车队领队因车队表现不佳而受到审视。“弗雷德是带领这支车队朝着正确方向前进的人，”刘易斯·汉密尔顿对他的法拉利车队领队弗雷德·瓦瑟尔表示支持，认为他是领导车队的最佳人选，但他也相信这位法国人上方及周边的领导结构可能会进行重大调整。汉密尔顿是在本周末马来西亚巴林大奖赛前做出这番表态的。
由于中东战争导致本赛季早些时候的比赛取消，本次比赛在雪邦赛道举行并作为替代赛事。
Team principal under scrutiny after underperformance‘Fred is the guy to take this team in the right direction’ Lewis Hamilton has backed his Ferrari team principal, Fred Vasseur, as the best person to lead the team, but believes the leadership structure above and around the Frenchman could be overhauled. Hamilton was speaking before this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, with the race being held at the Sepang circuit but branded as a replacement for the meeting that was cancelled earlier in the season because of the war in the Middle East.
法拉利车队带着外界对瓦瑟尔的审视进入本周末的比赛，此前车队表现不佳，而前红牛车队领队克里斯蒂安·霍纳上周曾表示，接手法拉利将是他的梦想工作。
Ferrari go into the race with Vasseur under scrutiny, given the team have been underperforming and with the former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner having stated last week that taking over at Ferrari would be his dream job.