The GP2 teams enjoyed four days of action in the rather overused surroundings of the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, with four days of testing across the last two weeks giving drivers the chance to show themselves off to teams ahead of next year's series.
It wasn't a classic year for the F1-supporting GP2 Series in 2010, but as the latest crop of promising rookies struggled for consistency, it was longtime GP2 driver Pastor Maldonado who surged to a dominant championship victory.
Amidst the obvious excitement of the F1 championship finale in Abu Dhabi, the final round of the 2010 GP2 Series also took place at the Yas Marina circuit this weekend, with the drivers free to race with the title already wrapped up.
The second post-season test of the autumn for the GP3 Series saw them head to the Spanish Jerez circuit for another three days of meaningless lappery, with the timesheets being unsurprisingly dominated by the more experienced drivers.
The preparations for the 2011 GP3 Series began this week, with a three-day test in Portugal providing the ten teams with a chance to try out new talent for next year, but it was experienced faces that dominated proceedings.
The inaugural season of the GP3 Series produced plenty of spectacular racing from a packed grid of young hopefuls looking to impress the watching GP2 and F1 bosses. But one man stood head and shoulders above his peers in 2010.
The Monza rounds of the F1-supporting GP2 and GP3 Series saw both championship titles wrapped up fairly comfortably, though the racing at the flat-out venue was still full of a fair bit of drama and chaos, as you might expect.
Both the GP2 and the GP3 Series titles could feasibly have been wrapped up at the Spa-Francorchamps weekend, but in the end neither of them were after an action-packed race weekend of rain-affected carnage and chaos.
The latest rounds of the pair of Formula One feeder series weren't really the most entertaining of the 2010 season so far, but then they were at the Hungaroring, so that should probably have been to be expected.
Another race weekend, and another win apiece for the championship-leading drivers in both GP2 and GP3, as they took another step nearer to the title. But there was plenty of action across both series at the German GP track.
The pair of GP2 races at Silverstone saw Rapax driver Pastor Maldonado extend his impressive championship lead thanks to another comfortable feature race win, while ART man Esteban Gutierrez continued to dominate the GP3 Series.
The GP2 Series returned for the Valencia weekend, and provided plenty of bizarre moments and crashes. But Pastor Maldonado still managed to extend his early championship lead, despite the carnage unravelling around him.
The GP2 Series rounds in Turkey saw two dominant performances in the races from Pastor Maldonado and Dani Clos, as the confusing 2010 championship took another few twists. Meanwhile, the GP3 boys were back at play as well.
The GP2 field had their second outing of the season in Monaco, with the highly-coveted wins around the Monte Carlo street track set to be heavily contested by the 24 car field. In the end, there was crashes, action and another pair of surprise winners.
The 2010 GP2 Series got underway at the Circuit de Catalunya, with a series of unexpected faces taking the glory as the predicted title contenders struggled, while the inaugural GP3 Series round also produced a few surprises.
