Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: i kite i ngā huringa maha i roto i te kapa Benetton. I reti a Berger mai i te Formula One, a ka wehe a Alesi ki Sauber. I whakatairangahia a Wurz ki te nohoanga wa-katoa, e mahi tahi ana me Giancarlo Fisichella i wehe atu i Horano. I puta atu a Renault i te Formula One, ka waiho a Benetton me Williams me te tuku i nga miihini 1997 a Renault i hangaia e Mecachrome. I hurihia e Benetton enei miihini hei Playlife, he waitohu hakinakina na te whanau Benetton. Ko te Tumuaki o te Kaiwhakahaere a Flavio Briatore i whakakorehia, ka whakakapihia e te Toa o te Ao Rally me te rangatira o Prodrive a David Richards. I tutuki i a Fisichella etahi angitu me te B198, e rua nga waahi tuarua i Monaco me
Ko Canada hoki te tūnga matua i Austria. Heoi, kaore a Benetton i te whakataetae i te mutunga o te waa, ka eke ki te tohu kotahi noa i nga whakataetae e whitu whakamutunga. Ko te kapa i whakapae i te kaiwhakarato taera Bridgestone, e kii ana kua manakohia e raatau te roopu angitu o McLaren. I mutu a Benetton i te wa tuarima i te whakataetae me te 33 tohu.