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Ex-F1 test driver Maria de Villota dies at 33
AP via FOX ^ | 10/11/13 | FOX

Posted on 10/11/2013 7:58:29 AM PDT by Doogle

A year after almost losing her life behind the wheel of a race car, former Formula One test driver Maria de Villota was found dead in a hotel room in Seville on Friday.

Spanish police told The Associated Press that investigators did not find any drugs or signs of violence and "everything points to a death by natural causes." De Villota was 33. The police spokesman spoke on condition of anonymity in line with police policy.

De Villota's manager alerted staff at the Hotel Sevilla Congresos. An autopsy will be carried out.

De Villota was seriously injured last year in a crash during testing for the Marussia F1 team in England, losing her right eye and sustaining other serious head injuries that kept her hospitalized for a month.

De Villota, a Madrid native, was the daughter of Emilio de Villota, who competed in F1 from 1976-82.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: f1; mariadevillota; obituary; women
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RIP
1 posted on 10/11/2013 7:58:29 AM PDT by Doogle
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To: Doogle

It was the Barber...


2 posted on 10/11/2013 8:00:30 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Doogle

related to that crash I suppose


3 posted on 10/11/2013 8:00:35 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Doogle

She slept with one eye...

Rest in Peace.


4 posted on 10/11/2013 8:01:49 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Chode

ping........


5 posted on 10/11/2013 8:03:28 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Vendome; smokingfrog

...open


6 posted on 10/11/2013 8:07:45 AM PDT by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: Doogle

Que en paz descanse.


7 posted on 10/11/2013 8:11:11 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Doogle

“everything points to a death by natural causes.”

At 33 years of age?........hmm


8 posted on 10/11/2013 8:12:00 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Doogle

Was Maria about to expose the truth of where 0 was really born?


9 posted on 10/11/2013 8:14:24 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: GeronL
Here's a pic showing the head injuries she suffered.
10 posted on 10/11/2013 8:15:11 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

dang


11 posted on 10/11/2013 8:15:31 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: V_TWIN

naturally resulting from the effects of that crash


12 posted on 10/11/2013 8:16:08 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: V_TWIN

Did you read even the excerpt?

“De Villota was seriously injured last year in a crash during testing for the Marussia F1 team in England, losing her right eye and sustaining other serious head injuries that kept her hospitalized for a month.”

I expect “natural causes” in this context could mean delayed effects from the above. No one stabbed her or similar.


13 posted on 10/11/2013 8:16:16 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: GeronL

I’m surprised she survived the crash.


14 posted on 10/11/2013 8:17:47 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

with those injuries me too


15 posted on 10/11/2013 8:18:59 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: FreedomPoster

Perhaps a blood clot developed and caused a stroke.


16 posted on 10/11/2013 8:20:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: null and void; smokingfrog

Wood Eye!!


17 posted on 10/11/2013 8:22:51 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Doogle

Sad. Thirty-three is too young.


18 posted on 10/11/2013 8:24:03 AM PDT by Jack Hammer (American)
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To: Vendome

Harelip, harelip!


19 posted on 10/11/2013 8:24:40 AM PDT by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: Doogle

RIP.


20 posted on 10/11/2013 8:26:40 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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