Rio Haryanto proved quickest of anyone on day 2 of the GP2 post-season testing in Abu Dhabi, while the GP3 timesheets were headed by British driver Oliver Rowland.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Go onboard with Mercedes test driver Sam Bird as he races a Mercedes-Benz B-Class and an SLK AMG through Durban during the Top Gear Festival in South Africa
British GP2 driver Sam Bird has called time on the feeder series, and switched to a new opportunity in Formula Renault 3.5/World Series by Renault for 2012.
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.
Just two weeks after the end of the 2011 GP2 Series, the teams are already gearing up to more on-track activity as they prepare to head to Jerez for two days of testing.
Esteban Gutierrez took the lead from pole sitter Josef Kral at the restart after an early safety car, and proceeded to romp away to an emphatic sprint race win in Valencia.