Inevitably Maria de Villota has been in many people’s thoughts as the F1 circus gathered at Silverstone today, and fortunately Marussia team sources have given positive news, saying the Spaniard had a comfortable night and there have been no additional complications.
Meanwhile many drivers have expressed their sympathy for her plight, although understandably they didn’t want to talk about what might have caused the incident.
“Obviously we are very worried for this situation because we are still waiting for some more news,” said her compatriot Fernando Alonso. “We only know what you all know and there are still some difficult days until the situation is completely clear, and the operation has passed completely etc.
“Sad days, for sure, completely shock when you hear the news and how what happened is possible. Obviously we don’t know all the information it’s difficult to talk about the reasons etc until we know the official version but at the moment, it’s so difficult to imagine how this can happen.”
“First of all our thoughts are with her and we all feel very sad to hear about the consequences,” said Michael Schumacher. “None of us has any details of what actually has happened, and therefore I don’t feel it will be right to comment at this point in time. I just wish her well and a good recovery.”
“I don’t know her personally, but when I read about it I was absolutely devastated for her and for her family,” said Lewis Hamilton. “I think it’s very, very tragic and myself and my team, we send on our warmest wishes her way and hope that she has a speedy recovery, hope that things get better.”
“It’s shocking,” said Sebastian Vettel. “It happened on my birthday. I went for a bike ride, it was raining, and I had a puncture, and then I heard about the accident, so it was not a good start to the day, but obviously dreadful for her. I’m just hoping that she has a good recovery from now onwards.
“I’m not pretty clear what happened. I spoke to Timo [Glock], obviously he knows a little bit more. It would be interesting to understand why it happened, if there was a problem, or of it was a mistake that she did. But surely at the moment the most important thing is that she gets into a very good condition soon. Obviously I read that she lost her eye, so yes, it’s shocking.”
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