Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I taea e Jenson Button anake te 'tirohia nga mea pai' i muri i tetahi atu ra whakapouri i te wira o tana McLaren e ngoikore ana. I muri i te mutu i runga i te ara i roto i ia o nga huihuinga whakangungu i te Paraire na nga take hangarau, i mahi a Button i te hat-trick i te tohu mo te Bahrain Grand Prix. I muri i ngā koki e toru noa iho o te Bahrain International Circuit, ka mutu te 35 tau te pakeke i te mea e whakapono ana te kapa he take hiko anō. I whakahokia a Jenson Button ki te pits i runga i tētahi motopaika e tētahi kaitiaki whai muri i te pakaru o tana pūkaha. I te whakangungu tuatahi i te Paraire, i pakaru te miihini o te motuka a Button i te kokonga tuatahi o tana huringa tere tere na te koretake hiko, a ka tae mai te FP2 he raru sensor i akiaki ia ki te whakamutu. Ko te kaiwhakahaere o te whakataetae, ko Eric Boullier, e kī ana ko ngā raruraru he "kore e pā ana", ā, "he hapa noa iho te whakamutu i te motokā". Heoi, ko te raru hou, ko te tikanga ka tiimata a Button i te whakataetae 20th me te whakamutunga - ko tana waahi iti rawa mai i te 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, i a ia e taraiwa ana mo nga kaiwhakarato hiko hiko o Honda. I tua atu, i runga i te taha ki runga, i taea e te hoa kapa a Fernando Alonso te whakauru i te McLaren ki te Q2 mo te wa tuatahi i tenei wa ka tiimata te 14. I a ia e whakaahua ana i ona kare a Button, ka mea ia: 'He kaihauturu whakataetae matou, a, e hiahia ana koe ki te whakahaere i to motuka whakataetae kia tere tonu. 'He mārama, i te wā e herea ana koe ki te rere i te P1 me te P2, me ngā tūnga e rua i runga i te ara, he uaua. Engari i runga i te āhua o ngā mea i tēnei wiki, i runga anō i te taraiwa o te motokā i tēnei ata, he tino pai te āhua. Ka peke atu a Button i tana McLaren i muri i tana korenga ki te whakaoti i te huihuinga tohu i Bahrain. 'I ahau tino hari ki reira. I mutu ahau i te tekau mā tahi. He P3 noa iho, engari he pai te āhua. 'Mā Fernando i roto i te tohu, ko tā mātou tohu pai rawa atu ki te Q2, me titiro koe ki ngā mea pai. 'Ka mea koe kei te tino haere whakamua mātou - kei te whakapai ake mātou i ia whakataetae e haere ana mātou - engari he wiki uaua noa iho ki taku taha o te karaka.' I oti a Alonso i te wha tekau ōrau o te hēkona i te tae atu ki te top-10 shoot-out, engari e whakaae ana ia...
Ko Jenson Button e mate ana i te hinganga tuatoru o tana waka i te mutunga wiki i Bahrain. I tū te waka o Ingarangi i tētahi atu take hiko i te Rāhoroi. Ko te raru hou ko te tikanga ko te taraiwa o McLaren te mea whakamutunga i te tīmatanga i te Ratapu.