In , another son of an F1 racing legend took the titles for Williams once again, as Jacques Villeneuve became the 4th driver to take both the Formula One and CART championship (the others being Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, and Nigel Mansell).
Učinki so bili vidni takoj, saj je Schumacher že v prvi sezoni za Ferrari osvojil tri dirke, kar je več kot Ferrari v prejšnjih petih letih.