Ruth Buscombe was born on 21 December 1989 and is a British motorsport engineer and presenter for F1 TV.
19 Facts About Ruth Buscombe
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Ruth Buscombe left Haas in June 2016 and was employed by Sauber three months later, helping the team finish ahead of rival Manor Racing in the 2016 Constructors' Championship.
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Ruth Buscombe joined the F1 TV line-up in mid-2024 from her role as a strategy engineer at the Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber.
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Ruth Buscombe cited Formula One engineers James Allison and Paddy Lowe as her inspiration.
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Ruth Buscombe was educated at Forest School, Walthamstow, enjoying mathematics and the problem-solving aspect of the subject.
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Ruth Buscombe's teachers attempted to discourage her from a career in engineering because they questioned why she wanted to work in a male-dominated industry.
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Ruth Buscombe went to the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering to study Aerospace and Aerothermal Engineering.
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Ruth Buscombe graduated with a first class honours degree in 2012.
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Immediately after graduation, Ruth Buscombe entered Formula One with the Scuderia Ferrari team in 2012 as a simulation development engineer where she developed and implemented algorithms.
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Ruth Buscombe was promoted to the role of a race strategist in March 2013 and worked at Ferrari's headquarters in Maranello.
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Ruth Buscombe oversaw the strategic decisions for driver Felipe Massa and later Kimi Raikkonen from the factory's remote garage.
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Ruth Buscombe remained with Ferrari throughout 2015 before leaving at the end of the season to join first-year team Haas F1 in November as their strategy engineer.
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Ruth Buscombe was now working at the tracks and on the pitwall.
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Ruth Buscombe joined the Dare to be Different campaign in February 2016.
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Ruth Buscombe's strategy allowed lead driver Romain Grosjean to claim two successive top six finishes in the season's first two races in Australia and Bahrain.
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Ruth Buscombe formulated a strategy to allow Felipe Nasr to finish ninth in the Brazilian race, which saw Sauber overtake Manor Racing tenth in the Constructors' Championship.
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Ruth Buscombe left her position of Head of Race Strategy at Sauber at the conclusion of the 2023 season.
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Ruth Buscombe moved into an F1 TV presenter role "for [the] 2024 season" was announced in early May in 2024.
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Ruth Buscombe married former Mercedes mechanic, Nathan Divey, on 3 August 2024 at the Old Marylebone Town Hall in London.