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Haas has made a small piece of Formula 1 history in appointing the championship’s first female race engineer.
Haas has made a significant move in Formula 1 by appointing Laura Muller as the championship’s first female race engineer. Muller, previously a performance engineer, will now work with Esteban Ocon during his debut year with the team. As a race engineer, she will play a crucial role in maximizing car performance and facilitating communication between the driver and the team. Haas’s team boss, Ayao Komatsu, highlighted Muller’s determination and work ethic as key factors in her selection. Muller’s background includes work in junior single-seaters, the DTM, and sportscars before joining Haas in 2022. Her promotion to race engineer reflects a growing trend of diversity and female talent within F1 teams.
