In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is De Villota and the second or maternal family name is Ruíz.
Emilio de Villota
Born
Emilio de Villota Ruíz (1946-07-26) 26 July 1946 (age 77) Madrid, Spain
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
Spanish
Active years
1976–1978, 1981–1982
Teams
RAM, non-works McLaren, non-works Williams, March
Entries
15 (2 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Career points
0
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1976 Spanish Grand Prix
Last entry
1982 Dutch Grand Prix
Emilio de Villota Ruíz (born 26 July 1946) is a former racing driver from Spain, born in Madrid. He entered 15 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix between 1976 and 1982, qualifying twice. He entered most Spanish Grand Prix between 1976 and 1982 and became a major force in the short-lived Aurora AFX Formula One Championship for F1 cars, winning the title in 1980.[1][2]
^"Emilio de Villota". ChicaneF1.com. 1946-07-26. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
EmiliodeVillota Ruíz (born 26 July 1946) is a former racing driver from Spain, born in Madrid. He entered 15 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix...
EmiliodeVillota was entered for 14 races over four seasons but only qualified for two of them. Both races were with McLaren in 1977 and deVillota was...
after twelve races. The Drivers' Championship was won by the Spaniard EmiliodeVillota who drove a Williams FW07 entered by RAM Racing. Points are awarded...
debutant Andy Sutcliffe, Guy Edwards, Tony Trimmer, David Purley, EmiliodeVillota, Brian Henton, Arturo Merzario and yet another debutant, Brian McGuire...
and entered the 1976 World Championship, running Loris Kessel and EmiliodeVillota for the Spanish Grand Prix, where neither qualified. However, both...
customer team at selected Grand Prix events . After RAM with the racer, EmiliodeVillota won the Aurora Series in 1980, the team advanced to the Formula 1...
the team folded after 11 races. María deVillota, the daughter of Spanish Formula One driver EmiliodeVillota, was hired as a test driver for Marussia...
at the end of the race. The car was later updated and entered for EmiliodeVillota in the Shellsport International Series, winning a round in 1977 at...
had to scramble for a new driver. Main sponsor Marlboro suggested Andrea de Cesaris from Alfa Romeo when he had to move for 1978 World Champion Mario...
dropped him down the order. On lap 35, the leaders came up to lap EmiliodeVillota. DeVillota attempted to move out of the way of Reutemann by taking the...
bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) DeVillota originally entered a McLaren M25 in the Spanish Grand Prix, but reverted...
of drivers in the 1976 World Championship, including Loris Kessel, EmiliodeVillota, Patrick Nève, Jac Nellemann, Damien Magee, Lella Lombardi and Bob...
original guise) had folded. It then became a Formula One car for EmiliodeVillota, and was equipped with a 3.0 L (180 cu in) Ford-Cosworth DFV V8 engine...
Championship of F1 Drivers and the International Cup for F1 Constructors. DeVillota originally entered a McLaren M25 in the Spanish Grand Prix, but reverted...
the closing seconds of the session, de Cesaris bettered Lauda's time, clinching pole position for Alfa Romeo. De Cesaris had been ousted by McLaren for...
Monday 2 August 1976 "Heroes pull world champion from race wreck." Steven de Groote (1 January 2009). "F1 rules and stats 1970-1979". F1Technical.net....
of poleman EmiliodeVillota and Eliseo Salazar on the early stages, fighting off the latter in his defence of second spot after deVillota and Guy Edwards...
16 cars finished the race with 17 classified. The seventeenth was EmiliodeVillota, who crashed his privately entered McLaren M23 in the closing stages...
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Regazzoni, Carlos Reutemann, Desiré Wilson, Kevin Cogan, Rupert Keegan, EmiliodeVillota Mario Andretti Debut 1979 Spanish Grand Prix First win 1979 British...
workhorse". The 956B had finished 3rd in 1984 and 4th in 1985. Spaniards EmiliodeVillota and Fermín Velez, along with substitute George Fouché, had a trouble-free...
Improvements in F1 since 1963". AtlasF1. Retrieved 6 February 2024. Steven de Groote (1 January 2009). "F1 rules and stats 1980-1989". F1Technical. Retrieved...
by Yu Kanamaru, who took a single race victory at Silverstone for EmiliodeVillota's team. Other drivers to win races were DAV Racing's Alessio Rovera...
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