Sorrymate.com Honda's James Ellison has a torrid time during the Brands Hatch British Superbike weekend with problems and traumas following him right through the three days which have been identified as starting with the fly-by-wire systems.

Ellison, who is doubling up with Robin Croft's team on top of his World Supersport duties, had a hard time in free practice but turned off the rider aids to qualify in tenth place. Mixed conditions, a broken sensor and subsequent poor grid slots meant he scraped three points from the weekend.

"We've had everything thrown at us this weekend and whatever could have gone wrong has gone wrong and bad luck seems to be following me around at the moment. A combination of factors have followed us throughout the three days and most of it's stemmed from the fly-by-wire system," said the Kendal man.

"It's a complex piece of equipment but we've got so little information with it at the moment and have been trying to test it whilst we've been here this weekend. There's a delay when I shut off which means the throttle isn't closing when it should and, that in turn, means I'm going into the corners too quick. It's also changing from corner to corner and that's making it unpredictable, to say the least.

"It's been a frustrating weekend for everyone and I joined the team to try and give Robin and all the boys the results we all know they're capable of but we've kept digging in and kept fighting all the way to the very end. That 13th place was probably one of the hardest rides I've ever had, from beginning to end so, hopefully, all of our hard work will come to fruition next time out."