Ten months after her Marussia testing crash, Maria de Villota will return to a formula one paddock this weekend in her native Spain.<\/p>\n
Last July, the 33-year-old was conducting a straightline aerodynamic test at Duxford, UK, when the 2012 Marussia inexplicably accelerated into a truck loading ramp.<\/p>\n
De Villota, whose father is the former F1 driver Emilio de Villota, sustained serious head injuries and lost her right eye.<\/p>\n
Scheduled to attend this weekend’s Spanish grand prix in Barcelona, she told Europa she is “a little nervous”.<\/p>\n
“It’s the first race I’m going to after the accident, so I’m finding it harder to sleep,” she said.<\/p>\n
“It’s hard for me, because I miss it, but I want to see all the drivers at home and I think we’ll see a great race, as we have seen lately,” said de Villota.<\/p>\n
“I want to thank many people that I have not seen since the accident, and I’ve been unable to acknowledge the support they gave me, like by putting my star on their helmet.”<\/p>\n
She admitted she will have mixed feelings when she bumps into Marussia team members.<\/p>\n
“I think now they’re working with new drivers, which is the natural cycle of things,” said de Villota.\u00a0 “I was with them, but life goes on.”<\/p>\n
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