What is María de Villota?
[[File:María de Villota 02.jpg|thumb|200px|María de Villota in October 2011.]] '''María de Villota Comba''' (13 January 1980 &ndash; 11 October 2013) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[Auto racing|racing driver]]. María de Villota was born in [[Madrid]] on 13 January 1980. She was the daughter of former [[Formula One]] driver [[Emilio de Villota]]. She was also the sister of [[Emilio de Villota, Jr.]], who also competed in [[Formula Palmer Audi]]. Before her death, de Villota was recovering from serious injuries on her head and face. These was caused by a straight-line testing accident at the [[Duxford Aerodrome]] in [[Duxford]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[England]] on 3 July 2012. She married Rodrigo García Millán, a [[personal trainer]] and owner of Oxigeno Training, on 28 July 2013 in [[Seville]]. They got married less than three months before her death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/race-driver-database/biography/maria-de-villota~1565.html|title=María de Villota biography|work=speedsport-magazine.com|accessdate=9 February 2014}}</ref> María de Villota died from a [[cardiac arrest|heart failure]] on 11 October 2013. She died in a hotel room in Seville, at the age of 33. Her death was said to have been caused by the accident she had in 2012. She was outlived by her husband and her family.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/maria-de-villota-former-f1-2360170|title=Maria de Villota: Former F1 driver found dead in Spanish hotel room|date=11 October 2013|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]]|accessdate=9 February 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|6068438}} {{Sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:de Villota, Maria}} [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Madrid]] [[Category:Spanish racecar drivers]] [[Category:Autobiographers]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest]]