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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.


Statistical History[]

Team Names[]

Year(s) Name
19861990 Benetton Formula Ltd
19911993 Camel Benetton Ford
1994 Mild Seven Benetton Ford
19951997 Mild Seven Benetton Renault
19982000 Mild Seven Benetton Playlife
2001 Mild Seven Benetton Renault

By season[]

Year Entrant Chassis Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds WCC Pts. WCC Pos. Test Drivers Report
1986 United Kingdom Benetton Formula Ltd. B186 BMW M12/13 1.5 L4t P 19 Italy Teo Fabi All 19 6th Italy Giovanna Amati
Italy Paolo Barilla
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
Report
20 Austria Gerhard Berger All
1987 United Kingdom Benetton Formula Ltd. B187 Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6t G 19 Italy Teo Fabi All 28 5th United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Report
20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen All
1988 United Kingdom Benetton Formula Ltd. B188 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 G 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini All 39 3rd Australia Gary Brabham
United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
Report
20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen All
1989 United Kingdom Benetton Formula Ltd. B188
B189
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8
Ford Cosworth HBA1 3.5 V8
Ford Cosworth HBA4 3.5 V8
G 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini All 39 4th Australia Gary Brabham
United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
Report
20 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert 1–6
Italy Emanuele Pirro 7–16
1990 United Kingdom Benetton Formula Ltd. B189B
B190
Ford Cosworth HBA4 3.5 V8 G 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini 1–14 71 3rd Australia Gary Brabham
Brazil Roberto Moreno
Report
Brazil Roberto Moreno 15–16
20 Brazil Nelson Piquet All
1991 United Kingdom Camel Benetton Ford B190B
B191
Ford Cosworth HBA4 3.5 V8
Ford Cosworth HBA5 3.5 V8
P 19 Brazil Roberto Moreno 1–11 38.5 4th Report
Germany Michael Schumacher 12–16
20 Brazil Nelson Piquet All
1992 United Kingdom Camel Benetton Ford B191B
B192
Ford Cosworth HBA5 3.5 V8
Ford Cosworth HBA7 3.5 V8
G 19 Germany Michael Schumacher All 91 3rd United Kingdom Perry McCarthy
Italy Alex Zanardi
Report
20 United Kingdom Martin Brundle All
1993 United Kingdom Camel Benetton Ford B193
B193B
Ford Cosworth HBA7 3.5 V8
Ford Cosworth HBA8 3.5 V8
G 5 Germany Michael Schumacher All 72 3rd France Paul Belmondo
United Kingdom Perry McCarthy
United Kingdom Allan McNish
Italy Andrea Montermini
Italy Alex Zanardi
Report
6 Italy Riccardo Patrese All
1994 United Kingdom Mild Seven Benetton Ford B194 Ford Cosworth ECA Zetec-R 3.5 V8 G 5 Germany Michael Schumacher 1–11, 14–16 103 2nd United Kingdom Allan McNish
Canada Paul Tracy
Netherlands Jos Verstappen
Report
Finland JJ Lehto 12–13
6 3–6
Netherlands Jos Verstappen 1–2, 7–14
United Kingdom Johnny Herbert 15–16
1995 United Kingdom Mild Seven Benetton Renault B195 Renault RS7 3.0 V10 G 1 Germany Michael Schumacher All 137 1st France Emmanuel Collard
Netherlands Jos Verstappen
Report
2 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert All
1996 Italy Mild Seven Benetton Renault B196 Renault RS8 3.0 V10 G 3 France Jean Alesi All 68 3rd Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Report
4 Austria Gerhard Berger All
1997 Italy Mild Seven Benetton Renault B197 Renault RS9 3.0 V10 G 7 France Jean Alesi All 67 3rd Austria Alexander Wurz Report
8 Austria Gerhard Berger 1–6, 10–17
Austria Alexander Wurz 7–9
1998 Italy Mild Seven Benetton Playlife B198 Playlife GC37-01 3.0 V10 B 5 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella All 33 5th Report
6 Austria Alexander Wurz All
1999 Italy Mild Seven Benetton Playlife B199 Playlife FB01 3.0 V10 B 9 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella All 16 6th France Laurent Rédon Report
10 Austria Alexander Wurz All
2000 Italy Mild Seven Benetton Playlife B200 Playlife FB02 3.0 V10 B 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella All 20 4th Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada
Brazil Antônio Pizzonia
Report
12 Austria Alexander Wurz All
2001 Italy Mild Seven Benetton Renault B201 Renault RS21 3.0 V10 M 7 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella All 10 7th United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Australia Mark Webber
Report
8 United Kingdom Jenson Button All

Notes[]

V T E Benetton Formula Benetton Formula United Kingdom/Italy
Founder
Luciano Benetton
Personnel
James Allison · Ben Agathangelou · Flavio Briatore · John Barnard · Rocco Benetton · Ross Brawn · Rory Byrne · Nick Chester · Peter Collins · Tim Densham · Pat Fry · Mike Gascoyne · Rob Marshall · Steve Matchett · Paul Monaghan · Jarrod Murphy · Alan Permane · David Richards · Nigel Stepney · Pat Symonds · Willem Toet · Nicholas Tombazis · Jonathan Wheatley · Nick Wirth
World Champions
Germany Michael Schumacher (1994, 1995)
Drivers
Italy Teo Fabi · Austria Gerhard Berger · Belgium Thierry Boutsen · Italy Alex Zanardi · United Kingdom Johnny Herbert · Italy Emanuele Pirro · Brazil Nelson Piquet · Brazil Roberto Moreno · United Kingdom Martin Brundle · Italy Riccardo Patrese · Finland JJ Lehto · Netherlands Jos Verstappen · France Jean Alesi · Austria Alexander Wurz · Italy Giancarlo Fisichella · United Kingdom Jenson Button
Cars
B186 · B187 · B188 · B189 · B189B · B190 · B190B · B191 · B191B · B192 · B193 · B193B · B194 · B195 · B196 · B197 · B198 · B199 · B200 · B201
Report
1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001
V T E List of World Constructors' Champions
1950: none
1951: none
1952: none
1953: none
1954: none
1955: none
1956: none
1957: none
1958: Vanwall
1959: Cooper-Climax
1960: Cooper-Climax
1961: Ferrari
1962: BRM
1963: Lotus-Climax
1964: Ferrari
1965: Lotus-Climax
1966: Brabham-Repco
1967: Brabham-Repco
1968: Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1969: Matra-Ford Cosworth
1970: Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1971: Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1972: Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1973: Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1974: McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1975: Ferrari
1976: Ferrari
1977: Ferrari
1978: Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1979: Ferrari
1980: Williams-Ford Cosworth
1981: Williams-Ford Cosworth
1982: Ferrari
1983: Ferrari
1984: McLaren-TAG
1985: McLaren-TAG
1986: Williams-Honda
1987: Williams-Honda
1988: McLaren-Honda
1989: McLaren-Honda
1990: McLaren-Honda
1991: McLaren-Honda
1992: Williams-Renault
1993: Williams-Renault
1994: Williams-Renault
1995: Benetton-Renault
1996: Williams-Renault
1997: Williams-Renault
1998: McLaren-Mercedes
1999: Ferrari
2000: Ferrari
2001: Ferrari
2002: Ferrari
2003: Ferrari
2004: Ferrari
2005: Renault
2006: Renault
2007: Ferrari
2008: Ferrari
2009: Brawn-Mercedes
2010: Red Bull-Renault
2011: Red Bull-Renault
2012: Red Bull-Renault
2013: Red Bull-Renault
2014: Mercedes
2015: Mercedes
2016: Mercedes
2017: Mercedes
2018: Mercedes
2019: Mercedes
2020: Mercedes
2021: Mercedes
2022: Red Bull-RBPT
2023: Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
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