Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Schumacher akapedza ari wechitatu muDrivers' Championship muna 1996 uye akabatsira Ferrari kusvika panzvimbo yechipiri muConstructors' Championship mberi kwechikwata chake chekare cheBenetton. Mumwaka, motokari yaiva nezvinetso zvekuvimbika; Schumacher haana kupedza mu 7 yemakwikwi e16. Pamakwikwi aya, Schumacher akatora nzvimbo yepamusoro, asi injini yake yakatadza kushanda pakutenderera kwekutanga. Zvisinei, akahwina mijaho mitatu, yakawanda kupfuura yainge yamboitwa nechikwata ichi kubva muna 1991 kusvika muna 1995. Akatora kukunda kwake kwokutanga kweFerrari paSpanish Grand Prix, apo akafambisa munda wose kusvika kunzvimbo yechitatu mumvura. Achitungamirira munharaunda yechi19, nguva dzose akapfuura vamwe vose mumunda wacho nemasekonzi mashanu mumamiriro akaoma. MuBelgian Grand Prix
, Schumacher akashandisa kumira kwakanyatsorongwa kuti adzivise Jacques Villeneuve waWilliams. Schumacher akatorawo nzvimbo yokutanga paMonza kuti akunde pamberi peTifosi.