He hired and quickly fired engineer John Barnard and lured young driver Michael Schumacher from the Jordan team after his first F1 race in . "The Times" observed that Briatore knew Schumacher could be the best and built a team around him at Benetton Schumacher went on to win at Spa in and again at Estoril in before claiming the World Drivers' Championship in and . The Benetton team won the World Constructors' Championship in 1995.