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LONDON (AFP) –
Formula One team Marussia driver Maria De Villota of Spain speaks at a press conference in Madrid on March 9. De Villota has lost her right eye as a result of an accident she suffered during testing in England on Tuesday, her Marussia team said Wednesday.
Spanish Formula One driver Maria De Villota has lost her right eye as a result of an accident she suffered during testing in England on Tuesday, her Marussia team said Wednesday.
De Villota was rushed to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge on Tuesday after a crash at Duxford Airfield circuit in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.
And a statement issued Wednesday by Marussia confirmed the extent of the 32-year-old’s injuries, with team principal John Booth saying: “It is with great sadness that I must report that, due to the injuries she sustained, Maria has lost her right eye.”
