Sorrymate.com Honda's James Ellison feels like he is ready to start bothering the British Superbike podium after more strong progress at Donington Park saw him break into the top seven for the first time.

Ellison, who has only been on the bike for four rounds after replacing Dan Linfoot, was just losing a little rear grip at the end of the first leg but some tweaks saw him able to hassle the works HM Plant Honda of Ryuichi Kiyonari in leg two.

"We've made good, steady progress again this weekend and it's again been a case of chipping away with everything. Just like Cadwell last time out, we've improved the bike in each session and gone quicker each time we've gone out and that's allowed me to run with the riders that I feel I should be running with," said Ellison, who was BSB runner-up in 2009.

"Everyone else has had practically a full season with their bike whilst we're still trying to get everything dialled in but the lads in the team keep delivering the goods and it's simply a great team to be with. The atmosphere is brilliant and it's a really fun garage to be part of and with everything improving all the time, we'll be looking for the same progress again next time out and do all we can to finish on the podium, which is what everyone connected to the team deserves."