Luiz Razia converted his reverse grid pole position into a maiden GP2 victory in the Asia series finale in Bahrain today.
The Brazilian held his nerve through a safety car restart after a five-car crash at the start, and had the legs of second-placed David Rigon throughout the race.
The accident at the start was triggered when Roldan Rodriguez and Davide Valsecchi were taken out by Karun Chandhok and Pastor Maldonado, with Rodolfo Gonzalez also involved.
D'Ambrosio had moved up to fourth from sixth off the line and set about chasing Sakon Yamamoto once racing resumed. He caught and passed the Japanese driver and then chased down Rigon in the closing stages of the race to take second place.
Newly-crowned champion Kamui Kobayashi finished fifth, ahead of race one winner Diego Nunes who recovered to sixth after a making a mistake and losing a couple of places at the restart.
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Luiz Razia Arden 43m47.690s
2. Jerome D'Ambrosio DAMS +11.494s
3. David Rigon Trident +12.646s
4. Sakon Yamamoto ART +13.349s
5. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS +13.892s
6. Diego Nunes Piquet +19.362s
7. Giedo van der Garde iSport +23.183s
8. Marco Bonanomi Meritus +27.813s
9. Sergio Perez Barwa +31.989s
10. Giacomo Ricci DPR +34.428s
11. Vitaly Petrov Barwa +36.252s
12. Javier Villa Super Nova +36.666s
13. Alvaro Parente Meritus +37.230s
14. James Jakes Super Nova +39.266s
15. Fabrizio Crestani Ocean +41.122s
16. Edoardo Mortara Arden +42.111s
17. Hamad Al-Fardan iSport +52.089s
18. Kevin Nai Chia Chen FMS +1m05.417s
19. Michael Dalle Stelle Durango +1m10.175s
Retirements
Michael Herck DPR 16 laps
Ricardo Teixeira Trident 13 laps
Roldan Rodriguez Piquet 0 laps
Karun Chandhok Ocean 0 laps
Davide Valsecchi Durango 0 laps
Rodolfo Gonzalez FMS 0 laps
Pastor Maldonado ART 0 laps
Fastest lap, D'Ambrosio 1m46.648s on lap 6