How Müller overcame prejudice and became F1’s first female race engineer

The first-ever female race engineer, Laura Müller, admits her dream originally was to be a Formula One driver.

"I always watched Formula 1 on Sundays, and I wanted to be a Formula 1 driver as a child."

Laura Müller.

"I always watched Formula 1 on Sundays," the German stated on Formel1.de's YouTube channel, "and I wanted to be a Formula 1 driver as a child."

The reason? The prejudice Formula 1 and the FIA are currently hard at work to dismantle with various endeavours such as the newly created F1 Academy all-female racing series that has cemented the surge of drivers like Spanish Marta Garcia and British Abby Pulling.

"At the time, no one really took it seriously, and as a child, of course, you don't know how to get into karting. That's why it never solidified. I've never driven a kart professionally either," added Müller.

Laura Müller and Esteban Ocon boast an open and honest working relationship. Photo: RacePictures.

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