text: Jenson Button was denied his 100th race for McLaren after an Energy Recovery System prevented him from making it to the start-line. It capped a miserable weekend for the Briton; his time in Bahrain plagued by reliability issues. Button spent much of the race on Twitter delivering his verdict as the action unfolded. 'Kimi is the man to watch,’ and ‘loving the sparks’, were among his pearls of wisdom, but the tweet which courted the most attention was a rather mischievous one: ‘Ooh is Lewis backing his team mate into Vettel?’ he quizzed after Rosberg accused Hamilton of pulling off such a manoeuvre in China. Jenson Button waves to the crowd ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix which he failed to start . Perhaps a career in the media beckons… . Lewis Hamilton  has out-qualified and finished ahead of Nico Rosberg at every race this season. Indeed Rosberg has now beaten his Mercedes team-mate only once in the 11 races since the pair infamously collided in Belgium last year. Hamilton secured the 36th win of his career in Bahrain and his 21st from pole position. Only Michael Schumacher (40), Ayrton Senna (29) and Sebastian Vettel (27) have more. He also became only the sixth F1 driver to lead 2,000 laps. Nico Rosberg has been left in the shade by Lewis Hamilton who celebrates winning his third race of the year . Kimi Raikkonen secured a record seventh podium finish in Bahrain following his superb late salvo, although the Ferrari driver has never won in the Gulf Kingdom. It was the Finn’s first trip to the rostrum since the 2013 Korean Grand Prix, but his triumph brought a typically deadpan response: ‘You're never happy when you finish second… I'm a bit pleased to get a result.’ Sparks fly off the back of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari en route to finishing second in Bahrain . Bernie Ecclestone was in the Bahrain paddock this weekend. He denied trying to engineer a deal for Hamilton, out of contract at the end of the season, to join Ferrari despite earlier insisting that such a move would be ‘great’ for the sport. The 84-year-old also confirmed that F1 would be in Azerbaijan for the first time next year, even with concerns surrounding the country’s human rights record. ‘I think everybody seems to be happy,’ Ecclestone said. ‘There doesn't seem to be any big problem there. There's no question of it not being on the calendar. It's going to be another good race.’ Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone speaks to Nico Rosberg ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix .
target: Jenson Button denied 100th race start for McLaren after ERS failure .
  Button then spent much of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Twitter delivering his verdict on the action as it unfolded .
  Lewis Hamilton has out-qualified and finished ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg at every race this season .
  Bernie Ecclestone confirms F1 will make its bow in Azerbaijan next season .