2009 Donington Formula Two round explained

Donington
Country:	United Kingdom
Round No:	5
Season No:	8
Year:	2009
Location:	Donington Park, North West Leicestershire, England
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Km:	4.023
Course Mi:	2.500
Date R1:	16 August
Laps R1:	25
Pole Driver Country R1:	Germany
Pole Driver R1:	Tobias Hegewald
Pole Time R1:	1:23.116
First Driver Country R1:	Spain
First Driver R1:	Andy Soucek
Second Driver Country R1:	Russia
Second Driver R1:	Mikhail Aleshin
Third Driver Country R1:	Germany
Third Driver R1:	Tobias Hegewald
Fast Driver Country R1:	France
Fast Driver R1:	Julien Jousse
Fast Time R1:	1:24.293
Fast Lap R1:	lap 18
Date R2:	16 August
Laps R2:	25
Pole Driver Country R2:	France
Pole Driver R2:	Julien Jousse
Pole Time R2:	1:23.507
First Driver Country R2:	France
First Driver R2:	Julien Jousse
Second Driver Country R2:	Lithuania
Second Driver R2:	Kazim Vasiliauskas
Third Driver Country R2:	Italy
Third Driver R2:	Mirko Bortolotti
Fast Driver Country R2:	France
Fast Driver R2:	Julien Jousse
Fast Time R2:	1:24.135
Fast Lap R2:	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

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^[1]

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^[2]

Web site: FIA Formula Two Championship RACE 1 - CLASSIFICATION. formulatwo.com. FIA Formula Two Championship. 2009-08-16. 2009-11-07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110101120710/http://www.formulatwo.com/media/623858/r1%20classification.pdf. 1 January 2011. dmy-all.
Web site: FIA Formula 2 Championship RACE 2 - RESULT . PDF . formulatwo.com . . 2009-08-16 . 2009-11-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090902022213/http://www.formulatwo.com/media/625295/f2%20race%20two%20result%20-%20donington%20park.pdf . 2 September 2009 . dmy-all .