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Oct 11
Maria de Villota’s sister has revealed she thought the former Marussia test driver had died in her formula one test crash earlier this year.
Spaniard de Villota has this week given her first interview since recovering from the Duxford straightline testing crash that cost her an eye. She told Hola! magazine that she will probably endure “years” of headaches and has lost her sense of taste and smell. Sister Isabel revealed that she was the first to arrive at the crash scene after de Villota’s helmet struck a transporter’s loading ramp.
Jul 16
Marussia has revealed that Maria de Villota’s testing crash two weeks ago was not caused by a technical problem.
As the 32-year-old Spanish test driver remains in a Cambridge (UK) hospital with serious face and head injuries, her employer Marussia said it has completed a “detailed investigation” into the cause.
Jul 03
De Villota suffers ‘severe face and head injuries’
Marussia says de Villota ‘conscious’
Marussia was cautious on Tuesday afternoon amid media reports test driver Maria de Villota is fighting for her life in hospital. The 32-year-old Spanish female driver crashed this morning into the side of a loading ramp of a team truck whilst conducting straightline aerodynamic testing in the team’s 2012 car at Duxford airfield.
Apr 22
Caterham’s current owner Corven Ventures also declined to comment.
A Team Lotus spokesman would not comment on reports of a likely tie-up with specialist British sports car marque Caterham. News of the speculation was broken by Sky News City editor Mark Kleinman, who wrote that team boss Tony Fernandes could announce the purchase of the Kent-based company next week.
Sep 01
Malaysian teen becomes youngest F1 tester
The Imperial War Museum runway at Duxford played host to the youngest ever test driver in Formula One™ history today, with 16 year old Nabil Jeffri seeing his F1™ dream come true as he conducted a day of aero testing for Lotus Racing on the museum’s Cambridgeshire runway.
Although upgraded from a “critical” to “serious” condition in the wake of her latest head and facial surgery, the last word about the 32-year-old Spaniard was that she was in an artificial coma.
