• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    3 days ago

    There’s a Formula One racing team that had a woman for a chief mechanic? I don’t really follow F1, but I feel like I’d have heard about this.

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      3 days ago

      Maybe he means Hannah Schmitz who has been Principal Strategy Engineer for Red Bull since 2021 (and was Senior Strategy Engineer for ten years before that).

      If my friend told me the were senior strategy engineer I could well imagine remembering that as ‘chief engineer’ or ‘senior mechanic’. Also, she’s British, which would fit with MOT.

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        3 days ago

        I got a chance to meet her at Zandvoort right before the 2022 GP (and the ensuing mess that happened if F1 fans remember). She is such a cool lady, and was very easy to talk to regarding the nitty gritty of F1 strat and behind-the-scenes stuff.

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        3 days ago

        haha, that would be hilarious! If that is true and you could actually identify here by the mere fact that there is only one possible woman - that would be so amazing (and of course bleak, but also fun!)