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Updated: 2010-03-09 20:44
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Brawn Formula One Team (United Kingdom) Motor Racing
The Brawn team amazed Formula One in 2009 by winning the drivers and constructors world titles in its debut year. Brawn was formed from the defunct Honda team in March 2009 when Ross Brawn, former technical director of Benetton, Ferrari and Honda, led a management buyout, following the Japanese manufacturer’s withdrawal from Grand Prix racing. With engines supplied by Mercedes-Benz, Brawn won the World Constructors Championship and the individual World Championship with their driver Jenson Button. Button won six of the first seven Grand Prix to effectively secure his world title, while team-mate Rubens Barrichello added victories in Valencia and Monza. At the end of the year, a majority interest in Brawn was sold to Mercedes-Benz and the team will race in 2010 as Mercedes Grand Prix.
