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2009 FIA Formula Two Championship

The 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship season was the first year of the relaunched FIA Formula Two Championship. The championship began on 30 May at the Circuit de Valencia and finished on 1 November at the Circuit de Catalunya, after eight double-header rounds. Andy Soucek was a dominant champion, finishing over 50 points clear of runner-up Robert Wickens.

The season was overshadowed by the death of Henry Surtees during the second race at Brands Hatch.

Background & championship format edit

The series saw the drivers using a chassis that was built at the WilliamsF1 team's headquarters at Grove in Oxfordshire. It was named as the JPH1, incorporating the initials of series boss Jonathan Palmer and Patrick Head, engineering director for Williams.[1] The car was given two shakedown tests at Palmer's Bedford Autodrome by Steven Kane,[2] before the car was officially launched on 2 March at Brands Hatch – the headquarters of MotorSport Vision, who run all the cars in the series.[3]

At each event there were two 30-minute practice sessions, two 30-minute qualifying sessions and two races of varying length; the distances for each announced prior to each race weekend. Points were awarded to the top eight drivers in the race, and were awarded in the same system as Formula One: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1, and only a driver's best fourteen scores counted towards the championship.[4] That said, no driver had to drop scores in the championship due to all of them having two or more non-points-scoring races.

The winner of the FIA Formula Two Championship received a full test with the AT&T Williams F1 team, which was run in such a way as to seriously evaluate the driver with regard to their potential as a Formula One driver. Drivers finishing in the first three places in the final classification of the Formula Two Championship qualified for an FIA Super Licence.

Drivers edit

 
The season was overshadowed by the fatal accident suffered by Henry Surtees at Brands Hatch. All the cars carried a tribute to Surtees for the rest of the season.
No. Driver[8] Rounds
2   Sebastian Hohenthal[9] All
3   Jolyon Palmer[10] All
4   Julien Jousse[11] All
5   Alex Brundle[12] All
6   Armaan Ebrahim[13] All
7   Henry Surtees[14] † 1–4
8   Tobias Hegewald[15] All
9   Pietro Gandolfi[16] All
10   Nicola de Marco[17] All
11   Jack Clarke[18] All
12   Robert Wickens[11] All
14   Mirko Bortolotti[19] All
15   Mikhail Aleshin[20] All
16   Edoardo Piscopo[21] 1–7
17   Carlos Iaconelli[22] 1–7
18   Natacha Gachnang[23] All
20   Jens Höing[24] All
21   Kazim Vasiliauskas[25] All
22   Andy Soucek[26] All
23   Henri Karjalainen[27] All
24   Tom Gladdis[28] All
25   Miloš Pavlović[29] All
27   Germán Sánchez[30] All
31   Jason Moore[31] All
33   Philipp Eng[32] All
38   Tristan Vautier[33] 8
44   Ollie Hancock[34] 6–8

Driver changes edit

Entering FIA Formula Two Championship
Midseason changes

† – Surtees was fatally injured after an accident, during the second race at the fourth round at Brands Hatch.[35][36] Surtees' slot was filled by Ollie Hancock after round five.[34]

Testing Results edit

The first group test was held on 6 May, at Snetterton in Norfolk. In the morning, 21 of the series' 24 drivers were within a second of each other. Two sessions were held, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. There was another group test at Silverstone on 18 May, with two dry sessions and one wet session. Two other test days were held during the session, one at Donington Park, and one at Circuit de Catalunya.

Calendar edit

The Formula Two calendar consists of eight rounds with two races at each event.[38]

Round Circuit/Location Country Date Supporting
1 R1 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia   Spain 30 May WTCC Race of Spain
R2 31 May
2 R1 Masaryk Circuit, Brno   Czech Republic 20 June WTCC Race of the Czech Republic
R2 21 June
3 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps   Belgium 27 June International GT Open
R2 28 June
4 R1 Brands Hatch, Kent   United Kingdom 18 July WTCC Race of UK
R2 19 July
5 R1 Donington Park   United Kingdom 16 August Stand-alone event
R2
6 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben   Germany 5 September WTCC Race of Germany
R2 6 September
7 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola   Italy 19 September WTCC Race of Italy
R2 20 September
8 R1 Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona   Spain 31 October International GT Open
R2 1 November

Results edit

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Report
1 R1   Valencia   Robert Wickens   Robert Wickens   Robert Wickens Report
R2   Robert Wickens   Kazim Vasiliauskas   Robert Wickens
2 R1   Brno   Nicola de Marco   Robert Wickens   Mirko Bortolotti Report
R2   Henry Surtees   Nicola de Marco   Andy Soucek
3 R1   Spa-Francorchamps   Tobias Hegewald   Tobias Hegewald   Tobias Hegewald Report
R2   Tobias Hegewald   Tobias Hegewald   Tobias Hegewald
4 R1   Brands Hatch   Philipp Eng   Mirko Bortolotti   Philipp Eng Report
R2   Andy Soucek   Andy Soucek   Andy Soucek
5 R1   Donington Park   Tobias Hegewald   Julien Jousse   Andy Soucek Report
R2   Julien Jousse   Julien Jousse   Julien Jousse
6 R1   Oschersleben   Andy Soucek   Andy Soucek   Andy Soucek Report
R2   Mikhail Aleshin   Miloš Pavlović   Mikhail Aleshin
7 R1   Imola   Kazim Vasiliauskas   Kazim Vasiliauskas   Kazim Vasiliauskas Report
R2   Robert Wickens   Robert Wickens   Andy Soucek
8 R1   Catalunya   Robert Wickens   Jason Moore   Andy Soucek Report
R2   Robert Wickens   Andy Soucek   Andy Soucek

Championship Standings edit

Pos Driver VAL
  		BRN
  		SPA
  		BRH
  		DON
  		OSC
  		IMO
  		CAT
  		Points
1   Andy Soucek Ret 4 17 1 4 2 2 1 1 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 115
2   Robert Wickens 1 1 9 Ret Ret 3 4 2 Ret Ret 8 4 4 2 Ret 3 64
3   Mikhail Aleshin 4 6 2 Ret 18 8 10 3 2 7 5 1 7 Ret 2 7 59
4   Mirko Bortolotti 6 2 1 Ret 9 9 Ret 5 10 3 2 Ret 2 Ret 6 Ret 50
5   Julien Jousse 5 10 5 2 3 6 19 9 7 1 Ret 3 10 Ret 4 8 49
6   Tobias Hegewald Ret 9 15 7 1 1 15 6 3 6 Ret 6 Ret 4 9 5 46
7   Kazim Vasiliauskas 3 20 Ret 8 10 7 5 12 Ret 2 3 7 1 Ret 8 4 45
8   Philipp Eng 12 3 3 9 Ret Ret 1 4 5 10 Ret Ret 5 10 5 9 39
9   Miloš Pavlović Ret 17 Ret 5 2 4 7 Ret Ret 8 Ret 21 6 3 10 19 29
10   Nicola de Marco 9 5 12 3 13 11 9 Ret Ret Ret 6 5 Ret 9 11 2 25
11   Carlos Iaconelli 2 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 6 17 Ret 9 4 10 Ret 5 21
12   Edoardo Piscopo Ret 7 7 4 8 14 8 7 4 Ret 12 8 13 Ret 19
13   Tristan Vautier 3 6 9
14   Henry Surtees 7 12 Ret Ret 15 Ret 3 Ret 8
15   Henri Karjalainen 17 15 4 16 7 15 11 18 15 13 Ret 15 11 15 16 17 7
16   Sebastian Hohenthal 10 13 Ret 12 17 12 Ret 14 6 5 17 9 9 12 Ret Ret 7
17   Armaan Ebrahim 15 16 6 6 DNS Ret Ret 10 8 Ret 9 13 Ret Ret 12 10 7
18   Jack Clarke 13 19 Ret 15 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 14 7 Ret 14 14 17 14 6
19   Alex Brundle 8 23 11 Ret Ret 5 Ret 11 14 Ret Ret 11 17 Ret 15 12 5
20   Tom Gladdis 19 18 8 10 6 Ret 13 13 17 Ret 16 17 16 13 14 15 4
21   Jolyon Palmer 21 Ret 10 14 16 Ret 12 16 16 12 15 19 12 6 13 11 3
22   Jason Moore 16 14 13 11 Ret DNS 16 8 11 Ret 14 20 18 7 19 16 3
23   Natacha Gachnang 11 Ret 14 Ret 11 13 14 15 13 Ret 11 12 15 Ret 7 13 2
24   Germán Sánchez 14 11 16 Ret 12 Ret 17 Ret 12 11 Ret 16 8 8 DNS DNS 2
25   Ollie Hancock 10 18 Ret 11 Ret 11 18 18 0
26   Jens Höing 18 21 Ret 13 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 21 0
27   Pietro Gandolfi 20 22 Ret Ret 14 17 18 Ret Ret 15 NC 22 Ret Ret Ret 20 0
Pos Driver VAL
  		BRN
  		SPA
  		BRH
  		DON
  		OSC
  		IMO
  		CAT
  		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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External links edit

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