Jolyon Palmer confirmed his iron grip on proceedings in Singapore by leading an all-Carlin front row for Saturday's GP2 feature race, in the series' only night time session of the weekend.
Russian Time's Sam Bird was able to fend off stiff competition from Fabio Leimer and Jolyon Palmer to claim pole position for Saturday's GP2 Series feature race at Monza.
Jolyon Palmer topped the timesheets for Carlin in Friday morning practice at Monza for the ninth round of the 2013 GP2 Series and the final weekend of the championship in Europe.
Arden's Johnny Cecotto Jr. will have to sit out the Saturday spring race in Monaco after being handed a one-race ban for his part in Friday's major pile-up.
A first-lap crash that engulfed half the field proved just the opportunity Russian Time's Sam Bird needed to repeat his 2012 World Series by Renault victory in Monaco.
Arden team mates Johnny Cecotto Jr. and Mitch Evans put in impressive displays in a split qualifying to claim the front row for Friday morning's feature race.
Russian Time scored its maiden win in the GP2 Series as Sam Bird took the lead early in the sprint race and then held off Felipe Nasr to the line by inches.
Fabio Leimer didn't let Racing Engineering down on Saturday, converting his emphatic pole position to an equally comfortable feature race win in Bahrain.
Fabio Leimer proved unstoppable in qualifying, repeating his dominating practice form to once again go faster by a second as he claimed the feature pole.
Racing Engineering's Fabio Leimer set a blistering lap early in the Friday practice session that left him a full second clear of the rest of the field.
Davide Valsecchi clinched the 2012 GP2 Series championship over Luiz Razia, while Max Chilton won the Saturday feature race in Singapore ahead of Esteban Guti?rrez.
Arden's Luiz Razia looked to have lost touch with the pack of five leaders in the Sunday sprint race, but then surged to the front in a thrilling finish to an eventful Valencia sprint race.
Lotus GP's Esteban Guti?rrez was back on the top step of the podium for the first time in a year, after a succession of safety cars denied his team mate James Calado victory.
After three rounds of the 2012 season in Malaysia and Bahrain, the GP2 Series finally gets to return to its Europe roots with feature and sprint races this weekend in Spain.