Laura Mueller has defied obstacles
By: Jake Rajala
Today is international “Women in Engineering Day”. I believe it’s worth reflecting on a special female in F1 by the name of Laura Mueller. She is the first full-time race engineer in the history of Formula 1! The 35 year old has been there for 18 months. Of course, she is the engineer for Esteban Ocon at Haas.
The Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu said on the F1 website, “She’s a pretty determined character. He elaborated and said, “And then she’s very hard working.”
She has recognized that other females have shined in men sports, even in racing. She said Leena Gade was someone that she looked up to. She was the first female race engineer to win at the 24 hours of Le Mans with Audi in 2011. She said, “I’ve only met her in passing once – I don’t actually know much about her, but at the same time I was like, “That’s really cool, that’s a woman in a very important role.”
I’m not saying that Laura is “Amelia Earnhardt”, but she is an inspiration for many people. She is inspiring from an engineer perspective and an athletic perspective.
Her fame has been captured in unique ways. Laura and Hannah Schmitz became the first women to have the corner named after them at the Australian Grand Prix. Hannah is the head of race strategy for the Formula 1 Red Bull team. She is 41 years old and she came the University of Cambridge.
So, what else should we note about Laura? Well, she went to Technical University of Munich. Rudolf Diesel, who invented the diesel engine, went there.
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