<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni kwesizini ka-1997, u-Alessi wanikezwa isiphetho sikaFlavio Briatore, emxwayisa ngokuthi u-1997 uzoba yithuba lakhe lokugcina lokuthola imiphumela emihle. Imoto yakhiqiza imiphumela emihle ekuhlolweni kwangaphambi kwesizini, kodwa uRoss Brawn, uNigel Stepney noRory Byrne bajoyina uSchumacher eFerrari, futhi ifomu likaBenetton phakathi nesizini lalingalingani. Isizathu sakhe asizange sisizwe ukuhoxa kwakhe okuyihlazo emqhudelwaneni wokuvula isizini i-Australian Grand Prix  <response>: ngo-1994, lapho engazinaki izigijimi eziningana zomsakazo ezivela kubakhiqizi bezimoto ukuba bangene endaweni yakhe yokuma, futhi waqhubeka imizuliswano emihlanu waze waphelelwa uphethiloli futhi wagxekwa nguBriatore, owaba nomuzwa wokuthi wayedlale ngamathuba okuqeda isicoco. Wathola amaphuzu amathathu kuphela emijahweni emine eyalandela, kodwa wabe eseba nokugijima okunamandla ngama-podium ambalwa, wakhuphukela endaweni yesithathu kumqhudelwano wabashayeli. Kodwa-ke, kwakukhona nezinye izehlakalo ezihlazisayo, njengaseFrance Grand Prix lapho esunduza uDavid Coulthard ngaphandle kwesidingo, nase-Austria Grand Prix, lapho ukuzama kwakhe ukuvimba u-Eddie Irvine kusuka cishe ubude obuyisishiyagalombili ngemuva kwabangela ukushayisana okwabona u-Alessi efakwa ngaphansi kophenyo ngokushayela okuyingozi ngemuva komjaho. Wathatha isikhundla esiphezulu emncintiswaneni omkhulu wase-Italy owathumela abalandeli ekuthokozeni naphezu kokuthi wayengasashayela iFerrari futhi ehola ekuqaleni komjaho kodwa walahlekelwa yiMcLaren kaDavid Coulthard ngenxa yokuma kancane. Wagcina endaweni yesine emqhudelwaneni ngamaphuzu angama-36, ngenxa yokukhishwa kukaMichael Schumacher ekupheleni kwesizini. Idumela lika-Alesi lonakaliswa ngesikhathi sakhe eBenetton, ehlulekile ukuwina iGrand Prix yize enemoto yokuncintisana, futhi wahlupheka ngokuqhathaniswa noSchumacher kwaFerrari. Inkontileka ka-Alesi noBenetton ayizange ivuselelwe ekupheleni kwesizini futhi wasayina inkontileka yeminyaka emibili neSauber. 