Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: hụrụ ọtụtụ mgbanwe n'ime ndị otu Benetton. Berger lara ezumike nká na Formula One, na Alesi hapụrụ isonyere Sauber. Onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala ule Wurz kwalitere n'oche oge niile, na-esonyere Giancarlo Fisichella bụ onye hapụrụ Jọdan. Renault hapụrụ Formula One, na-ahapụ Benetton na Williams na ntinye nke Renault 1997 engines nke Mecachrome mepụtara. Benetton weghachiri igwe ndị a dị ka Playlife, ụdị egwuregwu egwuregwu nke ezinụlọ Benetton nwere. A chụpụrụ onye isi ndị isi Flavio Briatore wee dochie ya na onye bụbu World Rally Champion na onye isi Prodrive David Richards. Fisichella nwetara ụfọdụ ihe ịga nke ọma na B198, na-enweta ebe abụọ abụọ na Monaco na
Canada nakwa ọnọdụ kachasị elu na Austria. Agbanyeghị, Benetton ghọrọ onye na-enweghị asọmpi na njedebe nke oge ahụ, na-enweta naanị otu isi na agbụrụ asaa ikpeazụ. Ndị otu ahụ boro onye na-eweta taya Bridgestone ụta, na-ekwu na ha kwadoro ndị otu McLaren na-aga nke ọma. Benetton mechiri oge nke ise na mmeri na ihe 33.