Brits on Pole

F2’s tribute to Henry Surtees (photo gallery)

By Andy Darley

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

 

Formula Two’s drivers and personnel held a minute’s silence in memory of Henry Surtees before their races at Donington this weekend. Here are a selection of photos from that tribute.

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Jack Clarke’s car with its tribute sticker

Tributes on the cars of Mikhail Aleshin and Mirko Bortolotti

Andy Soucek is remembering Henry Surtees

“Henry – we miss you” tribute stickers on the F2 cars

Drivers and F2 personnel prepare for the tribute

The car of Henry Surtees on pole position

Paying tribute to Henry Surtees

Natacha Gachnang, Alex Brundle and Jolyon Palmer mourn

German Sanchez, Andy Soucek, Nicola De Marco and Milos Pavlovic

Pietro Gandolfi, Robert Wickens, Mirko Bortolotti, Mikhail Aleshin and Kazim Vasiliauskas

F2 boss Jonathan Palmer and his team joined the drivers

Carlos Iaconelli, Jack Clarke and Jason Moore applaud the end of the minute’s silence

Led by the drivers, all of F2 turned out to mourn

Race 1 winner Andy Soucek on the podium

The cars of the Historic F2 Championship race

The historic March 782 F2 car of Peter Meyrick meets the 2009 F2 car of Tobias Hegewald

Cars on the grid for the second race of the day

Julien Jousse is interviewed after his victory

Author: Andy Darley. Ex-journalist, fan of Mark Webber and anyone who ever drove or tested for Minardi and didn't say rude things about the team afterwards. Owns a Triumph Spitfire and hopes that, one day, it'll be on the road again. Andy has written 744 articles for us.