Tech3 Yamaha's James Toseland is still suffering with a confidence problem following his monster highside at Sepang but reckons he has found a way forward at Qatar.

The British two-time World Superbike Champion finised the three-day test just a second off the pace of his team-mate Colin Edwards but reckons he has now found a rhythm.

“It has not been an easy test but on the last night I felt like we were finding a good direction and I was certainly feeling a lot more comfortable on the bike," said Toseland.

"The crash in Sepang hit my confidence and it took me a while to find my rhythm, but I feel I can go much faster now. There is still plenty of work to do but I was 1.5s faster on the last night, and I just need time on the bike.

"I had a bit of an issue with the feeling from soft front tyre, which I had to run later on during the evening as the track temperature got cooler. I was comfortable with the hard front tyre but it was too hard for the colder temperatures. I can still improve and I learned about the bike and the tyres at this test, and at the end I’m only just over a second behind Colin and he has been consistently fast.”