18 Facts About Henry Surtees

Henry John Surtees was a British racing driver and the son of John Surtees.

Henry Surtees died during a Formula Two race at Brands Hatch when he was struck by a wheel which came off another car which had spun into a wall.

Henry Surtees is the son of former Formula One driver John Surtees, who won the 1964 Formula One season with Ferrari.

Henry Surtees finished 12th in the championship, including a third-place finish at Silverstone's National Circuit.

Henry Surtees competed in the Winter Series again, having finished 13th in 2007.

Henry Surtees battled James Calado for the title, with Calado coming out on top.

Henry Surtees competed in one race meeting during the 2008 season, in the final two races at Donington Park for Carlin Motorsport.

Henry Surtees took a win and a second in his two races in the National Class.

Henry Surtees signed up to the revived FIA Formula Two Championship ahead of the 2009 season on 2 January 2009.

Henry Surtees scored a podium in the first of the two races at Brands Hatch, coming third, and achieved a pole position at Brno.

Henry Surtees's results placed him fourteenth in the championship, at the end of the season.

At Brands Hatch on 19 July 2009, during a Formula Two race, Henry Surtees was hit on the head by a wheel from the car of Jack Clarke after Clarke spun into the wall exiting Westfield Bend.

Henry Surtees was extricated from the car and taken to the circuit's medical centre, where he was stabilized before being transferred to the Royal London Hospital.

Henry Surtees's death was attributed to severe head injuries, inflicted by colliding with Clarke's wheel, rather than the subsequent crash with the barriers.

Henry Surtees's parents elected to donate his organs for transplant, a decision which was credited with saving five lives.

Henry Surtees was buried at St Peter and St Paul's Church in Lingfield, Surrey; in 2017, his father John was buried next to him.

In 2010, the Henry Surtees Award was launched, to be awarded annually for the most outstanding performance by a rising motor racer.

Also in 2010, the Henry Surtees Foundation was founded as a charitable organisation by his father John, to assist victims of accidental brain injuries and to promote safety in driving and motorsport.