Scuderia Ferrari teams. He took a sabbatical from the sport in 2006.
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Michael "Mike" Gascoyne (born April 2, 1963) in Norwich, England, is a designer of Formula One cars. He is currently Chief Technology Officer for Spyker F1.

Gascoyne has worked for several grand prix teams including McLaren, Sauber and Tyrrell.
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Nigel Stepney is an English born Formula One mechanic.

Stepney was a mechanic at Shadow since 1977, then at Lotus, where he followed his beloved Elio de Angelis then atBenetton Formula Formula One team in the late 1980s and early 90s and then moved to Scuderia Ferrari with
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Patrick (Pat) Bruce Reith Symonds (born June 11 1953 in England) is currently the Executive Director of Engineering of the Renault Formula One team.

After Gresham's School, Holt, Symonds worked in the lower motor sport categories and joined the Toleman team in the early
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Steve Matchett

Steve Matchett 2005 United States Grand Prix
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David Pender Richards CBE (born 3 June 1952) is the chairman of Prodrive and the former Team Principal of the BAR and Benetton Formula One auto racing teams.

After training as an accountant, Richards began his motorsport career as a rally co-driver.
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Peter John Collins (b. 6 November 1931, Kidderminster, Worcestershire - d. 3 August 1958, Bonn, Germany) was a Formula One driver from England. He participated in 35 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 18, 1952.
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Rory Byrne (born January 10, 1944, Pretoria, South Africa) is currently Design and Development Consultant for the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro.

Since joining Ferrari in 1997 Byrne designed cars have won over seventy Grand Prix races, six constructors titles and five drivers
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Michael Schumacher (pronounced / (help• info /, born January 3, 1969, in HÃ¼rth HermÃ¼lheim, Germany)^[4] is a former Formula One driver, and seven-time world champion.
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Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (born August 17, 1952), more commonly known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian racing driver who was Formula One world champion in 1981, 1983, and 1987.
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Gerhard Berger, (born August 27, 1959 in WÃ¶rgl) is a popular Austrian ex-Grand Prix racing driver who owns 50% of the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team.

Career

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Riccardo Patrese (born April 17 1954) is an Italian former Formula One (F1) racing driver, from 1977 to 1993. He entered 257 Formula One Grands Prix and started 256 races, making him the most experienced F1 driver in history.
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Category Single seaters
Country or region International
Inaugural season 1950^[1]
Drivers 22
Teams 11
Engine suppliers 6
Drivers' champion Fernando Alonso
Official website formula1.
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Results from the 1986 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix held at JacarepaguÃ¡ on March 23, 1986.

Classification

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 61 1:39'32.
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The Formula One World Constructors' Championship (WCC) is awarded by the FIA to the most successful Formula One constructor over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. The Constructors' Championship was first awarded in 1958, to Vanwall.
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1995 Formula One season was the 46th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It began on March 26, 1995 included 17 races, and ended on November 12. The Drivers' Championship was won by Michael Schumacher of Benetton for the second year in a row, beating Damon Hill of WilliamsF1
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The 1994 Formula One season was the 45th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 27, 1994, and ended on November 13 after sixteen races. The season was remembered as one of the most tragic and controversial seasons in the 1990s, if not in the sport's
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In circuit motorsport, a driver has pole position when he or she starts a race at the front of the grid. The term comes from the horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole.
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In motorsport, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race. Some series, like A1 Grand Prix and the GP2 series, award bonus points to the driver/team with the fastest lap.
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Results from the 2001 Formula One Japanese Grand Prix held at Suzuka on October 14, 2001.

Classification

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 53 1:27:33.
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Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI
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Four members of the Italian Benetton family founded the Benetton Group S.p.A. clothing company in 1965. The three brothers and one sister were all born in Treviso, Veneto, Italy.
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