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[cap-dude]

By JOVE. Was the race at Brno really this wet



I'll have to watch out for some highlights on eurosport now

[7UpJordan]

By JOVE. Was the race at Brno really this wet



I'll have to watch out for some highlights on eurosport now

Ditto, I missed the Brno race as I was at Silverstone. But I'll be watching the Spa races this weekend.

[EwanM]

By JOVE. Was the race at Brno really this wet



I'll have to watch out for some highlights on eurosport now

Ditto, I missed the Brno race as I was at Silverstone. But I'll be watching the Spa races this weekend.

it'll be awesome.

[Denthúl]

Unfortunately I only watched the first race at Brno, so I can't comment on that. But yeah, Spa will be one to watch for me this time round.

[Denthúl]

Hmm. Aside from a couple of crashes (including the one at the start), that was a relatively boring race. Hopefully tomorrow will provide us with some excitement.

[cap-dude]

Indeed, Jouse couldn't even beat Pavolic to 3rd place, which was awfully disappointing. I really struggle to understand why. Your allowed to overboost 10x during a race. Thats more than enough,

Anyways, maybe tomorrows race will be better.

[Misk]

Another pretty boring race today I thought. There was no fighting for the top three positions at all, while only Pavlović was able to get round the 'Brundle train'. Still, the championship is very much hotting up now, with 5 drivers within 7 points of the lead.

[cap-dude]

I'm starting to have a theory about these new designs cars, with narrow rear wings, and wider front wings. I don't think their helping at all. They don't seem to help in F1, and they don't seem to help in F2. In fact, it seems to just be creating feild spread.

[Jamie]

It will separate the boys to the men

[7UpJordan]

I'm starting to have a theory about these new designs cars, with narrow rear wings, and wider front wings. I don't think their helping at all. They don't seem to help in F1, and they don't seem to help in F2. In fact, it seems to just be creating feild spread.

And weren't these things supposed to have Ground effects as well?

[Jamie]

Who's doing he best so far? How is Brundle too?

[EwanM]

Not much has been said on this weekend's action:

From Autosport

Soucek wins second race at Brands

By Steven English Sunday, July 19th 2009, 13:13 GMT

Andy Soucek has won the second Formula 2 race of the weekend at Brands Hatch.

The Spaniard started from pole position and kept his lead through several restarts as racing was halted three times. He broke away from second-placed Robert Wickens time and again as rain and numerous incidents broke up the race. The event was stopped for good with Soucek comfortably clear of Wickens and Mikhail Aleshin third.

The first red flag came on the second lap with Milos Pavlovic spinning into the gravel at Paddock Hill Bend after contact with Kazim Vasiliauskas as it began to rain, and Henry Surtees spun across the road exiting Druids after being forced onto the grass by Tobias Hegewald.

The safety car was on track just two laps after the restart following a collision between Sebastian Hohenthal and German Sanchez where the latter's car was thrown into the air and left stranded on the edge of the track.

On the first lap after the next restart, Jack Clarke spun off into the wall exiting Westfield and bounced back into the track. His rear wheel bounced back across the track and appeared to strike Surtees on the head as he passed. Surtees car then ploughed straight ahead into the barrier on the approach to Sheene.

The son of 1966 world champion John is being stabilised at the circuit's medical facility before being transfered to hospital, but there is no word on his condition yet.

Soucek then had to cope with one more dramatic moment when his car failed to start as the cars prepared to leave the grid. But it eventually fired up and he was able to resume the race in the lead and reel off the remaining five laps.

Pos Driver Time/Gap
1. Andy Soucek 52m23.670s
2. Robert Wickens + 1.251s
3. Mikhail Aleshin + 4.763s
4. Philipp Eng + 6.858s
5. Mirko Bortolotti + 7.287s
6. Tobias Hegewald + 7.676s
7. Edoardo Piscopo + 8.443s
8. Jason Moore + 9.821s
9. Julien Jousse + 10.393s
10. Armaan Ebrahim + 10.922s
11. Alex Brundle + 11.524s
12. Kazim Vasiliauskas + 12.150s
13. Tom Gladdis + 12.661s
14. Sebastian Hohenthal + 12.868s
15. Natacha Gachnang + 13.600s
16. Jolyon Palmer + 14.330s
17. Carlos Iaconelli + 15.678s
18. Henri Karjalainen + 2 laps

Retirements:

Pietro Gandolfi 12 laps
Jack Clarke 8 laps
Henry Surtees 8 laps
German Sanchez 4 laps
Milos Pavlovic 1 laps
Nicola de Marco 0 laps
Jens Hoing 0 laps

Surtees injured in accident at Brands

By Steven English Sunday, July 19th 2009, 13:27 GMT

Henry Surtees has been injured in an accident in today's second Formula 2 race at Brands Hatch.

The 18-year-old son of 1966 F1 world champion John was struck on the head by a flying rear wheel after Jack Clarke spun into the wall exiting Westfield Bend during today's race.

Surtees' car then ploughed straight ahead into the barrier on the approach to Sheene Curve. Surtees was extricated from the car and taken to the circuit's medical centre, where he is being stabilised before being transfered to hospital.

There is no word yet on his condition or the extent of his injuries.

The race was a bit of a shambles today. The race organisers appeared to not have a clue even from the onset. The cars sat on the grid for over 2 minutes as the marshals pushed a stopped car away to safety. But instead of hurrying the marshal's just seemed to saunter... ridiculous, the officials should have sent them around for another formation lap. So we had a sprinkle of rain that didn't help, then the number of laps kept jumping up between 15 and 19. Disgrace.
The Surtees' accident was horrific, I hope he's ok, reminds me of Herbert's horrifying incident back in 88. Although Herbert's was a bigger accident and further down the circuit, Surtee's was just as shocking and brought it all back. Hopefully he is ok.

Finally the race was red flagged for good with two laps to go. A shambolic race event!

[EwanM]

Still no news on Henry Surtees. He was transported to a London Hospital by Helicopter, which brought out the yellow flag during the second WTCC race.

Doctors are apparently working on him, hopefully we end up with some good news.

[texasmr2]

Prayers sent to the Surtees family .

[Selcouth_Feline]

Just seen Surtees crash. Hope he's OK