text: Jenson Button has been penalised for his crash with Pastor Maldonado during Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix. The pair were dicing for 13th place when Button hit the back of Maldonado’s Lotus as they battled for position on the run down to Turn 1. Maldonado, who earlier in his incident-packed race missed the entry to the pit-lane, was sent into a spin, while Button sustained damage to his front wing. Jenson Button crashed into the back of Pastor Maldonado's Lotus on lap 49 of the Chinese Grand Prix . The incident unfolded in front of Fernando Alonso (right) who moved up two places . While Button limped to finish 13th, Maldonado retired following rear-end damage sustained in the crash. The incident on lap 49 was referred to the race stewards and Button was given a five-second penalty after the race, which dropped the British driver to 14th. He was also given two penalty points on his superlicence. ‘I thought there was room on the inside and, yeah, I can't really say anything else’, said a downbeat Button. ‘An incident you never want to happen, but just a misjudgement I guess.’ Jenson Button appeared in a relaxed mood before Sunday's race but had an afternoon to forget in China . Button, who finished 13th before he was demoted, is lapped by the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg . Button’s incident capped another disappointing weekend for McLaren with Button and team-mate Fernando Alonso scrapping for the menial places at the back of the field. Alonso, who finished 12th was lapped by both Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari, the team he left at the end of last season.
target: Jenson Button penalised for his role in the crash with Pastor Maldonado .
  The pair collided  as they diced for 13th in final stages of Chinese GP .
  Button slapped with five-second penalty and given two penalty points .
  Incident capped another disappointing weekend for hapless McLaren .