Former F1 test pilot De Villota found dead


Marussia Formula One test driver Maria de Villota of Spain smiles during her news conference in Madrid, in this file photograph taken October 11, 2012. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

MADRID (Reuters) - Former Spanish Formula One test driver Maria de Villota, one of the few women to come close to the top of the sport but whose career was cut short by an horrific accident last year, has been found dead in a hotel in Seville.

De Villota, who lost her right eye and fractured her skull at a test in England in July 2012, had apparently died of 'natural' causes, a Spanish police spokeswoman said.

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