Button won in the hot Bahrain. This was his third win out of the four races. Glock overtook his team-mate Trulli at the race start. Hamilton had a good start and he climbed into the third position. Hamilton was followed by Button, Vettel and Rubinho. Kimi had also a good start and he climbed into the 6th position. Kimi was followed by Rubinho, Alonso, Massa and Rosberg. On the first lap Rubinho overtook Kimi. On the second lap Button overtook Hamilton. Kubica and Nakajima made the pitstops for the new front noses. On the third lap Massa and Heidfeld made the pitstops. Massa had hit slightly to Kimi's car at the race start.

Glock and Trulli had light cars and they pulled slowly away Button who pulled away Hamilton and Vettel. Kimi could not follow Rubinho. Toyota cars made their first pitstops on the 11th lap (Glock) and on the 12th lap (Trulli). On the 14th lap Rubinho made his first pitstop. On the next lap Button made his first pitstop and rejoined front of Toyotas. Also Hamilton made his first pitstop. On the 16th lap Alonso made his first pitstop. Vettel was leading the race. On the 19th lap Vettel made his first pitstop. KImi was leading the race until he made his first pitstop on the 21th lap. Also Rosberg made his first pitstop. After the pitstops the race order was the following: Button, Trulli, Vettel, Hamilton, Rubinho, Glock, Piquet Jr., Kimi, Alonso and Rosberg. Piquet Jr. had not make any pitstops. On the 23th lap Piquet Jr. made his first pitstop and dropped into the 11th position.

Button's speed was fast and he pulled away Trulli. After 25 laps his leading margin was 25 seconds to Truli who drove with hard tyres. Vettel was stuck behind Trulli. On the 26th lap Rubinho made surprisingly the second pitstop and rejoined 8th position behind Alonso. On teh 33th lap Glock made his second pitstop and rejoined the 10th position behind Piquet Jr. On the 37th lap Button, Trulli, Hamilton and Alonso made their second pitstops. On the 40th lap Vettel made his second pitstop and rejoined front of Trulli. Button was leading the race followed by Kimi who made his second pitstop on the 44th lap. Kimi's pitstop did last few seconds too long and he rejoined behind Glock but could overtake Glock immediately. On the 45th lap Rosberg made his second pitstop. After the pitstops the race order was the following: Button, Vettel, Trulli, Rubinho, Hamilton, Kimi, Glock, Alonso, Rosberg and Piquet Jr. On the 47th lap Rubinho made his third pitstop and rejoined just front of Kimi.

Button's leading margin was ten seconds and he drove into the victory. Trulli with soft tyres tried to overtake Vettel with hard tyres but couldn't. Hamilton was the fourth followed by Rubinho and Kimi. Glock seemed to be faster than Kimi but coudn't overtake him. Alonso was the last point finisher. Rosberg was the 9th followed by Piquet Jr. and Webber who climbed into the 11th position from the 18th grid. Kovalainen had problems with his tyres at the beginning of the race and he was the 12th followed by Bourdais and the disappointed Massa. Massa was followed by Force India duo Fisichella and Sutil. Buemi was the 17th followed by BMW Saubers Kubica and Heidfeld. The only retirement was Nakajima who drove into the pits on the 48th lap due to an oil pressure problem. See the full results here.