Formula One test driver Maria De Villota accident actual Audio

Maria De Villota A female test driver for Formula One who was seriously injured this morning after an accident at a circuit in Cambridgeshire has regained consciousness and managed to speak to her family by phone from her hospital bed. Maria De Villota, 32, was taking part in her first test for the Marussia F1 team at Duxford Airfield ahead of this weekend's British Grand Prix when she 'inexplicably accelerated' to about 40mph into a support truck after completing her opening lap. Her father Emilio De Villota, who confirmed this afternoon that she had suffered injuries to her face, told Spanish website CarandDriverTheF1.com he had spoken to her shortly before boarding a flight to London to rush to her bedside. Team Marussia also confirmed the driver was conscious and medical assessments were 'ongoing' Maria De Villota at a photo call this morning, and in the Marussia car at Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, shortly before the accident Emergency workers and Marussia F1 staff gather around the car still wedged under the support truck. According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred after De Villota had pulled up in front of her mechanics after completing her first lap of the day and 'inexplicably accelerated' into the lorry An air ambulance spokesman earlier confirmed the driver had suffered serious head and facial injuries. According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred after the Spaniard pulled up in front of her mechanics after completing her first lap of the day ...