Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Benetton B197 yana da rashin haske a farkon kakar 1997 a Melbourne
amma ƙungiyar da Berger sun sake dawowa a Grand Prix na Brazil na 1997, tare da Berger ya gama na biyu bayan ya wuce Mika Häkkinen da Michael Schumacher. Berger sannan ya zira kwallaye na karshe na Benetton a Grand Prix yana da shekaru 37, kuma a Hockenheim, ya dawo bayan tseren tsere 3 bayan rashin lafiya da mutuwar mahaifinsa a cikin hadarin jirgin sama mai sauƙi. Kazalika da nasara, Berger ya kuma yi ikirarin matsayi na farko da kuma saurin gudu a lokacin gasar Grand Prix ta Jamus ta 1997. Ya sanar da shawarar da ya yanke na barin Benetton a karshen kakar wasa a wannan karshen mako. Daga ƙarshe ya yi ritaya a ƙarshen kakar, tserensa na ƙarshe ya gan shi ya gama na huɗu a cikin Jerez kawai seconds a bayan Mika Häkkinen mai nasara. A lokacinsa na karshe a matsayin direba na Formula One, Berger da Alesi sun cancanci juna sau 7 kowannensu tare da Austrian ya rasa tsere uku saboda rashin lafiya. Jita-jita game da dawowar Ferrari don 1998 ba gaskiya bane. Sauber ya ba Berger damar tuki don 1998 ga abokin tarayya Alesi, amma Austrian ya ƙi wannan tayin saboda dalilai da yawa, ba ma saboda sababbin ka'idoji don tayoyin da aka yi amfani da su wanda Austrian bai sami wahayi ba.