At that point he seemed out of contention, but the Briton produced a stunning drive from the back of the grid, reminicest of Lewis Hamilton's drive through the field in Turkey 2006, to haul himself back up to ninth at the finish, falling just 1.6s short of taking the final point and sprint race pole from Ocean Racing's Fabio Leimer.
A safety car was brought out while the mess was cleaned up and just 13 of the 24 cars were still on the track for the restart three laps later, although Ocean's Fabio Leimer and Trident's Adrian Zaugg were also able to rejoin after pitting for repairs.
One of motor sport’s brightest talents as newly-crowned GP2 Series Champion Fabio Leimer has signed up for the event at Bangkok’s Rajamangala Stadium on December 14–15.
Fabio Luisi | Fabio Capello | Fabio | Fabio Lanzoni | Fabio Cannavaro | Fabio Ochoa Restrepo | Fabio Leimer | Fabio Reinhart | Fabio Perini S.p.A. | Fabio Perini | Fabio Ochoa Vásquez | Fabio Mussi | Fabio Liverani | Fabio Grosso | Fabio Grossi | Fabio Gava | Manlio Fabio Beltrones | Fabio Vittorini | Fabio Vacchi | Fabio Testi | Fabio Taglioni | Fabio Padovan | Fabio Ongaro | Fabio Novembre | Fabio Moli | Fábio Luciano | Fabio Lione | Fabio Felline | Fabio Fazio | Fábio Eduardo Cribari |
Rossi and Král's former International Formula Master rival Fabio Leimer was unable to capitalise on his excellent third on the grid as his Ocean Racing Technology car stalled before the formation lap.