Photo: Charles Coates/GP2 Series Media Service
Johnny Cecotto, Jr. took his second GP2 career pole at the site of his first pole at Monte Carlo, dominating his group and setting a good enough time to remain unbeaten by the very best in Group B.
The Monaco qualifying, as last year, was separated into two groups, and Cecotto prevailed in the first one. Sam Bird was second ahead of Kevin Ceccon and Julian Leal. Down a second from the leader was Felipe Nasr, who took fifth and will therefore be starting the race in ninth place.
Group B saw a much closer qualifying session and Mitch Evans was the one to top the timesheets, qualifying on front row to set up a 1-2 for Arden. Fabio Leimer was second, ahead of Jolyon Palmer, Tom Dillmann and Robin Frijns.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Group A | Group B |
| 1 | Johnny Cecotto | Arden International | 1:21.141 | |
| 2 | Mitchell Evans | Arden International | 1:21.157 | |
| 3 | Sam Bird | Russian Time | 1:21.509 | |
| 4 | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | 1:21.185 | |
| 5 | Kevin Ceccon | Trident Racing | 1:21.986 | |
| 6 | Jolyon Palmer | Carlin | 1:21.198 | |
| 7 | Julian Leal | Racing Engineering | 1:22.092 | |
| 8 | Tom Dillmann | Russian Time | 1:21.387 | |
| 9 | Felipe Nasr | Carlin | 1:22.163 | |
| 10 | Robin Frijns | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:21.418 | |
| 11 | Marcus Ericsson | DAMS | 1:22.349 | |
| 12 | Sergio Canamasas | Caterham Racing | 1:21.522 | |
| 13 | Alexander Rossi | Caterham Racing | 1:22.511 | |
| 14 | Stefano Coletti | Rapax | 1:21.658 | |
| 15 | Rio Haryanto* | Barwa Addax Team | 1:22.589 | |
| 16 | Nathanael Berthon | Trident Racing | 1:22.245 | |
| 17 | James Calado | ART Grand Prix | 1:22.677 | |
| 18 | Stephane Richelmi | DAMS | 1:22.317 | |
| 19 | Daniel de Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:22.943 | |
| 20 | Rene Binder** | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:22.376 | |
| 21 | Kevin Giovesi | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:23.006 | |
| 22 | Daniel Abt | ART Grand Prix | 1:22.716 | |
| 23 | Simon Trummer | Rapax | 1:23.017 | |
| 24 | Jake Rosenzweig | Barwa Addax Team | 1:22.842 | |
| 25 | Jon Lancaster | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:23.443 | |
| 26 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | MP Motorsport | 1:23.328 |
* Haryanto will start in 25th due to a grid penalty carried over from last round
** Binder received a three-place penalty for impeding Canamasas and will start in 22nd