(CNN)-- World champion race driver Jenson Button has joined the McLaren Formula ... And then there's the team's epic history: put it this way, the trophy cabinets seem to stretch for miles." ...

The first-ever Brawn BGP001, the car that powered Jenson Button to a fairytale run to the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship, sold for $3.8 million [£2.8 million] at Bonham's auction in Miami.

Jenson Button and his wife Brittny fell victim to an opportunistic thief in London in February, with the suspect apprehended and awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to the incident.