Button and the Brawn GP Almost twenty years after what was his first and only world title in Formula 1, Jenson Button is back behind the wheel of the Brawn BGP 001 at Goodwood, where the English driver will once again get aboard the same single-seater in the famous British festival scheduled from 9 to 12 July. The 46-year-old, who also won the Phil Hill Cup at the 83rd Members’ Meeting with his Jaguar E-Type, was the protagonist of a performance last weekend with the car that gave him the greatest satisfaction of his career, which closed at the end of 2025 after the experience in the WEC. 2009: a special year Now ambassador of Aston Martin, in 2009 the Englishman surprisingly became world champion in a season characterized not only by the introduction of new technical regulations, but also by the debut of Brawn GP, a team taken over by former Ferrari Technical Director Ross Brawn after Honda’s exit from the scene. With six victories, Button finished at the top of the standings ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Rubens Barrichello, another former Ferrari driver who moved to Brawn GP. The results, driven by the Mercedes engine, also allowed the English team to win the Constructors’ title, becoming the only case in the history of F1 of a team winning the Constructors’ and Drivers’ titles in a single year of participation. In 2010, in fact, the team merged into the current Mercedes. After hearing the #Brawn BGP 001 tear around Goodwood Motor Circuit in the hands of Jenson Button, we’ve never been more certain that the mighty V8 is the greatest engine to ever be put in an #F1 car. Listen to this and tell us we’re wrong… #83MM pic.twitter.com/myRmyzpaHg— Goodwood Road & Racing (@GoodwoodRRC) April 19, 2026 Not just Button Williams, as already announced, will take to the track at Goodwood with another world champion of the caliber of Damon Hill, who for the occasion will restart the engine of his FW18 thirty years after the world victory achieved in 1996.
