In 1991 the Benetton team had effectively had two bosses: Tom Walkinshaw in charge of the team and technical issues, Flavio Briatore in charge of commercial affairs. This set-up continued in 1992. Benetton, having secured the presence of Schumacher, hired Martin Brundle as second driver. The season began with a development of the 1991 car, called the B191B and equipped with the Ford V8 engine of the VI series. The B191B disputed the first three GPs of the season: South Africa, Mexico and Brazil, where Schumacher obtained a fourth and two third places, while Brundle always had to retire.
The Danhausen company of Aachen, Germany, began producing its own series of handcrafted 1:43 models under the names Metal 43, Plumbies, SD Models and Minichamps in 1974. Between 1976 and 1990, AMR produced over 70 different Minichamps models for Danhausen. The mass production of highly detailed die-cast model cars, marketed under the name Minichamps, began in China in 1990 and marked a real revolution in the field of model making, with high quality products at extremely competitive prices. Minichamps models are developed in Germany, but production and assembly takes place in the Far East. In less than ten years Minichamps practically became the reference in the diecast sector. In 2004 the first resin miniatures were introduced. Over the years other scales have been developed significantly, including 1:18. The Maxichamps range, which includes affordable reissues of older Minichamps items, was introduced in 2016.