Kammala wannan jumla: Na ga canje-canje da yawa a cikin ƙungiyar Benetton. Berger ya yi ritaya daga Formula One, kuma Alesi ya bar don shiga Sauber. An gabatar da direban gwajin Wurz zuwa wurin zama na cikakken lokaci, abokin tarayya Giancarlo Fisichella wanda ya bar Jordan. Renault ya janye daga Formula One, yana barin Benetton da Williams tare da samar da injunan Renault na 1997 wanda Mecachrome ya haɓaka. Benetton ya sake sanya waɗannan injunan a matsayin Playlife, alamar kayan wasanni mallakar dangin Benetton. An cire shugaban zartarwa Flavio Briatore kuma an maye gurbinsa da tsohon Gasar Rally ta Duniya kuma shugaban Prodrive David Richards. Fisichella ya sami nasara tare da B198, yana samun matsayi na biyu a Monaco da Monaco.
Canada da kuma matsayi na farko a Austria. Koyaya, Benetton ya zama ba shi da gasa a ƙarshen kakar, yana samun maki ɗaya kawai a cikin tsere bakwai na ƙarshe. Teamungiyar ta ɗora alhakin mai ba da taya Bridgestone, yana mai da'awar cewa sun fi son ƙungiyar McLaren da ta fi nasara. Benetton ya gama kakar wasa ta 5 a gasar zakarun Turai tare da maki 33.