The Burnley rider set the second fastest time of yesterday's first qualifying session, but dominated the opening skirmishes on the kind of tyres that will be used in the two races.
And, despite his most successful day of the season so far, he declared: "I'm pretty fed up." Those weren't the exact words used, but you get the general drift.
For Hodgson has been determined to stamp his authority on proceedings at the Leicestershire track from the word go.
He succeeded in the morning's free practice session, going quicker than his nearest rival Steve Hislop by a quarter of a second.
In the afternoon's qualifying session, however, the roles were reversed, with the veteran wild card Scot squeezing Hodgson out by 0.07 seconds.
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