2009 Brands Hatch Formula Two round


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. The first race was won by Philipp Eng, with Andy Soucek and Henry Surtees also on the podium. 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 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. 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, and was announced later that day.

Classification

Qualifying 1

Weather/Track: Cloud 19°/Dry 26°
PosNoNameTimeGrid
133 Philipp Eng1:17.4451
222 Andy Soucek1:17.4582
32 Sebastian Hohenthal1:17.4623
47 Henry Surtees1:17.5474
515 Mikhail Aleshin1:17.6605
621 Kazim Vasiliauskas1:17.6656
712 Robert Wickens1:17.7237
84 Julien Jousse1:17.7498
914 Mirko Bortolotti1:17.7539
1025 Miloš Pavlović1:17.81610
1115 Carlos Iaconelli1:17.89611
1216 Edoardo Piscopo1:17.93112
133 Jolyon Palmer1:17.93613
1410 Nicola de Marco1:18.03114
1523 Henri Karjalainen1:18.10115
1611 Jack Clarke1:18.39616
175 Alex Brundle1:18.43317
188 Tobias Hegewald1:18.44818
1927 Germán Sánchez1:18.47019
206 Armaan Ebrahim1:18.48320
2118 Natacha Gachnang1:18.53221
2224 Tom Gladdis1:18.66222
2331 Jason Moore1:18.67123
2420 Jens Höing1:19.02424
259 Pietro Gandolfi1:20.13225

Qualifying 2

Weather/Track: Sun 18°/Dry 28°
PosNoNameTimeGrid
122 Andy Soucek1:16.9471
212 Robert Wickens1:16.9752
32 Sebastian Hohenthal1:17.1083
433 Philipp Eng1:17.2074
514 Mirko Bortolotti1:17.2995
615 Mikhail Aleshin1:17.3986
715 Carlos Iaconelli1:17.4237
87 Henry Surtees1:17.4638
918 Natacha Gachnang1:17.4769
108 Tobias Hegewald1:17.48110
1116 Edoardo Piscopo1:17.50611
1231 Jason Moore1:17.51212
1323 Henri Karjalainen1:17.63713
1425 Miloš Pavlović1:17.66414
1521 Kazim Vasiliauskas1:17.69215
164 Julien Jousse1:17.70916
1724 Tom Gladdis1:17.73317
1811 Jack Clarke1:17.80118
1910 Nicola de Marco1:17.82219
203 Jolyon Palmer1:18.08420
2127 Germán Sánchez1:18.17221
226 Armaan Ebrahim1:18.24722
2320 Jens Höing1:18.62823
249 Pietro Gandolfi1:19.75424
255 Alex Brundle1:35.90825

Race 1

Weather/Track: Sun 21°/Dry 33°

Race 2

Weather/Track: Cloud 18°/Damp 27°

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Andy Soucek46
2 Robert Wickens39
3 Philipp Eng27
4 Tobias Hegewald25
5 Mirko Bortolotti25