Next season, the 2009 world champion Jenson Button will team-up with the 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton at McLaren to form the first 100% British team since Graham Hill partnered Jim Clark at Lotus in 1968.
Mercedes bought a controlling stake in Formula One world champions Brawn GP and pulled out of rival team McLaren on Monday in a move that is likely to see drivers champion Jenson Button move to McLaren next season.
Rubens Barrichello has claimed victory in the European Grand Prix for championship leaders Brawn GP, beating world champion Lewis Hamilton by 2.3 seconds at Valencia on Sunday. It's the first F1 victory for the veteran Brazilian in five years.
Red Bull pilot Mark Webber won his first Formula One Grand Prix in an eight-year-long career in Germany on Sunday, also notching up the first victory for an Australian driver since 1981. Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton finished 18th and last.
Australian driver Mark Webber was fastest at the qualification race for Sunday's Formula One German Grand Prix. The Red Bull pilot finished first in front of both Brawn GP drivers, Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button.
The Formula One Teams Association has announced that all members have submitted conditional entries for the 2010 season. Even Ferrari, which had threatened to pull out over proposed rule changes, has entered the championship.
In another triumphant one-two finish for Brawn GP, British driver Jenson Button tamed Monaco's streets to win his fifth Grand Prix of the season. His Brazilian teammate Rubens Barrichello finished in second place.
Britain's Jenson Button, in his Brawn GP, grabbed pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday at the end of Saturday's qualifying sessions. Lewis Hamilton, who won the race last year, suffered a crash and will start in sixteenth place.
Jenson Button and Brawn GP continue their domination of this season's start after the Brit won the Spanish Grand Prix. His team-mate Brazilian Rubens Barrichello finished second. Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton was ninth.
Championship leader Jenson Button, in a Brawn GP, grabbed pole position for the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix at the end of the qualifying sessions. The Brit already has won three of the four races this season.
