Turn Six Renaming Gives Fans New F1 Fantasy Storyline at Albert Park
Fans, teams and f1 fantasy managers will have a new, named landmark to build lineups and storylines around when Turn Six at Albert Park carries the ‘In Her Corner’ name this weekend. At 8: 00 a. m. ET, organizers announced the corner will be renamed in tribute to Laura Mueller and Hannah Schmitz for the 2026 Australian Grand Prix.
F1 Fantasy Spotlight: Albert Park’s Turn Six Becomes ‘In Her Corner’
The immediate change is visual and narrative: Turn Six at the Albert Park Circuit will be presented as ‘In Her Corner’ during the Australian Grand Prix program, giving broadcasters, teams and f1 fantasy players a fixed reference tied to two engineers. This is the first time a corner of a race track has been named after a woman, a fact organizers highlighted for the 2026 race weekend.
Hannah Schmitz and Laura Mueller’s Roles Highlight Engineering Pathways
That naming explicitly honors Hannah Schmitz and Laura Mueller and foregrounds their career milestones. Schmitz is head of race strategy at Red Bull and has worked with the team since 2009; she was promoted to Head of Race Strategy in 2026 and is one of only 11 women to have stood on a podium after a race. Mueller is the race engineer at Haas for Esteban Ocon and became the first female engineer to take on that role full time in 2025.
Engineers Australia and Australian Grand Prix Corporation Drive the Renaming Initiative
The renaming is part of a joint initiative between Engineers Australia and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation with the stated aim of inspiring future engineers. The decision ties directly to International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8, because the opening race of the season falls on that same date; the Australian Grand Prix runs March 6-8 in 2026.
Still, the renaming produces an immediate promotional consequence: teams and event organizers can use the ‘In Her Corner’ branding to spotlight engineering careers during race weekend activations and features. F1 Academy — now entering its fourth year — and programs such as F1 ACADEMY Discover Your Drive are positioned in the materials accompanying the initiative, emphasizing opportunities at grassroots levels to encourage girls and women into motorsport roles.
That said, the move also reframes how the sport markets technical personnel. By placing engineers’ names onto circuit signage and the race narrative, the organizers create a concrete touchpoint that connects the work on the pit wall and in race strategy rooms with what fans see on track, rather than keeping those figures behind-the-scenes.
For now, the change is specific: Turn Six at Albert Park will carry the ‘In Her Corner’ name during the 2026 Australian Grand Prix weekend and will be presented as part of the event program for March 6-8. If the opening race remains scheduled for Sunday, March 8, the renamed corner will appear in that day’s coverage and event materials, making the International Women’s Day connection explicit.
