The Marussia F1 Team have excluded the possibility of a "car problem" causing the crash involving Maria de Villota at Duxford airfield.
Villota was hospitalised and unfortunately lost her right eye after the crash in early July. Since then she has made a "remarkable" recovery and is now off sedation and is now able to talk with family.
After the incident, Marussia conducted their own private investigation into the crash after de Villota struck a lorry tailgate in the make shift pit area. The test was Maria's 2nd in Formula 1, the Spaniard was due to test updates for the British GP.
Marussia's own investigation showed the crash involved "no car-related issues" and passed their findings on to a health and safety executive.
A statement from the team said "The Marussia F1 Team conducted an initial analysis immediately after the crash. This aimed to identify the causes and contributory factors behind the accident and also served to determine if there were any car-related implications for the impending British Grand Prix," Marussia said in a statement. Having carefully examined all the data and supplementary information available at that time, the Team were satisfied that there were no such car-related issues and cleared its chassis for race weekend participation."
The statement went on to say "Following its initial investigation, the Team proceeded to carry out further detailed analysis of the accident. An external forensic investigation was commissioned and carried out at Duxford Airfield (a FIA-approved and much used testing venue, compliant with the recommendations for a test of this nature) and with the team at the Marussia Technical Centre in Banbury. This external analysis has been carried out autonomously of the team's own internal investigation. As would be normal procedure, the Team's findings have been shared with the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), the independent UK regulator which acts in the public interest in respect of work-related accidents."
Team Principal John Booth explained that now the investigation is over, they can now fully focus on Maria's health and well being. "We are satisfied that the findings of our internal investigation exclude the car as a factor in the accident. We have shared and discussed our findings with the HSE for their consideration as part of their ongoing investigation, This has been a necessarily thorough process in order to understand the cause of the accident. We have now concluded our investigatory work and can again focus on the priority, which continues to be Maria's well being. In that regard, we continue to support Maria and the De Villota family in any way we can." he said.
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After the incident, Marussia conducted their own private investigation into the crash after de Villota struck a lorry tailgate in the make shift pit area. The test was Maria's 2nd in Formula 1, the Spaniard was due to test updates for the British GP.
Marussia's own investigation showed the crash involved "no car-related issues" and passed their findings on to a health and safety executive.
A statement from the team said "The Marussia F1 Team conducted an initial analysis immediately after the crash. This aimed to identify the causes and contributory factors behind the accident and also served to determine if there were any car-related implications for the impending British Grand Prix," Marussia said in a statement. Having carefully examined all the data and supplementary information available at that time, the Team were satisfied that there were no such car-related issues and cleared its chassis for race weekend participation."
The statement went on to say "Following its initial investigation, the Team proceeded to carry out further detailed analysis of the accident. An external forensic investigation was commissioned and carried out at Duxford Airfield (a FIA-approved and much used testing venue, compliant with the recommendations for a test of this nature) and with the team at the Marussia Technical Centre in Banbury. This external analysis has been carried out autonomously of the team's own internal investigation. As would be normal procedure, the Team's findings have been shared with the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), the independent UK regulator which acts in the public interest in respect of work-related accidents."
Team Principal John Booth explained that now the investigation is over, they can now fully focus on Maria's health and well being. "We are satisfied that the findings of our internal investigation exclude the car as a factor in the accident. We have shared and discussed our findings with the HSE for their consideration as part of their ongoing investigation, This has been a necessarily thorough process in order to understand the cause of the accident. We have now concluded our investigatory work and can again focus on the priority, which continues to be Maria's well being. In that regard, we continue to support Maria and the De Villota family in any way we can." he said.
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