Maria de Villota's F1 test crash injuries 'life-threatening'

Jason

Jason

Sounds horrific, from early photos it looks like she has crashed into the tail lift of the truck which was at "head height" to the cockpit on returning to the pits.

Doesn't look great in all honesty..

I'll just post the link to the photo for those who don't want to see, its not graphic in any way. you can just clearly see where the tail lift has gone. https://yfrog.com/a/img878/9198/zn8p.png

Marussia Formula 1 test driver Maria de Villota suffered 'life-threatening injuries' in her accident that took place at Duxford airfield on Tuesday, according to the local ambulance service.

The Spaniard collided with the back of a team transporter as she returned to the pits following her first straight-line run.

Medical personnel were called to the airfield to attend to de Villota, who was swiftly transported to a nearby hospital.

A statement issued by the East of England Ambulance Service said it received an emergency call at 09.17am, and dispatched an ambulance and specialist medical crew to the scene.

Spokesman Gary Sanderson said: "A woman has sustained life threatening injuries and following treatment at the scene by paramedics, she has been taken to Addenbrookes Hospital for further care."

That Magpas air ambulance charity, which attended the accident, said on its Twitter feed after returning from the hospital that de Villota was in a "stable" condition.

Marussia has said that it will release a further statement about de Villota's medical condition once details are known.
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Another image before she hit, can't understand how she managed it... Pretty much straight lined into the truck.

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On yahoo it said

According to eyewitness reports, after slowing down as she prepared to return to the temporary pit awning, de Villota's car lurched towards the rear of a team transporter, and collided with a tail-lift at the rear of the truck.
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Shes' stable now by all accounts.

Yeah, I've heard the anti-stall theory too but it's not been confirmed by Marussia yet. In fact, they've been very vague about the whole thing.

The bigger question to ask is if that truck wasn't being loaded/unloaded at the time then why the f?ck was the lift left like that!?! Amateurs. :worried:
 
Apparently when the car is in pit mode, the anti-stall will not launch the car forward like it did yesterday, for obvious reasons.
 
ben_r1 said:
Woman driver, probaly trying to park...
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poor gal maybe she was pulling her lipstick and compact for a touch up before pulling into the pits.

Funny that women never really made it into proper motorsport lol could make F1 more amusing
 
terrible really for something like this to happen not even on the track.

So is she now going to be the first female, and one eyed F1 driver? that would be an awesome come back. Sports personality of teh year calling.
 
Such a terrible accident. I had a bad eye injury as a child, so she has my full sympathy.

Wishing her a speedy recovery.
 
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