Sakhir, Bahrain (My Sportsbook) - Jenson Button's dream season in Formula One continued Sunday, as the Brawn GP driver captured his third victory in the first four races with a dominating performance in the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Button started fourth on the grid in the scorching desert heat at Bahrain International Circuit, but after a flawless pit strategy in the first round of stops, he moved ahead of Toyota drivers Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock, who started on the front row. The Briton only relinquished the lead one other time, during his final stop, before finishing well ahead of Sebastian Vettel from Red Bull.

"This was a tough race for us," Button said. "This weekend, we haven't had the kind of pace we've had in the first few races, and I don't know where it's gone. I guess these guys have caught up and maybe passed us."

Button recorded his fourth career F1 victory. He has now accumulated 31 points in his early-season championship lead.

Every driver who has won three of the first four races has gone on to win the F1 world championship that year.

Vettel, who won last week's rain-soaked Chinese Grand Prix, captured his third career podium finish with a second-place run.

"It was a very good result for us and good points," Vettel said.

Trulli finished third, followed by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Rubens Barrichello from Brawn.

"I'm a little disappointed, because I was waiting for the first win for Toyota," Trulli said.

Kimi Raikkonen finished sixth to finally give Ferrari its first points of the season. Glock came in seventh, while Renault's Fernando Alonso was eighth. Nico Rosberg from Williams and Nelson Piquet, teammate to Alonso, completed the top-10.

Barrichello is second in points with 19, followed by Vettel with 18.

Felipe Massa's disappointing season continued as the Ferrari driver finished 14th and has yet to score a point this year. Massa, who won the Bahrain GP in 2007 and '08, made contact with his teammate Raikkonen on the third lap, forcing the Italian driver to pit for repairs.

BMW Sauber drivers Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld had a miserable race, with Kubica finishing 18th and Heidfeld coming in 19th.

Kubica and Kazuki Nakajima bumped on the first lap, with both drivers having to pit for a new nose on their cars. Kubica also spun after attempting to pass Nakajima for position on lap 47.

Heidfeld pitted early to make adjustments to the car and lost track position.

Nakajima was the only driver forced to retire with eight laps remaining.