With the start of the 2025 F1 season on the horizon, the Haas team has made a historic hire by naming Laura Mueller a race engineer. Per The Athletic's

Laura Mueller will become Esteban Ocon's race engineer this season while Carine Cridelich will join from rivals Racing Bulls as head of strategy in March.

Haas has appointed Laura Mueller as the first female race engineer in Formula 1. Mueller will be working with French driver Esteban Ocon this year, Haas said on Tuesday. Race engineer is a very visible role in F1 since they’re on the radio to drivers during races and those messages are broadcast.

With her promotion to race engineer by Haas on Tuesday, Laura Mueller will become the first woman in Formula One history to lead an engineering team. Mueller will serve as the race engineer for driver Esteban Ocon, who will debut with Haas when the 2025 campaign begins in March. Ocon had spent the previous four years with the Alpine F1 Team.

Haas F1 have made history by becoming the first team to sign a female race engineer, who will join an elite list of women in F1