San Carlo Honda's Alvaro Bautista says he is mystified by two front-end crashes which halted his progress on the third day of MotoGP testing at Jerez.

The little Spaniard was in the middle of a race simulation when he inexplicably lost the front end of his RC213V not once but twice which was a confidence knocker but he says he will shake it off by the time the floodlights come on at Qatar.

"We started out well and tried some interesting electronic solutions this morning, as well as two different Bridgestone tyres, to try and work out which gave me the most confidence. Then in the afternoon we were doing a race simulation when I crashed not once but twice, when the front let go without warning," said Bautista.

"I still don't know what happened exactly and naturally that damaged my confidence in the front and I couldn't push to the limit as I would have liked. Anyway, we are not losing faith because we found some good things and now we just have to prepare for the first race in the best way we can. Racing at night in Qatar is not easy but I still feel confident even after the worst afternoon of preseason testing. My feeling with the team is perfect and I am sure they will help me to recover the confidence I lost today."