Location: Brackley, England
Years in F1: 2009
Team championships:
2009
Drivers Championships:
2009
Grand Prix victories: 8
Races started: 17
Pole positions: 5
Brawn team history
In early 2009 the Honda team was sold to Ros Brawn. With the uncertainty of the future of the team over the winter period, it had very little time to prepare. They negotiated an engine deal with Mercedes and an initial sponsorship deal with Richard Branson's Virgin group. In their first race the team took first and second places. This form has continued with Button winning 6 of the first 7 races of the season and Barrichello taking 3 second places. Barrichello won his first race for Brawn at Valencia. The team was not as dominant in the second half of the season, but Jenson Button won the Drivers Championship and Brawn the Constructors title in their first season. At the end of 2009 Mercedes bought a controlling interest in Brawn to run the team as Mercedes Grand Prix from the 2010 season.