 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwaka waFisichella waifanira kutevera muenzaniso wakafanana muna 2000. Akawanazve dzimwe nzvimbo dzinoshamisa dzepodiyamu pakutanga kwegore, asi Benetton yechipiri yechipiri yemwaka yakareva kuti akakundikana kuwana mamwe mapoinzi. Mushure megore rake rokutanga reBenetton, paakapedza imwe pfungwa shure kwake, Fisichella akanga apedza zvakakwana mutambi wake weAustria Alexander Wurz, uyo aizobva achisiya boka racho kuti aite nzira yeBritish rookie Jenson Button muna 2001. Renault yakanga yatenga chikwata cheBenetton mushure mekutanga kwemwaka wa2000, asi kugadzirwa kweinjini yavo kwakanyanya kwaireva kuti Benetton yaive nemotokari isina kukwikwidza ya2001, uye semhedzisiro, Fisichella airwa kwenguva yakawanda yemwaka nezvikwata zvakaita seMinardi naProst. Zvisinei, nhamburiko dzomutungamiriri wezvemichina Mike Gascoyne nevashandi vake dzakaguma nokuvandudzwa kwegore rose, zvichiguma nomugumo we45 paGerman Grand Prixuye nzvimbo yechitatu yaFisichella munhangemutange yokuBelgium. Kunyange zvazvo Fisichella akanga awana zvakanakisisa zvechikwata mumwaka iwoyo uye nguva dzose akabudirira kupfuura Button, haana kuchengetedzwa nechikwata, saka akadzokera kuJordan muna 2002. 