At the Chinese Grand Prix, Button finished third behind Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, but returned to winning ways the following week in Bahrain despite only qualifying fourth.
No Gran Premio de China de 2009, Button terminou terceiro detrás dos Red Bull de Sebastian Vettel e Mark Webber, pero regresou á senda do triunfo a semana seguinte en Bahrain, a pesar de só cualificar cuarto.