F1 Strategist Ruth Buscombe joins us for the launch of season 3! Welcome back to Pitstop, the Formula 1 season is back and so are we! We wanted to kick off the year with Ruth who has been a great friend for years. She is currently on gardening leave but has worked with drivers such as Vettel, Massa, Leclerc, Bottas, Zhou, Alonso.. She is FULL of knowledge and we really hope you guys will enjoy this one. We love that we can get behind the scenes of this amazing sport and bring some of these stories to light. Crazy that Lewis Hamilton almost signed for Ferrari before right.. What an exclusive!! Unbelievable stories from the pit wall right here! SUBSCRIBE for many more guests!

Ruth, thank you so much for being the first guest of season 3. Best of luck on your next adventure we know you will smash it whatever you get up too. Cant wait to catch up soon!

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0:00 Intro Gardening Leave
5:40 Fab is officially a rain spotter
6:15 What does a strategist do on race weekend
10:15 Joining Formula 1
10:45 Did you know this about DRS ZONES?
12:02 Ruths Prediction for the 2024 Formula 1 season
12:27 Changes to this years regulations
12:58 Red bull are far ahead
14:40 The feeling of Race weekend for a strategist
16:36 Late nights in the paddock
17:28 Tyre degradation in Bahrain
18:20 VSC's from a strategy point a view
21:28 Planning for a race vs Being Reactive
23:03 Strategy for Vettel's first win at Ferrari
28:08 The kick start of Ruth's career in Formula 1
28:50 Ruth came up with the Vegas Grand Prix
30:25 Austin / COTA Grand Prix
31:00 The Celebrities at the Las Vegas Grand Prix
34:43 The Reality of working at the Vegas Grand Prix
35:11 Traveling around the world with Formula 1
36:10 Working with Charles Leclerc
37:00 Dont believe Drive To Survive
37:40 Lewis Hamilton Nearly signed with Ferrari before
39:45 Ferrari is special Ruth signing with Ferrari
42:30 Fernando Alonso is getting younger
42:50 Alonso is the reason Ruth became a strategist
44:20 Making the most of loopholes in the rules
48:30 Being one of few females in the sport
50:10 Congratulations on your engagement Ruth!
50:30 Nathan Divey, Lewis Hamiltons Number 1 Mechanic
51:48 Not having favourite drivers is important
52:45 Joining Haas for their first race
54:10 DISASTER on race day at the pit wall
57:40 Spotting a red flag incident before
58:45 Advice for getting into Formula 1
1:01:02 Where would Jake and Fab go in a F1 team
1:02:02 Ross Brawn MASTERCLASS
1:06:23 Almost Getting Ross Brawns Email
1:07:40 Outro, thank you Ruth!

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