2009 Valencia Formula Two round

Round details
Round 1 of 8 in the 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship.
Location	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.051 km (2.517 mi)
First race
Date 30 May 2009 Laps 23 Pole position Driver Robert Wickens Time 1:27.775 Podium First Robert Wickens Second Carlos Iaconelli Third Kazim Vasiliauskas Fastest lap Driver Robert Wickens Time 1:29.166 (on lap 2)
Second race
Date 31 May 2009 Laps 17 Pole position Driver Robert Wickens Time 1:27.488 Podium First Robert Wickens Second Mirko Bortolotti Third Philipp Eng Fastest lap Driver Kazim Vasiliauskas Time 1:28.322 (on lap 4)

The 2009 Valencia Formula Two round was the first round of the 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship season. It was held on 30 and 31 May 2009 at Circuit de Valencia at Valencia, Spain. The first race was won by Robert Wickens, with Carlos Iaconelli and Kazim Vasiliauskas also on the podium. The second race was again won by Robert Wickens, with Mirko Bortolotti and Philipp Eng also on the podium.

Classification

Qualifying 1

Weather/Track: Sun 25°/Dry 35°

Pos	No	Name	Time	Grid
1	12	Robert Wickens	1:27.775	1
2	8	Tobias Hegewald	1:27.789	2
3	22	Andy Soucek	1:27.953	3
4	15	Carlos Iaconelli	1:27.955	4
5	15	Mikhail Aleshin	1:28.113	5
6	4	Julien Jousse	1:28.113	6
7	16	Edoardo Piscopo	1:28.130	7
8	25	Miloš Pavlović	1:28.243	8
9	21	Kazim Vasiliauskas	1:28.315	9
10	7	Henry Surtees	1:28.390	10
11	33	Philipp Eng	1:28.461	11
12	14	Mirko Bortolotti	1:28.470	12
13	3	Jolyon Palmer	1:28.640	13
14	18	Natacha Gachnang	1:28.729	14
15	2	Sebastian Hohenthal	1:28.755	15
16	5	Alex Brundle	1:29.123	16
17	11	Jack Clarke	1:29.151	17
18	10	Nicola de Marco	1:29.184	18
19	27	Germán Sánchez	1:29.240	19
20	6	Armaan Ebrahim	1:29.343	20
21	23	Henri Karjalainen	1:29.422	21
22	20	Jens Höing	1:29.519	22
23	24	Tom Gladdis	1:30.145	23
24	9	Pietro Gandolfi	1:30.743	24
25	31	Jason Moore	1:31.661	25

Qualifying 2

Weather: Sun 23°; Track: Dry 38°

Pos	No	Name	Time	Grid
1	12	Robert Wickens	1:27.488	1
2	22	Andy Soucek	1:27.613	2
3	14	Mirko Bortolotti	1:27.672	3
4	10	Nicola de Marco	1:27.679	4
5	33	Philipp Eng	1:27.741	5
6	15	Mikhail Aleshin	1:27.772	6
7	15	Carlos Iaconelli	1:27.848	7
8	21	Kazim Vasiliauskas	1:27.869	8
9	4	Julien Jousse	1:27.872	9
10	7	Henry Surtees	1:27.880	10
11	16	Edoardo Piscopo	1:27.963	11
12	8	Tobias Hegewald	1:28.100	12
13	2	Sebastian Hohenthal	1:28.243	13
14	18	Natacha Gachnang	1:28.253	14
15	27	Germán Sánchez	1:28.303	15
16	24	Tom Gladdis	1:28.360	16
17	5	Alex Brundle	1:28.654	17
18	11	Jack Clarke	1:28.716	18
19	23	Henri Karjalainen	1:28.811	19
20	6	Armaan Ebrahim	1:28.821	20
21	31	Jason Moore	1:28.878	21
22	20	Jens Höing	1:29.332	22
23	3	Jolyon Palmer	1:29.355	23
24	9	Pietro Gandolfi	1:30.245	24
25	25	Miloš Pavlović	1:34.958	25

Race 1

Weather: Sun 28°; Track: Dry 49°

Pos	No	Driver	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Robert Wickens	23	37:03.621	1	10
2	17	Carlos Iaconelli	23	+3.870	4	8
3	21	Kazim Vasiliauskas	23	+5.241	9	6
4	15	Mikhail Aleshin	23	+8.554	5	5
5	4	Julien Jousse	23	+9.922	6	4
6	14	Mirko Bortolotti	23	+10.904	12	3
7	7	Henry Surtees	23	+11.319	10	2
8	5	Alex Brundle	23	+12.326	16	1
9	10	Nicola de Marco	23	+12.913	18
10	2	Sebastian Hohenthal	23	+13.976	15
11	18	Natacha Gachnang	23	+14.982	14
12	33	Philipp Eng	23	+17.675	11
13	11	Jack Clarke	23	+17.916	17
14	27	Germán Sánchez	23	+17.994	19
15	6	Armaan Ebrahim	23	+18.924	20
16	31	Jason Moore	23	+20.724	25
17	23	Henri Karjalainen	23	+22.076	21
18	20	Jens Höing	23	+25.218	22
19	24	Tom Gladdis	23	+27.296	23
20	9	Pietro Gandolfi	23	+37.711	24
21	3	Jolyon Palmer	23	+48.195	13
Ret	22	Andy Soucek	14	DNF	3
Ret	8	Tobias Hegewald	14	DNF	2
Ret	25	Miloš Pavlović	4	DNF	8
Ret	16	Edoardo Piscopo	3	DNF	7
Fastest lap: Robert Wickens 1:29.166 (161.69 km/h) on lap 2[1]

Race 2

Weather: Cloud 26 °C; Track: Dry 29 °C

Pos	No	Driver	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Robert Wickens	17	25:22.024	1	10
2	14	Mirko Bortolotti	17	+5.911	3	8
3	33	Philipp Eng	17	+7.881	5	6
4	22	Andy Soucek	17	+8.615	2	5
5	10	Nicola de Marco	17	+9.780	4	4
6	15	Mikhail Aleshin	17	+11.707	6	3
7	16	Edoardo Piscopo	17	+13.601	11	2
8	17	Carlos Iaconelli	17	+16.616	7	1
9	8	Tobias Hegewald	17	+18.826	12
10	4	Julien Jousse	17	+21.577	9
11	27	Germán Sánchez	17	+22.968	15
12	7	Henry Surtees	17	+23.520	10
13	2	Sebastian Hohenthal	17	+27.911	13
14	31	Jason Moore	17	+30.365	21
15	23	Henri Karjalainen	17	+31.059	19
16	6	Armaan Ebrahim	17	+31.966	20
17	25	Miloš Pavlović	17	+32.704	25
18	24	Tom Gladdis	17	+36.317	16
19	11	Jack Clarke	17	+38.336	18
20	21	Kazim Vasiliauskas	17	+38.653	8
21	20	Jens Höing	17	+46.489	22
22	9	Pietro Gandolfi	17	+1:01.306	34
23	5	Alex Brundle	16	+1 lap	17
Ret	3	Jolyon Palmer	0	DNF	23
Ret	18	Natacha Gachnang	0	DNF	14
Fastest lap: Kazim Vasiliauskas 1:28.322 (163.24 km/h) on lap 4[2]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Robert Wickens	20
2	Mirko Bortolotti	11
3	Carlos Iaconelli	9
4	Mikhail Aleshin	8
5	Philipp Eng	6

References