Jenson Button, the 2009 F1 World Champion drove for the Honda Racing F1 team, where he won his first win (Hungary GP 2006) and the constructor's first win in 39 years!
The team quit after the 2008 season and they were bought out by the team principal, Ross Brawn on February 18th, 2009 and they became 'Brawn Grand Prix' and in the same season Brawn and Jenson became F1 World Champions!
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Jenson Button became the F1 world champion in the year 2009. He drove for the Mercedes GP Team. He won a total of 6 races that season and was on the podium 9 times totally. Also he won 6 out of the first 7 races and was on the podium in all the races. This helped him build up a good enough lead in the championship standings to fend off the late season charge from both red bull and McLaren