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Henry Surtees (February 18 1991 – July 19 2009) was a British racing driver and the son of John Surtees, the only man to be World Champion on both two-wheels and four-wheels.
2009 FIA Formula Two Championship:
Debut season.....2009
Current team.....MotorSport Vision
Car no............7
Starts............8
Wins.............0
Poles.............1
Fastest laps......0
Previous series:
2008........British F3
2008........Formula Renault WEC
2007-08....Formula Renault UK
2007-08....Formula Renault UK Winter Series
2007........Formula BMW ADAC
2007........Formula BMW UK
2006........Ginetta GT Junior Championship
Formula BMW UK:
Surtees finished his debut season in the championship 7th in the overall points standings, and second in the Rookie Cup. During a season in which the second half was dominated by fellow rookie Marcus Ericsson, Henry claimed one pole position (Thruxton), one race win (Donington Park) and two fastest laps (Rockingham and Snetterton) while driving for the very successful Carlin Motorsport team. The season was marred by penalties and a disqualification at Oulton Park.
Formula Renault:
After two races in 2007, Surtees moved up full-time to the Formula Renault UK series in 2008 with Manor Motorsport. Henry would go on to finish 12th in the championship, including a third place finish during a wild race at Silverstone's National Circuit. He also competed in the Winter Series again, having finished 13th in 2007. He battled James Calado for the title, with Calado coming out on top.
Formula Three:
Surtees competed in one race meeting during the 2008 season, in the final two races at Donington Park for Carlin Motorsport. Surtees revelled with a win and a second in his two races in the National Class.
Formula Two:
Surtees signed up to the revived FIA Formula Two Championship ahead of the 2009 season on 2 January 2009. He drove car number seven in the series. He scored a podium in the first of the two races at Brands Hatch.
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Death:
Surtees, 18, was struck on the head during the second of the weekend’s two races by a tyre from the car of rival competitor Jack Clarke, who had spun into the wall exiting Westfield.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTDiYS1NVW4
He was knocked unconscious by the impact and failed to negotiate the following Sheene Curve, his car running off the track and into the barrier. When medics reached him, his rear right tyre was still spinning furiously, his foot apparently still on the accelerator.
Having been rushed to the circuit’s medical centre, where his condition was stabilised, Surtees was transferred to the Royal London hospital, the regional trauma centre, by helicopter.
A spokeswoman for the Royal London hospital confirmed on Sunday night that he had died from his injuries, which were almost certainly caused by the collision with the tyre rather than the resulting crash into the barriers. It is highly likely there will be an investigation into how the wheel of Clarke’s car ended up flying across the Kent track.
The cars used in the FIA's Formula Two championship, a new series this season, are designed by Williams for PalmerSport and built by a third party.
Angry posters on the internet site YouTube, where footage of the accident was immediately available to the public, called the car’s safety into question.
Formula Two chief executive Jonathan Palmer said in a statement that his “thoughts were with the Surtees family”. Both Henry’s father John and mother Jane were watching the race in which their son was killed.
The Formula Two championship has achieved a relatively high profile in its short existence due to the famous names competing in it. Palmer’s son, Jolyon, also competes together with Alex Brundle, the son of another former Formula One driver, BBC F1 commentator Martin Brundle.
Brundle, who was trackside at the time of the incident, was visibly shaken by the accident, which caused the race to be red flagged immediately. It later restarted amid much confusion with Spaniard Andy Soucek eventually winning.
Henry's father, John Surtees, the 1964 Formula One world champion and multiple world motorcycle champion, said his son would be "deeply missed".
"Henry had followed his heart from the time he first sat in a kart," said the 75-year-old, who together with Henry's mother Jane was present at the Kent circuit when the crash happened.
"The world beckoned and he was thriving on the freedom to concentrate on his motorsport."
"Despite bad luck in his motorsport, he had shown himself to be one with the possibilities of reaching the very top. Despite his young age he had shown maturity, technical understanding and speed."
"Most importantly he was a nice person and a loving son. He will be deeply missed."
Messages of condolence also came from Surtees' former school, Worth School in Surrey, and from three-time World Touring Car champion Andy Priaulx.
"Our sport can be cruel, but never crueller than when it claims a life," said Priaulx, who was at Brands Hatch on Sunday contesting the eighth round of the WTCC season for BMW.
"It is a tragedy when this happens and yesterday we witnessed this at Brands Hatch."
"Henry Surtees was a fine young man on the verge of his career in the sport, who I had the pleasure to tutor when he was racing in Formula BMW."
"His death highlights the dangers that we face."
"My heart goes out to his parents, Jane and John Surtees. John is one of my motor racing heroes who has achieved so much over his life in the sport."
"As a driver and also a father of a son who may one day want to follow my footsteps into the sport, it is hard to imagine coming to terms with such a loss."
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