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British Grand Prix diary: Button reunited with 2009 championship car at Silverstone

The Formula One paddock is a busy place that hosts a lot of serious business over a race weekend, but this blog aims to bring you some of the news stories you might otherwise miss ahead of the British Grand Prix.

Look who's back...

Jenson Button returned to the cockpit of the Brawn F1 car he drove to the 2009 world championship ahead of this weekend's British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

The Englishman conducted a demonstration run with the famous BG001 car that claimed the title in fairytale circumstances. The team had been saved from the ashes of Honda's withdrawal from F1 at the end of 2008 and saved by Ross Brawn, who is now sporting chief of the championship.