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Thursday, July 05, 2012

Spanish Formula One test driver loses an eye in UK accident


Thursday, July 05, 2012 |

It’s now known that the 32 year old Spanish Formula One driver, María de Villota, has lost the use of her right eye after a serious accident at the Duxford airfield in the U.K. She suffered serious head injuries and to the face and her racing team Marussia say she is stable. She has been acting as a test driver for the team this season. The surgical team at Addenbrook Hospital in Cambridge ‘carried out a long interventio'n to treat the serious head injuries. How the accident happened is being investigated, but it happened on Tuesday after the first lap when she hit a support lorry ramp. Witnesses say the front part her car was completely destroyed after accelerating against the back of the lorry. María de Villota was the first Spanish woman to get into Formula One. She is the daughter of Emilio de Villota who was a Formula One test pilot in the 80’s.


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1 comments:

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