First spanish woman test driver F1 María de Villota dies

The night before she died, De Villota is said to have complained to her manager about a terrible headache. Her death might be connected to the injuries suffered in the accident 18 months ago,which nearly killed her, blinding her in one eye.

 She recovered from her accident; in July she married her personal trainer. Then, she publicise her autobiography, Life is a Gift, which tells the story of how her life changed after the accident.

Biography:

María de Villota Comba borned in Madrid in 1980 to a motor racing family. His father, Emilio, was a Formula One driver and his brother too. Maria started kart racing at 16, winning a race in her first year.From that moment, she raced in a number of different categories.
She became the only female driver from Spain to finish second in a championship (Formula Toyota, 2001), and the first woman to get a pole position in the Ferrari championship, at the Mugello circuit in 2005.