Source: BBC Ceefax
Date: January 17
Subject: Agip team up with Benetton


Italian oil giants Agip have said they are returning to Formula One this season with Benetton. Agip's fire-breathing six-legged dragon emblem was a familiar sight to grand prix fans for 20 years with Ferrari. They pulled out in 1995 , the same year Ferrari signed German Michael Schumacher on a huge contract. Last year Benetton, whose drivers are Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger, were sponsored by French oil company ELF.