She was appointed test driver of marussia in march, making her the only woman in such a. She had been performing straight line aerodynamic tests in preparation for the british grand prix. A formula 1 test driver who suffered lifethreatening injuries in a crash during testing in cambridgeshire has regained consciousness. Marussia s female test driver was critically injured when the front of her helmet struck the. My thoughts are with maria and her family at this very difficult time, british driver jenson button wrote on twitter. What really happened in the crash that injured f1 test. The 32yearold spaniard is likely to feature at the endofseason young driver test in abu dhabi. Marussias female test driver was critically injured when the front of her helmet struck the. The spaniard, 32, is being treated at addenbrookes hospital in cambridge. She had just completed an initial pass of the duxford air museum.
She was appointed test driver of russianlicensed marussia in march, making her the only woman in such a role at the time. The 32yearold raced in spanish formula three from 2001 to 2005, recording a best finish of fifth. In july 2012, while performing a straight line test for marussia, she collided with a stationery truck at the end. In an official statement regarding this extremely sad and unfortunate event, marrusia stated, at approximately 09. She was appointed test driver of marussia in march, making her the only woman in such a role at the time although williams have. The incident saw the driver hospitalized for a month, and resulted in the loss of an eye.
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