Sensational double World Champion driver line-up created as Jenson Button joins Lewis Hamilton at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Woking, 18 November 2009: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is delighted to announce the signing of the reigning World Champion Jenson Button to a multi-year deal. He will be partnered by 2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who will be embarking [...]
F1: Mercedes sticks with McLaren – Brawn still likely
November 2, 2009 By
Mercedes has reaffirmed its partnership with McLaren F1 for 2010 but is looking ever closer to a deal to take a majority stake in Brawn F1 As the F1 season drew to a close at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi yesterday, the whole of the top end of Mercedes Benz management was on [...]
Button & Brawn – World Champions
October 18, 2009 By
Jenson Button drove a great race to finish fifth in the Brazilian Grand Prix and secure his world championship and that of Brawn GP. It’s looked less and less certain that Jenson Button would secure the world championship that seemed to be his from the first race of the Formula One season. But one thing [...]
Barrichello wins for Brawn in Monza
September 13, 2009 By
Brawn are back, with Rubens Barrichello taking the honours in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza and team mate Jenson Button coming home in second place. Brawn made the most of their one-stop strategy in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza this afternoon, taking the top two positions and cementing their lead in the constructors [...]
Rubens wins in Valencia
August 23, 2009 By
Well, it’s been a long time coming – five years – but Rubens Barrichello has finally stood on the top step of the podium once again, after driving an exemplary race from the second row to take victory in his Brawn in the European Grand Prix in Valencia. Rubens has had a moan or two [...]
Button wins in Istanbul
June 7, 2009 By
Surprise, surprise! Jenson Button has won the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul, making it six wins out of seven and what is beginning to look like an unassailable lead in the drivers (and constructors) championship. Contrary to recent form, Button failed by a whisker to take pole position in Q3 qualifying yesterday, having to cede [...]
Button wins in Monaco – another Brawn 1-2
May 24, 2009 By
[ad#ad-1] This year’s Formula One season is starting to turn in to a cross between a Roy of the Rovers special and a Disney Fairytale. Not content with simply getting the Brawn GP team up and running just in time for the start of the season, and then going on to win four of the [...]
Mercedes want in with Brawn GP
May 13, 2009 By
[ad#ad-1] With Brawn GP wiping the floor with everything on the F1 circus this season, and particularly World Champions McLaren, it is being reported that Mercedes are seeking a closer relationship with the new darlings of the paddock. At the moment Mercedes supplies engines to Brawn GP on a customer basis. In other words, Brawn [...]
