The news was announced by the issuer Spanish “Cadena Ser” and early recovery from other local media. De Villota, test driver for the Marussia, was seriously injured after an accident that still remains unexplained took place on 3 July 2012 in Duxford, where he was performing a test for his team. The family has confirmed the news and issued a sad commentary on the tragedy: “Dear friends. Maria is gone. ‘s Supposed to go like all the angels in heaven. Praise God for the year and a half more of life among us.”
Probable natural death!!
Maria De Villota died of ”natural” causes absolutely. The Spanish daily as anticipates the results of the autopsy performed on the body of 33-year old former pilot. The examination was carried out at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the Andalusian town: “How did they know intelligence sources the death occurred for reasons completely natural.”
A year ago the incident
Just a year ago the pilot had told in an interview to remember all of the incident before the British GP. The Spanish had lost his right eye crashing to a fairly slow speed for a Formula One car (50-60 kmh) against the back of a truck and his team had been in the hospital a month before returning home. “I remember everything, even the moment of impact – said the Spanish magazine Hola, in his first interview – When I woke up they were all around me and did not even know what language to speak.”
“The incident has given me a new perspective on life, on the things that matter” -he said- “Now I have only one eye but perhaps perceive more things than before. I have to undergo another surgery as soon as possible, but the worst is now behind us. I have a headache I do not know how long it will last, maybe years. I need to check a lot of my efforts because of the cranial pressure. I also lost the sense of smell, and taste. Now I like things with a very strong taste.”
The Formula 1 circus, this weekend at Suzuka for the Japanese Grand Prix, said with dismay. “Tragic news of the death of Maria de Villota, our thoughts are with his family and his friends!” He wrote on Twitter while the Ferrari Fernando Alonso, his compatriot De Villota, said: “It is a sad news for all the motor sports, was a friend of all of us riders. You just have to pray for her and her family, who are near. I need a few minutes to reflect, I have now a lot of sadness.”
Maria De Vilota was to present next Monday his book “Life is a gift,” says the Spanish newspaper El Pais, adding that the test driver was married last July in Santander.
