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. 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° PosNoNameTimeGrid133 Philipp Eng1:17.4451222 Andy Soucek1:17.458232 Sebastian Hohenthal1:17.462347 Henry Surtees1:17.5474515 Mikhail Aleshin1:17.6605621 Kazim Vasiliauskas1:17.6656712 Robert Wickens1:17.723784 Julien Jousse1:17.7498914 Mirko Bortolotti1:17.75391025 Miloš Pavlović1:17.816101115 Carlos Iaconelli1:17.896111216 Edoardo Piscopo1:17.93112133 Jolyon Palmer1:17.936131410 Nicola de Marco1:18.031141523 Henri Karjalainen1:18.101151611 Jack Clarke1:18.39616175 Alex Brundle1:18.43317188 Tobias Hegewald1:18.448181927 Germán Sánchez1:18.47019206 Armaan Ebrahim1:18.483202118 Natacha Gachnang1:18.532212224 Tom Gladdis1:18.662222331 Jason Moore1:18.671232420 Jens Höing1:19.02424259 Pietro Gandolfi1:20.13225
Qualifying 2 Weather/Track: Sun 18°/Dry 28° PosNoNameTimeGrid122 Andy Soucek1:16.9471212 Robert Wickens1:16.975232 Sebastian Hohenthal1:17.1083433 Philipp Eng1:17.2074514 Mirko Bortolotti1:17.2995615 Mikhail Aleshin1:17.3986715 Carlos Iaconelli1:17.423787 Henry Surtees1:17.4638918 Natacha Gachnang1:17.4769108 Tobias Hegewald1:17.481101116 Edoardo Piscopo1:17.506111231 Jason Moore1:17.512121323 Henri Karjalainen1:17.637131425 Miloš Pavlović1:17.664141521 Kazim Vasiliauskas1:17.69215164 Julien Jousse1:17.709161724 Tom Gladdis1:17.733171811 Jack Clarke1:17.801181910 Nicola de Marco1:17.82219203 Jolyon Palmer1:18.084202127 Germán Sánchez1:18.17221226 Armaan Ebrahim1:18.247222320 Jens Höing1:18.62823249 Pietro Gandolfi1:19.75424255 Alex Brundle1:35.90825
Race 1
Weather/Track: Sun 21°/Dry 33° Pos No Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 33 Philipp Eng 28 39:01.642 1 10 2 22 Andy Soucek 28 +0.494 2 8 3 7 Henry Surtees 28 +1.694 4 6 4 12 Robert Wickens 28 +3.000 7 5 5 21 Kazim Vasiliauskas 28 +3.271 6 4 6 17 Carlos Iaconelli 28 +7.398 11 3 7 25 Miloš Pavlović 28 +7.942 10 2 8 16 Edoardo Piscopo 28 +8.416 12 1 9 10 Nicola de Marco 28 +8.953 14 10 15 Mikhail Aleshin 28 +12.100 5 11 23 Henri Karjalainen 28 +12.666 15 12 3 Jolyon Palmer 28 +14.574 13 13 24 Tom Gladdis 28 +15.072 22 14 18 Natacha Gachnang 28 +16.636 21 15 8 Tobias Hegewald 28 +21.503 18 16 31 Jason Moore 28 +23.532 23 17 27 Germán Sánchez 28 +31.820 19 18 9 Pietro Gandolfi 28 +49.727 25 19 4 Julien Jousse 25 +3 laps/DNF 8 Ret 14 Mirko Bortolotti 22 DNF 9 Ret 11 Jack Clarke 19 DNF 16 Ret 6 Armaan Ebrahim 16 DNF 20 Ret 5 Alex Brundle 16 DNF 17 Ret 2 Sebastian Hohenthal 10 DNF 3 Ret 20 Jens Höing 4 DNF 24 Fastest lap: Mirko Bortolotti 1:18.705 (169.37 km/h) on lap 8
Race 2 Weather/Track: Cloud 18°/Damp 27° Pos No Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 22 Andy Soucek 15 52:23.670 1 10 2 12 Robert Wickens 15 +1.251 2 8 3 15 Mikhail Aleshin 15 +4.763 6 6 4 33 Philipp Eng 15 +6.858 4 5 5 14 Mirko Bortolotti 15 +7.287 5 4 6 8 Tobias Hegewald 15 +7.676 10 3 7 16 Edoardo Piscopo 15 +8.443 11 2 8 31 Jason Moore 15 +9.821 12 1 9 4 Julien Jousse 15 +10.393 16 10 6 Armaan Ebrahim 15 +10.922 22 11 5 Alex Brundle 15 +11.524 25 12 21 Kazim Vasiliauskas 15 +12.150 15 13 24 Tom Gladdis 15 +12.661 17 14 2 Sebastian Hohenthal 15 +12.868 3 15 18 Natacha Gachnang 15 +13.600 9 16 3 Jolyon Palmer 15 +14.330 20 17 17 Carlos Iaconelli 15 +15.678 7 18 23 Henri Karjalainen 13 +2 laps 13 Ret 9 Pietro Gandolfi 12 DNF 24 Ret 11 Jack Clarke 8 DNF 18 Ret 7 Henry Surtees 8 Fatal accident 8 Ret 27 Germán Sánchez 4 DNF 21 Ret 25 Miloš Pavlović 1 DNF 14 Ret 20 Jens Höing 0 DNF 23 Ret 10 Nicola de Marco 0 DNF 19 Fastest lap: Andy Soucek 1:17.810 (171.32 km/h) on lap 14
Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Andy Soucek 46 2 Robert Wickens 39 3 Philipp Eng 27 4 Tobias Hegewald 25 5 Mirko Bortolotti 25
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