Marussia Test Driver Maria de Villota Talks About Crash

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test driver Maria de Villota has recovered enough from her accident on July 3 to begin giving interviews. She says that she remembers the entire accident. 

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at Duxford Aerodrome and crashed into the back of a transporter. She lost her right eye in the accident. She says that she is still suffering from headaches and has lost her senses of taste and smell. 

"I remember everything - even the moment of the impact."

"When I woke up everybody was around me and they didn't even know if I was going to speak, or how I was going to speak. I started speaking in English because I thought I was on an FIA check-up and that the nurse was a trainer."

"Then my dad said 'Please, Maria, speak Spanish, because your mother is missing half the things', and then I became aware of everything: of what had happened, where I was and why,” said di Villota to the Spanish magazine Hola.

De Villota says that she still has to undergo more surgeries, but the worst part is behind her.

Source: Autosport