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2009 marked the 60th Formula One Championship and was the year when a new team was born, won both the Constructors Championship and the Drivers Championship, and then died – all in a single season.  2009 was the year of Brawn GP.

The 2009 F1 season was the first  to be run on slick tyres since they were outlawed after 1997. In an effort to cut costs and increase overtaking the FIA also introduced revised front and rear wings, changes to the diffusers, the removal of winglets and other bodywork appendages and the introduction of the KERS system whereby energy was stored from braking to be used via a ‘push to pass’ button for a limited time.

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