Orginally Honda, Ross Brawn (former technical director at Benetton & Ferrari) jojned them as technical director in 2007 - but Honda pulled out and the team was left on brink of collapse until he personally bought the team early this and turned it into 'Brawn GP'. Brawn now use the highly successful Mercedes-Benz engines (like many oher F1 teams this season).
Ross Brawn
Jenson Button (Britain) and Rubens Barrichello ( Brazil) currently drive for Brawn GP
They became Mercedes GP. Team principal is still Ross Brawn and HQ is still at Brackley.
Jenson Button's Brawn GP car is called the Brawn BGP 001. It has a chassis made by the Brawn GP F1 team and a engine supplied by Mercedes - Benz.
Honda has sponsored him since he began racing until 2008 when he joined brawn GP, he is currently sponsored by Mclaren:)
Currently Jenson Button is driving for the McLaren Mercedes team. In the year 2009 he drove for the Brawn GP team and before that he drove for the Honda Racing Team. He won the drivers world championship while driving for Brawn GP in the year 2009.
Ross Brawn
Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello
No, according to an interview prior to the 2009 F1 season, Brawn said ... "It is our own gearbox. We converted the gearbox to mount on the Mercedes-Benz engine because all the rear suspension, we wanted to carry that over." Click on the "Ross Brawn Interview" link below to read a transcript of the interview.
No, the team will be known as Mercedes GP for the 2010 season. Mercedes, along with Aabar Investments, bought a 75 percent stake of the team after the 2009 season. Ross Brawn and Nick Fry own the rest of the team and Brawn will stay on as Chief Principal and Fry will stay on as CEO.
Rubens is currently driving for the Brawn Mercedes GP Team. Brawn GP Ltd. is a Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was formed on 6 March 2009 after it was confirmed that Ross Brawn, the ex-technical director of the Honda Racing F1 Team, had bought the team from Honda in the wake of the withdrawal from the sport of the Japanese marque in December 2008, and on 17 March 2009 the FIA officially agreed to the name change from Honda Racing F1 Team to Brawn GP. Although the team can be seen as a continuation of the Honda team, Brawn GP was considered by the FIA to be an entirely new entry, but the FIA agreed to waive the standard entry fee in recognition of the team's circumstances. The new team made its racing debut at the 2009 season-opening Australian Grand Prix on 28 March 2009, where they took pole position and 2nd place in qualifying. The team went on to win the top two positions in their debut Grand Prix race on 29 March 2009, with Jenson Button winning the race and Rubens Barrichello coming in second. The team use Mercedes-Benz engines and its cars are driven by the ex-Honda partnership of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, which has lasted for 3 years