Stefano Coletti won himself a piece of history in the Saturday sprint race, after becoming the first native winner of a Monaco GP weekend event in over 80 years.
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.
Fabio Leimer continued to set the pace in the GP2 testing session at Jerez with the fastest overall time of the two days, but Lotus ART's Jules Bianchi came top in the afternoon session.
Northern Ireland driver Adam Carroll has been signed up for the rest of the 2011 GP2 season by Super Nova, as Luca Filippi switches to Scuderia Coloni to replace Kevin Ceccon.