Fortec Motorsport's Johnathan Hoggard topped the time sheets in the opening test session of the media day at Donington Park this morning.

Under clear blue skies, a total of 16 cars took to the track for the opening 55 minute session, with British driver Hoggard setting a late flying lap of 1m24.729s to eclipse a similarly late effort from Hillspeed's series returnee Sasakorn Chaimongkol by 0.122s.

Double R Racing's Hampus Ericsson was third fastest having topped the times early on, with Carlin's American charge Kaylen Frederick fourth, just over half a second off the overall pace.

Reigning British F4 champion Kiern Jewiss was fifth fastest for Douglas Motorsport ahead of American Neil Verhagen for Double R Racing, with Fortec's third year driver Manuel Maldonado seventh. Chris Dittmann Racing's Ayrton Simmons posted the eighth quickest time, ahead of Douglas Motorsport's Benjamin Pedersen and Carlin's returnee Clement Novalak completing the top-10 covered by just over a second.

Carlin's Lucas Petersson was next up in 11th, ahead of Double R's Pavan Ravishankar, with Lanan Racing's Josh Mason 13th. Malaysian Nazim Azman, testing for Chris Dittmann Racing was 14th in his first taste of British F3 machinery, ahead of fellow tester Ulysse De Pauw, the Belgian running with Douglas Motorsport. Canadian Megan Gilkes, getting to grips with F3 machinery ahead of her W Series trials completed the 16 runners in action today.

There are two more F3 sessions coming up at Donington, starting at 13.00 and 15.00.

BRDC British F3 Championship, Donington Park Media day session one result:

1. Johnathan Hoggard, Fortec Motorsport, 1m24.729s

2. Sasakorn Chaimongkol, Hillspeed, +0.122s

3. Hampus Ericsson, Double R Racing, +0.315s

4. Kaylen Frederick, Carlin, +0.510s

5. Kiern Jewiss, Douglas Motorsport, +0.575s

6. Neil Verhagen, Double R Racing, +0.728s

7. Manuel Maldonado, Fortec Motorsports, +0.886s

8. Ayrton Simmons, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.930s

9. Benjamin Pedersen, Douglas Motorsport, +0.979s

10. Clement Novalak, Carlin, +1.112s

11. Lucas Petersson, Carlin, +1.254s

12. Pavan Ravishankar, Double R Racing, +1.360s

13. Josh Mason, Lanan Racing, +2.473s

14. Nazim Azman, Chris Dittmann Racing, +3.167s

15. Ulysse De Pauw, Douglas Motorsport, +3.572s

16. Megan Gilkes, Hillspeed, +7.636s