<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-1977, uDe Villota wasungula iphrojekthi enesifiso esiphakeme eyayizomenza abe ngumSpanishi wesithathu ukubamba iqhaza kuFomula 1 ngemuva kuka-Alfonso de Portago no-Alex Soler-Roig. Ngaphansi kokuxhaswa yi-Iberia, uDe Villota wahola iqembu elincane elaligijima ngaphansi kwegama le-Iberia Airlines F1 futhi lalincintisana kuma-Grand Prix ayisikhombisa esizini yaseYurophu. Ukuze iphrojekthi Iberia etholwe McLaren M23, Ford-Cosworth DFV izinjini, izimoto edwetshwe ngemibala yenkampani yezindiza. UDe Villota wayezofanelekela ama-Grand Prix amabili kuphela, owokuqala kwakuwumcimbi wakhe wasekhaya, i-Gran Premio de España, lapho ayezoqeda khona endaweni ye-13, yize ayezungeza ama-lap ama-5 ngemuva komnqobi. Omunye umjaho aqala kuwo kwakuyiGrand Prix von Österreich  <response>: , lapho ingozi emzuliswaneni wokugcina yamphuca khona ukuphela, nokho wabekwa endaweni ye-17. 