New Benetton in December; Sponsor for Schumacher
© 1996 ATLAS TEAM

Saturday October 5, 1996

Flavio Briatore, owner of the Benetton team, has announced that their new Formula One car for the 1997 season will be ready in December. The first test with the Benetton-Renault are planned for February.

Briatore commented: "Our new car is build exactly according to the wishes of Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger."


Sponsor for Schumacher

It seems Willi Weber has found a first big sponsor deal for Michael Schumacher's little brother Ralf. The deal with the 'Süddeutschen Klassenlotterie' is rumoured to be worth one million german marks, around 700.000 US dollars.


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