Nazim Azman, a likely returnee to the BRDC British F3 Championship with Carlin, set the fastest time in unofficial testing at Snetterton today (Monday), ahead of tomorrow's Media Day at the same circuit.

A field of 16 updated BRDC British F3 cars enjoyed almost four hours of testing today, with the Malaysian driver's best time of 1m43.732s coming late in the final session of the day. His best effort was 0.345s clear of fellow Carlin runner Kaylen Frederick, who will return to the championship this year with high hopes after taking a couple of wins last year.

Despite a lack of single seater experience, Piers Prior was an impressive third quickest for Lanan Racing today, having been second fastest in the third session of the day, with his best time overall being within half a second of the Carlin duo. Prior was just 0.005s clear of Douglas Motorsport's Kiern Jewiss, who is eyeing a title charge in his second season with the team.

Lanan's Bart Horsten was fifth fastest overall, with his best time being just over half a second away from the ultimate pace. Another potential Carlin driver, Brazilian Guilherme Peixoto was sixth, just over a tenth further back from Horsten, and ahead of another Douglas Motorsport returnee Ulysse De Pauw. Benjamin Pedersen, switching to Double R Racing this year was just under a hundredth of a second away from his former teammate and three tenths clear of fellow Double R driver Louis Foster in ninth.

Fortec's new signing Christian Olsen completed the top-10, four tenths away from Foster's best effort, with Chris Dittmann Racing's recruit Josh Skelton just outside the top-10.

Lanan's Josh Mason claimed the 12th quickest time ahead of Jordan Dempsey - the Irishman sampling a BRDC British F3 car with Chris Dittmann Racing as he eyes a potential move into the series. Double R's Sebastian Alvarez and Douglas Motorsport's Manaf Hijjawi completed the today's timed runners, with Hillspeed's Oliver Clarke not running a transponder for the duration of the test.

The official media day test at Snetterton commences tomorrow at 09.00, with almost three hours of running.

BRDC British F3 Media Day timetable:

09.00-09.55 - Test Session One

11.15-12.10 - Test Session Two

14.00-14.55 - Test Session Three

BRDC British F3 Snetterton test result:

1. Nazim Azman, Carlin, 1m43.732s

2. Kaylen Frederick, Carlin, +0.345s

3. Piers Prior, Lanan Racing, +0.465s

4. Kiern Jewiss, Douglas Motorsport, +0.470s

5. Bart Horsten, Lanan Racing, +0.502s

6. Guilherme Peixoto, Carlin, +0.618s

7. Ulysse De Pauw, Douglas Motorsport, +0.793s

8. Benjamin Pedersen, Double R Racing, +0.801s

9. Louis Foster, Double R Racing, +1.123s

10. Christian Olsen, Fortec Motorsports, +1.533s

11. Josh Skelton, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.623s

12. Josh Mason, Lanan Racing, +1.777s

13. Jordan Dempsey, Chris Dittmann Racing, +1.781s

14. Sebastian Alvarez, Double R Racing, +1.918s

15. Manaf Hijjawi, Douglas Motorsport, +2.141s