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° PosNoNameTimeGrid112 Robert Wickens1:27.775128 Tobias Hegewald1:27.7892322 Andy Soucek1:27.9533415 Carlos Iaconelli1:27.9554515 Mikhail Aleshin1:28.113564 Julien Jousse1:28.1136716 Edoardo Piscopo1:28.1307825 Miloš Pavlović1:28.2438921 Kazim Vasiliauskas1:28.3159107 Henry Surtees1:28.390101133 Philipp Eng1:28.461111214 Mirko Bortolotti1:28.47012133 Jolyon Palmer1:28.640131418 Natacha Gachnang1:28.72914152 Sebastian Hohenthal1:28.75515165 Alex Brundle1:29.123161711 Jack Clarke1:29.151171810 Nicola de Marco1:29.184181927 Germán Sánchez1:29.24019206 Armaan Ebrahim1:29.343202123 Henri Karjalainen1:29.422212220 Jens Höing1:29.519222324 Tom Gladdis1:30.14523249 Pietro Gandolfi1:30.743242531 Jason Moore1:31.66125
Qualifying 2 Weather: Sun 23°; Track: Dry 38° PosNoNameTimeGrid112 Robert Wickens1:27.4881222 Andy Soucek1:27.6132314 Mirko Bortolotti1:27.6723410 Nicola de Marco1:27.6794533 Philipp Eng1:27.7415615 Mikhail Aleshin1:27.7726715 Carlos Iaconelli1:27.8487821 Kazim Vasiliauskas1:27.869894 Julien Jousse1:27.8729107 Henry Surtees1:27.880101116 Edoardo Piscopo1:27.96311128 Tobias Hegewald1:28.10012132 Sebastian Hohenthal1:28.243131418 Natacha Gachnang1:28.253141527 Germán Sánchez1:28.303151624 Tom Gladdis1:28.36016175 Alex Brundle1:28.654171811 Jack Clarke1:28.716181923 Henri Karjalainen1:28.81119206 Armaan Ebrahim1:28.821202131 Jason Moore1:28.878212220 Jens Höing1:29.33222233 Jolyon Palmer1:29.35523249 Pietro Gandolfi1:30.245242525 Miloš Pavlović1:34.95825
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
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
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
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