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Round 3 of 8 in the 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course | Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2009 Spa Formula Two round was the third round of the 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship season. It was held on 27 and 28 June 2009 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps at Spa, Belgium. The weekend was dominated by Tobias Hegewald, who took two poles, won both races and got fastest lap for both races.
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is also referred to as Spa and is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, and the Spa 24 Hours and 1000 km Spa endurance races.
Spa is a Belgian town located in the Province of Liège, and the town where the term spa originates. The town of Spa is situated in a valley in the Ardennes mountains 35 kilometres southeast of Liège and 45 kilometres southwest of Aachen. In 2006, Spa had a population of 10,543 and an area of 39.85 square kilometres, giving a population density of 265 inhabitants per km².
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state in Western Europe. It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of 30,688 km2 (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.4 million. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi and Liège.
Pos | No | Name | Time | Grid |
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1 | 8 | 2:08.890 | 1 | |
2 | 22 | 2:08.981 | 2 | |
3 | 12 | 2:09.265 | 3 | |
4 | 4 | 2:09.458 | 4 | |
5 | 21 | 2:09.813 | 5 | |
6 | 7 | 2:10.325 | 6 | |
7 | 25 | 2:10.419 | 7 | |
8 | 5 | 2:10.487 | 8 | |
9 | 3 | 2:10.521 | 9 | |
10 | 33 | 2:10.754 | 10 | |
11 | 15 | 2:10.854 | 11 | |
12 | 11 | 2:11.119 | 12 | |
13 | 23 | 2:11.135 | 13 | |
14 | 27 | 2:11.137 | 14 | |
15 | 24 | 2:11.362 | 15 | |
16 | 6 | 2:11.485 | 16 | |
17 | 31 | 2:11.908 | 17 | |
18 | 20 | 2:12.010 | 18 | |
19 | 16 | 2:12.130 | 19 | |
20 | 18 | 2:12.193 | 20 | |
21 | 2 | 2:12.369 | 21 | |
22 | 14 | 2:12.836 | 22 | |
23 | 9 | 2:13.804 | 23 | |
24 | 10 | no time | 24 | |
25 | 15 | no time | 25 |
Pos | No | Name | Time | Grid |
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1 | 8 | 2:08.233 | 1 | |
2 | 12 | 2:08.393 | 2 | |
3 | 22 | 2:08.432 | 3 | |
4 | 5 | 2:08.507 | 4 | |
5 | 4 | 2:08.864 | 5 | |
6 | 25 | 2:08.887 | 6 | |
7 | 15 | 2:09.135 | 7 | |
8 | 14 | 2:09.746 | 8 | |
9 | 21 | 2:09.866 | 9 | |
10 | 33 | 2:09.921 | 10 | |
11 | 15 | 2:10.004 | 11 | |
12 | 3 | 2:10.385 | 12 | |
13 | 11 | 2:10.397 | 13 | |
14 | 23 | 2:10.529 | 14 | |
15 | 24 | 2:10.582 | 15 | |
16 | 20 | 2:10.600 | 16 | |
17 | 27 | 2:10.753 | 17 | |
18 | 2 | 2:11.188 | 18 | |
19 | 31 | 2:11.196 | 19 | |
20 | 18 | 2:11.387 | 20 | |
21 | 10 | 2:12.180 | 21 | |
22 | 9 | 2:12.972 | 22 | |
23 | 7 | 2:13.951 | 23 | |
24 | 6 | 2:15.285 | 24 | |
25 | 16 | no time | 25 |
Pos | No | Driver | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
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1 | 8 | 11 | 25:59.481 | 1 | 10 | ||
2 | 25 | 11 | +7.896 | 7 | 8 | ||
3 | 4 | 11 | +8.619 | 4 | 6 | ||
4 | 22 | 11 | +14.149 | 2 | 5 | ||
5 | 11 | 11 | +19.406 | 12 | 4 | ||
6 | 24 | 11 | +19.955 | 15 | 3 | ||
7 | 23 | 11 | +21.720 | 13 | 2 | ||
8 | 16 | 11 | +27.003 | 19 | 1 | ||
9 | 14 | 11 | +34.193 | 22 | |||
10 | 21 | 11 | +36.390 | 5 | |||
11 | 18 | 11 | +43.088 | 20 | |||
12 | 27 | 11 | +43.641 | 14 | |||
13 | 10 | 11 | +44.839 | 24 | |||
14 | 9 | 11 | +1:04.711 | 23 | |||
15 | 7 | 11 | +1:11.026 | 6 | |||
16 | 3 | 11 | +2:01.189 | 9 | |||
17 | 2 | 10 | +1 lap/DNF | 21 | |||
18 | 15 | 10 | +1 lap/DNF | 25 | |||
Ret | 33 | 4 | DNF | 10 | |||
Ret | 5 | 2 | DNF | 8 | |||
Ret | 17 | 1 | DNF | 11 | |||
Ret | 12 | 0 | DNF | 3 | |||
Ret | 20 | 0 | DNF | 18 | |||
Ret | 31 | 0 | DNF | 17 | |||
DNS | 6 | 0 | 16 | ||||
Fastest lap: Tobias Hegewald 2:09.812 (194.2 km/h) on lap 4 [1] |
Pos | No | Driver | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
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1 | 8 | 15 | 33:04.856 | 1 | 10 | ||
2 | 22 | 15 | +6.855 | 3 | 8 | ||
3 | 12 | 15 | +8.878 | 2 | 6 | ||
4 | 25 | 15 | +14.977 | 6 | 5 | ||
5 | 5 | 15 | +17.638 | 4 | 4 | ||
6 | 4 | 15 | +18.158 | 5 | 3 | ||
7 | 21 | 15 | +19.601 | 9 | 2 | ||
8 | 15 | 15 | +20.451 | 7 | 1 | ||
9 | 14 | 15 | +21.111 | 8 | |||
10 | 17 | 15 | +27.803 | 11 | |||
11 | 10 | 15 | +29.911 | 21 | |||
12 | 2 | 15 | +37.199 | 18 | |||
13 | 18 | 15 | +43.046 | 20 | |||
14 | 16 | 15 | +43.546 | 25 | |||
15 | 23 | 15 | +44.082 | 14 | |||
16 | 20 | 15 | +50.628 | 16 | |||
17 | 9 | 15 | +1:04.634 | 22 | |||
Ret | 27 | 11 | DNF | 17 | |||
Ret | 33 | 8 | DNF | 10 | |||
Ret | 7 | 4 | DNF | 23 | |||
Ret | 6 | 4 | DNF | 24 | |||
Ret | 24 | 1 | DNF | 15 | |||
Ret | 3 | 0 | DNF | 12 | |||
Ret | 11 | 0 | DNF | 13 | |||
DNS | 31 | 0 | DNF | 19 | |||
Fastest lap: Tobias Hegewald 2:11.012 (192.4 km/h) on lap 2 [2] |
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | 28 | |
2 | 26 | |
3 | 25 | |
4 | 22 | |
5 | 21 |
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