Former Formula 1 reserve driver Maria de Villota has been found dead in a hotel room in Seville, Spain.


The Spanish driver suffered serious head and facial injuries in an accident in July 2012 when testing for the Marussia team in Cambridgeshire.


However she was cleared to drive again in February of this year.


De Villota, the daughter of former Spanish F1 driver Emilio de Villota, had previously raced in Spanish Formula 3 and the Daytona 24 Hours.


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