Haas have promoted Laura Mueller to the role of Race Engineer for Esteban Ocon, progressing from Performance Engineer since joining the team in 2022.

Having finished seventh in the constructors’ championship last year, their best finish since 2018, Haas have revealed a new 2025 line-up that features Esteban Ocon and recent addition, Ferrari junior Ollie Bearman.

A race engineer acts as the main link between a driver and the team, both on-track through radio communications, and off it in the pursuit of performance.

Ayao Komatsu, Haas F1 Team Principal, commented on the appointment, “She’s a pretty determined character,

“If you look at how many female engineers we have in the office, it’s definitely more than before. But it’s not like I chose Laura because she’s female.

“We don’t care [about] nationality, gender – it really doesn’t matter because what matters is work. How you can fit into the team, how you can maximise the performance. I believe it is the right choice.”

Ronan O’Hare has also been promoted from his role as Performance Engineer to Race Engineer for Bearman, who stood-in for Kevin Magnussen as a race driver twice in 2023 and has already embedded himself well with the team.

Mark Lowe returns to Haas in the newly-created role of Sporting Director, while Team Manager Pete Crolla has departed.

Haas also filled the role of Chief Race Engineer that has been vacant for a year with Francesco Nenci joining, having previously worked in F1 with Sauber and Toyota and more recently holding the role of performance team leader on Audi’s Dakar Rally project.

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