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.
A Monza Race 1 win and second place in Race 2 brought Daniel Abt agonizingly close to the GP3 title, but Mitch Evans still just edged him thanks to the points he won for pole position, despite failing to score in either race itself.
Jenzer Motorsport's Patric Niederhauser won Race 1 at the Hockenheimring despite starting from the third row of the grid, while in Race 2 it was Mitch Evans in the MW Arden who won from pole.
MW Arden's Mitch Evans won Race 1 from pole position on the streets of Valencia in Spain, while Jenzer Motorsport's Patric Niederhauser did likewise on Sunday.
Mitch Evans won the first race of the 2012 GP3 Series season for MW Arden, with Conor Daly victorious for Lotus GP in race 2 at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya in Spain.