Mercedes-Benz will head up their own Formula One team next season after the German car manufacturer confirmed they have taken a 75.1 percent share in Brawn GP -- with Ross Brawn remaining as team principal.
The waiting is finally over for Jenson Button. Ten seasons and 171 races after the 20-year-old rookie made his F1 debut for the Williams team back in 2000, the Briton has finally called time on his critics -- of which there have been many -- to clinch his maiden world title.
Former Ferrari technical guru Ross Brawn, whose Brawn GP cars are setting the pace in this year's Formula One championship, is warning that the sport will suffer if his old team carries carries out their threat to quit next season.
Rubens Barrichello has been reassured by Brawn GP that there is no hidden agenda to give priority to world championship leader Jenson Button as the team bids to extend its flying start to the Formula One season.
Jenson Button's opening two wins of the Formula One season will stand after motorsport chiefs ruled on Wednesday that the aerodynamic diffuser fitted to the rear of his Brawn GP car is legal.
Mercedes-Benz will head up their own Formula One team next season after the German car manufacturer confirmed they have taken a 75.1 percent share in Brawn GP -- with Ross Brawn remaining as team principal.
The waiting is finally over for Jenson Button. Ten seasons and 171 races after the 20-year-old rookie made his F1 debut for the Williams team back in 2000, the Briton has finally called time on his critics -- of which there have been many -- to clinch his maiden world title.
Former Ferrari technical guru Ross Brawn, whose Brawn GP cars are setting the pace in this year's Formula One championship, is warning that the sport will suffer if his old team carries carries out their threat to quit next season.
Rubens Barrichello has been reassured by Brawn GP that there is no hidden agenda to give priority to world championship leader Jenson Button as the team bids to extend its flying start to the Formula One season.
Jenson Button's opening two wins of the Formula One season will stand after motorsport chiefs ruled on Wednesday that the aerodynamic diffuser fitted to the rear of his Brawn GP car is legal.
Ross Brawn should learn on Wednesday whether he has succesfully convinced Formula One's ruling body that the aerodynamic diffuser fitted to the back of the Brawn GP car is legal.
Britain's Jenson Button won the opening race of the 2009 Formula One season after dominating the Australian Grand Prix for the newly-formed Brawn GP team.
Jenson Button says he and teammate Rubens Barrichello will not be underestimating their F1 rivals after a triumphant 1-2 in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Britain's Jenson Button claimed pole position for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne -- leading a sweep of the front row for Formula One new boys Brawn GP.
World champion Lewis Hamilton says he will be struggling to even score a point in the opening grand prix of the season in Australia as the established order of Formula One looks set to be turned on its head this weekend.
Toyota, Williams and Brawn GP have all been cleared to race in this weekend's Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne after the FIA threw out a protest made by three of their Formula One rivals.
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher says he is "astonished" by the swift introduction of new rules to decide the Formula One drivers title by the number of race wins.
Rubens Barrichello in the Brawn GP produced the fastest time of the week in Formula One testing in Barcelona as world champion Lewis Hamilton struggled to keep pace in his new McLaren.
Jenson Button has given the thumbs up to the new Brawn GP car which impressed in its first test session at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya ahead of the Formula One season.
Last year's constructors' championship had a twist in its tail, with McLaren thrown out for spying on Ferrari -- who again claimed the crown. BMW Sauber were promoted to second and, after making steady gains in the winter, fancy their chances of another top finish. It should be a tight battle at the top.
Ferrari boss Jean Todt intends to take a leaf out of Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone's book and stay in the sport long after others are picking up their pensions.
Felipe Massa seized pole in front of his home fans as Ferrari team-mate Michael Schumacher could only finish 10th in qualifying for the last F1 race of his career, the title-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix.
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