2009 Donington Formula Two round

  2009 Donington Formula Two round

Round details
Round 5 of 8 in the 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship.
Location	Donington Park, North West Leicestershire, England
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
First race
Date 16 August 2009 Laps 25 Pole position Driver Tobias Hegewald Time 1:23.116 Podium First Andy Soucek Second Mikhail Aleshin Third Tobias Hegewald Fastest lap Driver Julien Jousse Time 1:24.293 (on lap 18)
Second race
Date 16 August 2009 Laps 25 Pole position Driver Julien Jousse Time 1:23.507 Podium First Julien Jousse Second Kazim Vasiliauskas Third Mirko Bortolotti Fastest lap Driver Julien Jousse Time 1:24.135 (on lap 22)

The 2009 Donington Formula Two round was the fifth round of the 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship season. It was held on 16 August 2009 at Donington Park in North West Leicestershire, United Kingdom. The first race was won by Andy Soucek, with Mikhail Aleshin and Tobias Hegewald also on the podium. The second race was won by Julien Jousse, with Kazim Vasiliauskas and Mirko Bortolotti also on the podium. Only 24 cars competed at the event, after Henry Surtees' fatal accident at Brands Hatch left a vacant slot that was unfilled.

Classification

Qualifying 1

Pos	No	Name	Time	Grid
1	8	Tobias Hegewald	1:23.116	1
2	15	Mikhail Aleshin	1:23.429	2
3	22	Andy Soucek	1:23.437	3
4	4	Julien Jousse	1:23.460	4
5	25	Miloš Pavlović	1:23.542	5
6	16	Edoardo Piscopo	1:23.623	6
7	21	Kazim Vasiliauskas	1:23.699	7
8	2	Sebastian Hohenthal	1:23.702	8
9	12	Robert Wickens	1:23.828	9
10	33	Philipp Eng	1:23.939	10
11	14	Mirko Bortolotti	1:24.029	11
12	6	Armaan Ebrahim	1:24.244	12
13	11	Jack Clarke	1:24.275	13
14	31	Jason Moore	1:24.339	14
15	27	Germán Sánchez	1:24.368	15
16	3	Jolyon Palmer	1:24.391	16
17	15	Carlos Iaconelli	1:24.413	17
18	5	Alex Brundle	1:24.435	18
19	18	Natacha Gachnang	1:24.472	19
20	24	Tom Gladdis	1:24.515	20
21	10	Nicola de Marco	1:24.674	21
22	23	Henri Karjalainen	1:24.720	22
23	9	Pietro Gandolfi	1:26.888	23
24	20	Jens Höing	1:38.770	24

Qualifying 2

Pos	No	Name	Time	Grid
1	4	Julien Jousse	1:23.507	1
2	2	Sebastian Hohenthal	1:23.635	2
3	14	Mirko Bortolotti	1:23.681	3
4	21	Kazim Vasiliauskas	1:23.709	4
5	16	Edoardo Piscopo	1:23.714	5
6	22	Andy Soucek	1:23.763	6
7	15	Mikhail Aleshin	1:23.847	7
8	12	Robert Wickens	1:23.884	8
9	8	Tobias Hegewald	1:23.943	9
10	33	Philipp Eng	1:24.003	10
11	25	Miloš Pavlović	1:24.044	11
12	15	Carlos Iaconelli	1:24.098	12
13	27	Germán Sánchez	1:24.198	13
14	6	Armaan Ebrahim	1:24.249	14
15	31	Jason Moore	1:24.354	15
16	24	Tom Gladdis	1:24.446	16
17	3	Jolyon Palmer	1:24.472	17
18	23	Henri Karjalainen	1:24.493	18
19	10	Nicola de Marco	1:24.680	19
20	11	Jack Clarke	1:24.718	20
21	5	Alex Brundle	1:24.739	21
22	18	Natacha Gachnang	1:25.046	22
23	20	Jens Höing	1:25.894	23
24	9	Pietro Gandolfi	1:26.951	24

Race 1

Weather/Track: Cloud /Dry

Pos	No	Driver	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Andy Soucek	25	35:26.366	3	10
2	15	Mikhail Aleshin	25	+9.799	2	8
3	8	Tobias Hegewald	25	+11.976	1	6
4	16	Edoardo Piscopo	25	+12.848	6	5
5	33	Philipp Eng	25	+14.056	10	4
6	2	Sebastian Hohenthal	25	+15.760	8	3
7	4	Julien Jousse	25	+16.289	4	2
8	6	Armaan Ebrahim	25	+29.596	12	1
9	11	Jack Clarke	25	+39.739	13
10	14	Mirko Bortolotti	25	+41.514	11
11	31	Jason Moore	25	+51.357	14
12	27	Germán Sánchez	25	+55.939	15
13	18	Natacha Gachnang	25	+1:00.663	19
14	5	Alex Brundle	25	+1:26.951	18
15	23	Henri Karjalainen	24	+1 lap	22
16	3	Jolyon Palmer	24	+1 lap	16
17	24	Tom Gladdis	23	+2 laps	20
Ret	25	Miloš Pavlović	21	DNF	5
Ret	17	Carlos Iaconelli	17	DNF	17
Ret	9	Pietro Gandolfi	15	DNF	23
Ret	12	Robert Wickens	14	DNF	9
Ret	20	Jens Höing	1	DNF	24
Ret	10	Nicola de Marco	1	DNF	21
Ret	21	Kazim Vasiliauskas	0	DNF	7
Fastest lap: Julien Jousse 1:24.293 (171.81 km/h) on lap 18

Race 2

Weather/Track: Bright/Dry

Pos	No	Driver	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Julien Jousse	25	38:28.770	1	10
2	21	Kazim Vasiliauskas	25	+15.116	4	8
3	14	Mirko Bortolotti	25	+17.858	3	6
4	22	Andy Soucek	25	+18.318	6	5
5	2	Sebastian Hohenthal	25	+19.315	2	4
6	8	Tobias Hegewald	25	+19.948	9	3
7	15	Mikhail Aleshin	25	+20.383	7	2
8	25	Miloš Pavlović	25	+21.440	11	1
9	17	Carlos Iaconelli	25	+23.886	12
10	33	Philipp Eng	25	+24.301	10
11	27	Germán Sánchez	25	+32.270	13
12	3	Jolyon Palmer	25	+33.001	17
13	23	Henri Karjalainen	25	+33.729	18
14	11	Jack Clarke	25	+37.285	20
15	9	Pietro Gandolfi	25	+1:04.475	24
Ret	18	Natacha Gachnang	19	DNF	22
Ret	16	Edoardo Piscopo	12	DNF	5
Ret	5	Alex Brundle	5	DNF	21
Ret	12	Robert Wickens	5	DNF	8
Ret	31	Jason Moore	1	DNF	15
Ret	24	Tom Gladdis	1	DNF	16
Ret	6	Armaan Ebrahim	0	DNF	14
Ret	10	Nicola de Marco	0	DNF	19
Ret	20	Jens Höing	0	DNF	23
Fastest lap: Julien Jousse 1:24.135 (172.13 km/h) on lap 22

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Andy Soucek	61
2	Robert Wickens	39
3	Julien Jousse	37
4	Tobias Hegewald	34
5	Mikhail Aleshin	33