Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1977, de Villota ya haɓaka wani aiki mai mahimmanci wanda zai sa ya zama ɗan Spain na uku don shiga cikin Formula 1 bayan Alfonso de Portago da Alex Soler-Roig. A karkashin tallafin Iberia, de Villota ya jagoranci wata ƙungiya mai tawali'u wacce ta yi tsere a ƙarƙashin sunan Iberia Airlines F1 kuma ta yi takara a Grands Prix bakwai na kakar Turai. Don aikin Iberia ya sayi McLaren M23, Ford-Cosworth DFV injuna, motocin da aka fentin a cikin launuka na kamfanin jirgin sama. De Villota zai cancanci shiga biyu daga cikin waɗannan Grands Prix, na farko shi ne taron gidansa, Gran Premio de España, inda zai gama 13th, duk da cewa zagaye 5 ne daga mai nasara. Sauran tseren da ya fara shi ne Grand Prix von Österreich
, inda hatsari a zagaye na karshe ya hana shi kammalawa, duk da haka an sanya shi a matsayi na 17.