Maria De Villota: F1 reserve driver found dead in Seville
Formula 1 reserve racing driver Maria De Villota has been
found dead in a hotel room in Seville, Spain. Spaniard De Villota, 33, lost her
right eye in a crash last July
while testing for the Marussia team. De Villota, who had been in motor-racing
for 12 years, had previously competed in Spanish Formula 3 and the Daytona 24
Hours race in the United States. She suffered severe head and facial injuries
after colliding with a lorry at Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire, but had been cleared to resume
driving.A police spokeswoman said: "We are assuming it was a natural
death, but we cannot confirm anything." De Villota's body was found at
around 07:00 (06:00 BST) at the Hotel Sevilla Congresos in the southern Spanish
city. F1 teams and drivers have expressed their shock at the news of her death.
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