Maria showed the helmet from the fatal accident
Maria de Villota showed the public for the first time her helmet, which she wore at tests last July at Duxford Airport, where she suffered a serious accident in which she lost her right eye, and a sense of taste and smell. Maria was testing a Marussia race car at the time, but she accidentally crashed into the truck's loading ramp. The daughter of the former Formula One racer, Emilia de Villote, thanked the manufacturer of protective helmets Bell, as their product worth 4000 euros saved her life.