Championship leader Jolyon Palmer has been excluded from the results of Friday afternoon's qualifying session over a fuel irregularity with his DAMS car.
Raffaele Marciello claimed his maiden GP2 Series win for Racing Engineering at Spa after overtaking longtime leader Stoffel Vandoorne late in the race.
Johnny Cecotto Jr. will start Saturday's feature race from pole position, while championship leader Jolyon Palmer will join him on the front row in Austria.
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.
Results from the sprint race at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, which saw a flying start from Stefano Coletti and another strong outing for Robin Frijns.
Wet track conditions first thing gave teams the chance to test their rain and intermediate tyres, but did nothing for the times on the third day at Jerez.
Max Chilton followed through on his first GP2 Series pole position to successfully convert it into his maiden victory, despite intense late pressure from Davide Valsecchi.
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.