PBM UK's James Ellison i🐓s hopeful of making a marked improvement at Jerez in Spain this week after a difficult return to the MotoG♋P arena in Qatar earlier this month.

Ellison finished 18th and last on the CRT Aprilia ART machine at the Losail International Circuit as he returned to MotoGP foꩲr the first time since 2006.

However, the 31-year-old is confident he can build on the Penri💦th-based team's debut this weekend in Spain, whꩲere Ellison expects an improvement.

"It was a tough weekend mentally in Qatar as I didn't gel with the bike as much as I was hoping until🦄 the race and I made two big mistakes wh🎃ich cost us 10 seconds in total," he said.

"Without those mistakes the result would have been 🍃far more promising so I have taken the positives out of it and will work really hard again at Jerez to try to carry on with the improvements we made in Qatar."

Ellison travelled to Spain early and is in relaxed mood ahead of Sund♚ay's second round of the championship.

"I made the trip to Jerez a little early so I could get out on my bicycle in the Span𒁏ish hills around Madrid and also catch up with my wife's Spanish side of the family.

"It's been really good to see th💯em and also great to get out on my bike without being soaked to🍸 the bone."

His crew chief, Phil Borley, said the progress made by the team in Qatar wasn't reflected in the result and remains upbeat over the potentiaꦑl of the team.

"We made a lot of progress in Qatar and although the result didn't reflect th﷽at, we did well to get a finish on the same lap as the leader and it's given us a lot more information to work wiওth," he said.

"This is a♕ long term project and we have to find our feet so all we need again this weekend is another solid performance from Jam🔜es and we will get more competitive as the season progresses."