2009 Brands Hatch Formula Two round

Formula Two motor race held in 2009 September 2020 Brands Hatch United Kingdom 4 8 Brands Hatch.svg 2009 Brands Hatch, Kent, England Permanent racing facility 3.703 2.301 18 July 28 Austria Philipp Eng 1:17.445 Austria Philipp Eng Spain Andy Soucek United Kingdom Henry Surtees Italy Mirko Bortolotti 1:18.705 lap 8 19 July 15 Spain Andy Soucek 1:16.947 Spain Andy Soucek Canada Robert Wickens Russia Mikhail Aleshin Spain Andy Soucek 1:17.810 lap 14 The 2009 Brands Hatch Formula Two round was the fourth round of the 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship season. It was held on 18 and 19 July 2009 at Brands Hatch at Kent, United Kingdom. Report Race 1 The first race was won by Philipp Eng, with Andy Soucek and Henry Surtees also on the podium. Race 2 The second race was won by Andy Soucek, with Robert Wickens and Mikhail Aleshin also on the podium. The round was overshadowed by the fatal accident suffered by Henry Surtees in the second race. Surtees was hit on the head by a wheel from the car of Jack Clarke after Clarke spun into the wall exiting Westfield Bend. The wheel broke its tether and bounced back across the track into the following group of cars and collided with Surtees' helmet.Cary Tom Henry Surtees' death shakes motorsport world The Daily Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/5873060/Henry-Surtees-death-shakes-motorsport-world.html 2009-07-20 2009-07-24F2 bosses to probe Surtees tragedy Kent and Sussex Courier thisissussex.co.uk http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/sport/F2-bosses-probe-Surtees-tragedy/article-1185144-detail/article.html https://archive.today/20120913164115/http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/sport/F2-bosses-probe-Surtees-tragedy/article-1185144-detail/article.html dead 2012-09-13 2009-07-22 2009-07-24 The car continued straight ahead into the barrier on the approach to Sheene Curve, also losing a wheel, and came to rest at the end of the curve with its remaining rear wheel still spinning. This indicated that Surtees had lost consciousness, with his foot still pressing the accelerator. Surtees was extricated from the car and taken to the circuit's medical centre, where he was stabilised before being transferred to the Royal London Hospital. His death was attributed to severe head injuries, inflicted by colliding with the wheel rather than the following crash with the barriers,http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77088 Henry Surtees dies after F2 crash Jonathan Noble Haymarket Publications autosport.com 2009-07-19 2009-07-19 and was announced later that day.Surtees' son killed in race crash BBC News news.bbc.co.uk https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/8158445.stm 2009-07-20 2009-07-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20090720101029/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8158445.stm 20 July 2009 live Classification Qualifying 1 Weather/Track: Cloud 19°/Dry 26° PosNoNameTimeGrid133AUT Philipp Eng1:17.4451222ESP Andy Soucek1:17.458232SWE Sebastian Hohenthal1:17.462347GBR Henry Surtees1:17.5474515RUS Mikhail Aleshin1:17.6605621LTU Kazim Vasiliauskas1:17.6656712CAN Robert Wickens1:17.723784FRA Julien Jousse1:17.7498914ITA Mirko Bortolotti1:17.75391025SRB Miloš Pavlović1:17.816101115BRA Carlos Iaconelli1:17.896111216ITA Edoardo Piscopo1:17.93112133GBR Jolyon Palmer1:17.936131410ITA Nicola de Marco1:18.031141523FIN Henri Karjalainen1:18.101151611GBR Jack Clarke1:18.39616175GBR Alex Brundle1:18.43317188DEU Tobias Hegewald1:18.448181927ESP Germán Sánchez1:18.47019206IND Armaan Ebrahim1:18.483202118CHE Natacha Gachnang1:18.532212224GBR Tom Gladdis1:18.662222331GBR Jason Moore1:18.671232420DEU Jens Höing1:19.02424259ITA Pietro Gandolfi1:20.13225 Qualifying 2 Weather/Track: Sun 18°/Dry 28° PosNoNameTimeGrid122ESP Andy Soucek1:16.9471212CAN Robert Wickens1:16.975232SWE Sebastian Hohenthal1:17.1083433AUT Philipp Eng1:17.2074514ITA Mirko Bortolotti1:17.2995615RUS Mikhail Aleshin1:17.3986715BRA Carlos Iaconelli1:17.423787GBR Henry Surtees1:17.4638918CHE Natacha Gachnang1:17.4769108DEU Tobias Hegewald1:17.481101116ITA Edoardo Piscopo1:17.506111231GBR Jason Moore1:17.512121323FIN Henri Karjalainen1:17.637131425SRB Miloš Pavlović1:17.664141521LTU Kazim Vasiliauskas1:17.69215164FRA Julien Jousse1:17.709161724GBR Tom Gladdis1:17.733171811GBR Jack Clarke1:17.801181910ITA Nicola de Marco1:17.82219203GBR Jolyon Palmer1:18.084202127ESP Germán Sánchez1:18.17221226IND Armaan Ebrahim1:18.247222320DEU Jens Höing1:18.62823249ITA Pietro Gandolfi1:19.75424255GBR Alex Brundle1:35.90825 Race 1 thumb|right|Henry Surtees scored his first podium in the FIA Formula Two Championship the day before his fatal accident. Weather/Track: Sun 21°/Dry 33° Pos No Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 33 AUT Philipp Eng 28 39:01.642 1 10 2 22 ESP Andy Soucek 28 +0.494 2 8 3 7 GBR Henry Surtees 28 +1.694 4 6 4 12 CAN Robert Wickens 28 +3.000 7 5 5 21 LTU Kazim Vasiliauskas 28 +3.271 6 4 6 17 BRA Carlos Iaconelli 28 +7.398 11 3 7 25 SRB Miloš Pavlović 28 +7.942 10 2 8 16 ITA Edoardo Piscopo 28 +8.416 12 1 9 10 ITA Nicola de Marco 28 +8.953 14 10 15 RUS Mikhail Aleshin 28 +12.100 5 11 23 FIN Henri Karjalainen 28 +12.666 15 12 3 GBR Jolyon Palmer 28 +14.574 13 13 24 GBR Tom Gladdis 28 +15.072 22 14 18 CHE Natacha Gachnang 28 +16.636 21 15 8 DEU Tobias Hegewald 28 +21.503 18 16 31 GBR Jason Moore 28 +23.532 23 17 27 ESP Germán Sánchez 28 +31.820 19 18 9 ITA Pietro Gandolfi 28 +49.727 25 19 4 FRA Julien Jousse 25 +3 laps/DNF 8 Ret 14 ITA Mirko Bortolotti 22 DNF 9 Ret 11 GBR Jack Clarke 19 DNF 16 Ret 6 IND Armaan Ebrahim 16 DNF 20 Ret 5 GBR Alex Brundle 16 DNF 17 Ret 2 SWE Sebastian Hohenthal 10 DNF 3 Ret 20 DEU Jens Höing 4 DNF 24 Fastest lap: Mirko Bortolotti 1:18.705 (169.37 km/h) on lap 8http://www.formulatwo.com/media/552392/f2%20r1.pdf FIA Formula Two Championship RACE 1 - CLASSIFICATION formulatwo.com FIA Formula Two Championship 2009-07-18 2009-11-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110101110639/http://www.formulatwo.com/media/552392/f2%20r1.pdf 1 January 2011 Race 2 Weather/Track: Cloud 18°/Damp 27° Pos No Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 22 ESP Andy Soucek 15 52:23.670 1 10 2 12 CAN Robert Wickens 15 +1.251 2 8 3 15 RUS Mikhail Aleshin 15 +4.763 6 6 4 33 AUT Philipp Eng 15 +6.858 4 5 5 14 ITA Mirko Bortolotti 15 +7.287 5 4 6 8 DEU Tobias Hegewald 15 +7.676 10 3 7 16 ITA Edoardo Piscopo 15 +8.443 11 2 8 31 GBR Jason Moore 15 +9.821 12 1 9 4 FRA Julien Jousse 15 +10.393 16 10 6 IND Armaan Ebrahim 15 +10.922 22 11 5 GBR Alex Brundle 15 +11.524 25 12 21 LTU Kazim Vasiliauskas 15 +12.150 15 13 24 GBR Tom Gladdis 15 +12.661 17 14 2 SWE Sebastian Hohenthal 15 +12.868 3 15 18 CHE Natacha Gachnang 15 +13.600 9 16 3 GBR Jolyon Palmer 15 +14.330 20 17 17 BRA Carlos Iaconelli 15 +15.678 7 18 23 FIN Henri Karjalainen 13 +2 laps 13 Ret 9 ITA Pietro Gandolfi 12 DNF 24 Ret 11 GBR Jack Clarke 8 DNF 18 Ret 7 GBR Henry Surtees 8 Fatal accident 8 Ret 27 ESP Germán Sánchez 4 DNF 21 Ret 25 SRB Miloš Pavlović 1 DNF 14 Ret 20 DEU Jens Höing 0 DNF 23 Ret 10 ITA Nicola de Marco 0 DNF 19 Fastest lap: Andy Soucek 1:17.810 (171.32 km/h) on lap 14http://www.formulatwo.com/media/485163/r2%20classification.pdf FIA Formula Two Championship RACE 2 - CLASSIFICATION formulatwo.com FIA Formula Two Championship 2009-06-21 2009-10-31 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071750/http://www.formulatwo.com/media/485163/r2%20classification.pdf 16 July 2011 Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 ESP Andy Soucek 46 2 CAN Robert Wickens 39 3 AUT Philipp Eng 27 4 DEU Tobias Hegewald 25 5 ITA Mirko Bortolotti 25 References British Formula Two driver Henry Surtees dies after race accident Category:FIA Formula Two Championship Brands Hatch Formula Two