Monras quickest at Magny-Cours test

The Spaniard, who already has a win to his name this season from the Silverstone season-opener, lapped the former French Grand Prix venue in 1m30.841s to put his name on top of the timesheets.

His best time came in the first of four sessions, which was held in perfect racing conditions during the morning. He did not get within a second of that pace again during the day.

"Today went really well and because we were able to set such a good time in the first session, we were able to save putting on fresh tyres in the final stint," said Monras.

"The cooler track temperatures in the morning helped us post quick times together with the fact that I have raced here before in Formula Renault."

Christopher Zanella wound up just 0.005 slower by the end of the day, the Swiss driver setting the pace in the last session, during which the use of the series' overboost facility was permitted.

Benjamin Lariche and Mihai Marinescu were next up, ahead of Alex Brundle, Ramon Pineiro, Johannes Theobald and Jack Clarke.

Will Bratt and Tobias Hegewald were the fastest drivers in sessions two and three respectively, but only managed ninth and 10th overall while series newcomer Jon Lancaster was 11th and points leader Mirko Bortolotti 13th.

Pos  Driver                     Time           Gap
 1.  Miki Monras                1m30.841s
 2.  Christopher Zanella        1m30.846s  + 0.005
 3.  Benjamin Lariche           1m31.059s  + 0.218
 4.  Mihai Marinescu            1m31.129s  + 0.288
 5.  Alex Brundle               1m31.284s  + 0.443
 6.  Ramon Piñeiro              1m31.397s  + 0.556
 7.  Johannes Theobald          1m31.402s  + 0.561
 8.  Jack Clarke                1m31.472s  + 0.631
 9.  Will Bratt                 1m31.490s  + 0.649
10.  Tobias Hegewald            1m31.787s  + 0.946
11.  Jon Lancaster              1m31.988s  + 1.147
12.  Mikkel Mac                 1m32.018s  + 1.177
13.  Mirko Bortolotti           1m32.147s  + 1.306
14.  Armaan Ebrahim             1m32.280s  + 1.439
15.  Kelvin Snoeks              1m32.463s  + 1.622
16.  Maxim Snegirev             1m32.718s  + 1.877
17.  Jose Luis Abadin           1m32.822s  + 1.981
18.  Natalia Kowalska           1m32.835s  + 1.994
19.  Plamen Kralev              1m33.435s  + 2.594
20.  James Cole                 1m33.528s  + 2.687
21.  Sunghak Mun                1m33.573s  + 2.732