The final Superprix result was delayed while the stewards awaited an appeal against the 25-second time penalty that dropped likely fourth-place man di Grassi to an eventual 19th, but showed another Briton, James Rossiter, in fourth place. The erstwhile Fortec racer, running with French team Signature in both Macau and Bahrain, had had, if anything, a more fraught qualifying day than Hamilton, but somehow transformed 31st and last on the first race grid into fourth by the final flag of the day.
The Briton had already made up to 19th after the eight lap qualification race, then stormed through the field to be in just the right place when di Grassi received his penalty for overtaking under the safety car. Rossiter was thus the first non-Euroseries driver home, albeit running with a team that has been a mainstay of the continental competition.
Carbone completed the top five, ahead of Marko Asmer, but there was to be no high position finish for Japanese series rivals Richard Antinucci and Ronnie Quintarelli, who rounded out the list of classified finishers in 21st and 22nd positions respectively after battling for a possible podium during the race. Their demise allowed the TOM's driver's team-mate,
Kazuki Nakajima, to uphold Japanese honour in seventh place, with Loic Duval, Alex Premat and Ernesto Viso completing the top ten, all after strong recovery drives from lowly start positions.
Among them, Macau winner Premat deserved special mention, having converted 29th on the grid - following a race one retirement - into ninth by the chequered flag. The Frenchman was also caught up in an accident involving Danilo Dirani and Ross Zwolsman on lap one, suffered a damaged tyre, pitted for a replacement and rejoined the race in last place.
