• María de Villota's father drove in two F1 races in 70s
• Marussia's car not ready for testing at present
The Spaniard María de Villota has been named as a test driver for Marussia, becoming the only woman in such a role at any current team.
The daughter of the former F1 driver Emilio de Villota, who started two races in 1977 without scoring a point, has raced in various series and had tried out a Renault F1 car at Le Castellet in the south of France last August.
The Russian team's new MR01 car has run only for limited-mileage promotional purposes before next week's season-opener in Australia due to problems in passing the mandatory crash tests; Marussia said De Villota would have a chance to drive it later in the year.
The next scheduled test will be at Mugello in Italy during the August break but the Spaniard is expected to have to wait until Abu Dhabi at the tail end of the season.