Playlife

This article is about the fashion company. For the gamification platform, see Playlyfe.

Playlife is a fashion company based in Treviso, Italy. The company is owned by the Benetton family and is the sporting label of the clothes manufacturer.

Playlife put their name to the engine supply of Formula One team Benetton's cars from 1998 to 2000. Playlife engines were re-badged Renault engines that had been acquired by Mecachrome in 1998 and Supertec in 1999 and 2000. Other teams ran the same engines but kept the Mecachrome/Supertec name such as Williams, Arrows and BAR.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	WCC
1998	Mild Seven Benetton	Benetton B198	Playlife (Mecachrome) GC37-01 3.0 V10	B		AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	LUX	JPN		33	5th
					Giancarlo Fisichella	Ret	6	7	Ret	Ret	2	2	9	5	Ret	7	8	Ret	8	6	8
					Alexander Wurz	7	4	4	Ret	4	Ret	4	5	4	9	11	16	Ret	Ret	7	9
1999	Mild Seven Benetton	Benetton B199	Playlife (Supertec) FB01 3.0 V10	B		AUS	BRA	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	EUR	MAL	JPN		16	6th
					Giancarlo Fisichella	4	Ret	5	5	9	2	Ret	7	12	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	11	14
					Alexander Wurz	Ret	7	Ret	6	10	Ret	Ret	10	5	7	7	14	Ret	Ret	8	10
2000	Mild Seven Benetton	Benetton B200	Playlife (Supertec) FB02 3.0 V10	B		AUS	BRA	SMR	GBR	ESP	EUR	MON	CAN	FRA	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	MAL	20	4th
					Giancarlo Fisichella	5	2	11	7	9	5	3	3	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	14	9
					Alexander Wurz	7	Ret	9	9	10	12	Ret	9	Ret	10	Ret	11	13	5	10	Ret	7