Female f1 driver lost eye

 · A woman racing driver whose Formula One car crashed into a support truck during testing has lost her right eye, her team has revealed. Marussia's Maria De.A.  · Formula 1 driver Maria de Villota has lost her right eye following a test track crash. She was hurt when the MR race car she was driving hit a support truck at Duxford airfield in.  · Maria de Villota, the Formula One test driver who lost an eye in a near-fatal accident in July , was found dead in a Seville, Spain, hotel room Friday. A spokeswoman for the Spanish police Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.

Marussia, the Formula One team of Spanish race car driver Maria de Villota, is reporting that its year-old driver has lost her right eye and remains hosp. Maria de Villota has lost her right eye after a crash at a test event, her Formula One team, Marussia, announced Wednesday. The Spaniard, one of only two female drivers contracted to an F1 team. Maria de Villota's family have expressed their thanks for the public support they have received after the Marussia driver lost her right eye following a Formula One crash.

It has now been cancelled. De Villota was the first female driver to get behind the wheel of an F1 car since Katherine Legge in when she. a pioneering Formula One test driver who lost an eye and nearly died in a crash last year De Villota was the first Spanish woman to drive an F1 car. Maria de Villota, the Formula One test driver who lost an eye in a near-fatal accident in July , was found dead in a Seville, Spain.