Raffaele Marciello claimed his maiden GP2 Series win for Racing Engineering at Spa after overtaking longtime leader Stoffel Vandoorne late in the race.
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.
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.