The Brawn GP formula one team was a buy-out of Honda racing formula one during the hard times of the recession where Ross Brawn took over the team, still continued using Honda engines, but named the team after himself. Its first and only racing season was in 2009 when it competed in the Formula One World Racing Championship, with both Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello representing and racing for the team.

On its debut, the season-opening 2009 Australian Grand Prix; the team stole pole position along with 2nd place in qualifying and went on to win first (Jenson Button) and second (Rubens Barrichello) in the race. Button went on to win six of the first seven races of the season and further went on to secure the team the title of constructors championship as well as winning the drivers title for himself. The team then further went on to win seven out of eight races, making them the only team to acquire a 100% success rate in one season alone.

Due to the team's success in clinching the constructor's championship and the driver's title, Mercedes took a 75.1% stake in Brawn GP for a staggering £110million, leaving Brawn with a 24.9% stake. And so Mercedes engines were now used and Brawn GP was short lived and became Mercedes GP.

In 2010 the team didn't quite achieve the astronomical success that they did the previous year; however, they did come a respectable fourth with Nico Rosberg and former world champion Michael Schumacher racing for the team.

Last season, in top spot was Red Bull; second place went to McLaren and third place to Ferrari with Mercedes missing out on being in the top three by 182 points. The team missed out last season, however, Brawn has promised next season to be bigger better and hopefully to be a winner!