There was an immediate effect, in his first year with the Scuderia Schumacher won three races, more than the team had managed in the previous five years.
Michael Schumacher se je moral močno boriti za svoj prvi naslov prvaka, ker je prišlo njegovo moštvo Benetton večkrat v navzkrižje s pravili in Schumacher je bil zaradi tega suspendiran na več dirkah.