Since its debut, in January 1983, the Benetton team won the Drivers’ Championship in 1994 and, the following year, both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships, confirming Michael Schumacher as the world’s leading driver.
Between 1992 and 1997 the Benetton team consistently gained a place on the final podium of the Constructors’ World Championship. Overall, it attained a total of 27 victories, 96 podium and 16 pole positions.