RACING DRIVER

María de Villota

1980 - 2013

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María de Villota Comba (13 January 1979 – 11 October 2013) was a Spanish racing driver who competed in Superleague Formula and Euroseries 3000. She had an accident in straight-line testing as the Marussia Formula One team test driver, where she suffered serious head and facial injuries, and died one year later. She was the daughter of former Formula One driver Emilio de Villota, and sister of Emilio de Villota Jr., who similarly competed in Formula Palmer Audi. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. María de Villota is the 432nd most popular racing driver (down from 392nd in 2019), the 1,637th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,556th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Spanish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, María de Villota ranks 432 out of 1,080. Before her are Ian Ashley, Max de Terra, Alberto Uria, Julian Bailey, Chet Miller, and Loris Kessel. After her are David Piper, Gimax, Jan Magnussen, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Bernd Schneider, and Hans Binder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, María de Villota ranks 112. Before her are Bezalel Smotrich, Cesaro, Sam Riley, Tomohide Nakazawa, Nigar Jamal, and Joanna Angel. After her are Jolin Tsai, Amerie, Christoph Metzelder, Natalia Poklonskaya, Jacinda Ardern, and Francesca Schiavone. Among people deceased in 2013, María de Villota ranks 356. Before her are Janet Rowley, Silvi Vrait, Santiago Santamaría, Imants Ziedonis, Bert Stern, and Allal Benkassou. After her are Steve Forrest, Renato Ruggiero, Leyla Erbil, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Helen Thomas, and Raimondo D'Inzeo.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, María de Villota ranks 1,637 out of 3,355. Before her are David Albelda (1977), Fernando Verdasco (1983), Yann Martel (1963), Eric García (2001), Roberto Soldado (1985), and Daniel Parejo (1989). After her are Sergio (1976), Albert Costa (1975), Carmelo Cedrún (1930), Paco Alcácer (1993), Joseph Alcazar (1911), and Jorge Llopart (1952).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Spain

Among racing drivers born in Spain, María de Villota ranks 15. Before her are Paco Godia (1921), Adrián Campos (1960), Jorge Lorenzo (1987), Sito Pons (1959), Antonio Creus (1924), and Emilio Zapico (1944). After her are Dani Pedrosa (1985), Marc Gené (1974), Luis Pérez-Sala (1959), Juan Jover (1903), Jorge Martínez (1962), and Àlex Crivillé (1970).

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