Henry Surtees crash video/John Surtees's son has died

Henry Surtees crash video/John Surtees has died following an accident





Henry Surtees, the boy of 1964 Formula 1 world champion John Surtees, has died following withan accident in a Formula 2 race at Brands Hatch on Sunday.

During the second of the weekend's races, the 18 year old was struck on the head by a wheel and tyre from the auto of Jack Clarke, who had spun into the wall exiting Westfield Bend.

Surtees was knocked unconscious in the accident and his car failed to negotiate the next Sheene Corner, moving straight off the track and into the roadblock.

Medical crews were swiftly on the scene to extract Surtees from the car, earlier he was taken to the track's medical centre. He was stabilised at the circuit's facility before being airlifted to the Royal London hospital.

A spokesperson for the hospital this evening confirmed that Surtees had died from his injuries.

Surtees graduated to F2 this season from Formula Renault and had taken his first podium finish in the series with third place in Saturday's race at Brands Hatch.

His step up to the class came later several seasons in karts, which included victory in the Junior Gearbox Championship in 2005, before a graduation to car racing in the Ginetta Junior Championship in 2006.

He switched to single seaters in 2007, making a race victory in Formula BMW UK for Carlin Motorsport en route to seventh overall in the standings - and second in the rookie cup.

He also had a brief foray into the Formula Renault UK championship that year, contesting the last two rounds at Thruxton as well as the Winter Series.

In 2008 he remained in Formula Renault, getting 12th in the final standings before finishing runner-up in the Winter Series with one victory and three podiums from four races. He also contested past year's British Formula 3 season last in a National Class car for Carlin, having one victory and one podium

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