Marussia driver suffers major injuries in testing crash racecar. She lost her right eye in a crash at the duxford aerodrome on. Jul 03, 2012 a woman formula one test driver was seriously injured in a horror crash at a track today. Read more bbc presenter chris mann witnessed the crash saying the top of her car and her helmet. A woman formula one test driver was seriously injured in a horror crash at a track today. This woman survived one of modern racings most brutal accidents. My thoughts are with maria and her family at this very difficult time, british driver jenson button wrote on twitter. The spaniard attended a news conference in madrid, wearing a blue eye patch. She was hurt when the mr01 race car she was driving hit a support truck at duxford airfield in. She had just completed an initial pass of the duxford air museum. My thoughts are with maria and her family at this very difficult time.
The 33yearold spaniard lost an eye and fractured her skull when she crashed into a truck at duxford. It is presumed to be death by natural causes, a national police spokeswoman said friday. The 33yearold spaniard lost an eye and fractured her skull when she crashed into a truck at duxford aerodrome in cambridgeshire on july 3 last year. Doctors have been battling to save the f1 test drivers sight after she crashed her car into a. In july 2012, while performing a straight line test for marussia, she collided with a stationery truck at the end. F1 test driver loses eye after crash uk news sky news. Female f1 driver forced into lethal crash when her test cars computers overruled her attempts to slow down. Jul 03, 2012 duxford formula 1 testing crash for marussia. Villota was transferred to a hospital with lifethreatening injuries.
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