María de Villota 1980-2013

This morning ex-Marussia F1 reserve driver María de Villota has been found dead in a hotel room in Seville this morning. The Spaniard, who was working for the Banbury-based outfit when she suffered life-threatening injuries in a straight line testing crash at Duxford Aerodrome just before last years British Grand Prix, were she lost her right eye, she was only 33.



De Villota formerly contested the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) and Superleague Formula, and was the daughter of ex-Formula 1 driver Emilio de Villota.

Thoughts goes out to María de Villota family and friends at this period of time.

R.I.P. María de Villota