# RIP Henry Surtees
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [July 20, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819 "2009-07-20T13:20:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/1 "2009-07-20T13:20:07Z")
18 years old. Sad.
Talk about the wrong place at the wrong time.
> **[John Surtees pays tribute to son Henry killed in Formula Two accident](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/5871106/John-Surtees-pays-tribute-to-son-Henry-killed-in-Formula-Two-accident.html)**
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> Tributes were flooding in for Henry Surtees on Monday morning as the world of motor racing struggled to come to terms with the 18-year-old's tragic death in a Formula Two race at Brands Hatch at the weekend.
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### Author:  [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/2 "2009-07-20T13:23:26Z")
Ugh, that’s very sad.
RIP
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### Author:  [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/3 "2009-07-20T13:25:33Z")
holy shit. I looked at the vid and had no idea the tire hit him til i read the story
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### Author:  [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/4 "2009-07-20T13:27:41Z")
Wow, that’s terrible.
Took me a second to realize that it hit him in the head.
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/5 "2009-07-20T13:28:31Z")
Yeah, you could tell he was out when he went by the camera. Sad.
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### Author:  [@steve2k1116](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/steve2k1116)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/6 "2009-07-20T13:32:37Z")
wow thats rough, rip.
i guess when its your time its your time
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### Author:  [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/7 "2009-07-20T13:50:32Z")
this is why you should never be behind the wheel if you’re tired.
RIP.
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### Author:  [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/8 "2009-07-20T13:53:21Z")
Wow. RIP
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### Author:  [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/9 "2009-07-20T13:59:33Z")
So sad.
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### Author:  [@VR2000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VR2000)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/10 "2009-07-20T15:27:18Z")
thats horrible…rip
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### Author:  [@nytalonTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nytalonTSi)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/11 "2009-07-20T16:20:23Z")
Man thats really bad way to die. R.I.P.
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/12 "2009-07-20T16:21:55Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#):
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> this is why you should never be behind the wheel if you’re tired.
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> RIP.
I’m laughing, but I shouldn’t be. lol
RIP.
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### Author:  [@Team\_Havoc](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Team_Havoc)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/13 "2009-07-20T16:30:53Z")
wow, sad to see. Did anyone else see that he still had his foot on the gas and the tire was spinning? RIP
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### Author:  [@Garick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Garick)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/14 "2009-07-20T19:08:47Z")
they don’t use wheel tethers yet? Neither crash was that violent. Sad to see something like that happen.
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### Author:  [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/15 "2009-07-20T19:13:54Z")
Thats a really shitty freak accident. RIP
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### Author:  [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/16 "2009-07-21T13:01:38Z")
bad luck there, whats the chance of you getting hit on the head going 100mph…
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### Author:  [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/17 "2009-07-21T13:15:59Z")
double post pls delete
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### Author:  [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/18 "2009-07-21T13:16:26Z")
> [@Garick](#):
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> they don’t use wheel tethers yet?
I read that it broke
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### Author:  [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-henry-surtees/70819/19 "2009-07-21T13:21:40Z")
Doubt it, look at his car, the wheel immediately came off his too when he hit the wall.