Troy Corser saw his three-day test at the Losail circuit in Qatar end in somewhat painful fashion as he suffered a fall on the final day on the latest World Superbike test.

The Yamaha rider had hoped to end the test on a high but, having posted what would emerge as the third quickest time of the day, he then went off into the gravel while trying out the new hard compound Pirelli front tyre.

Unfortunately for the Australian, the various stones in the Losail gravel left him somewhat battered and nursing extensive bruising to his backside, lower back and also the same hand he hurt on Thursday.

Unable to get his race gloves on a result, he was then forced to sit out the final afternoon of running and instead watched from the sidelines.

"That was a shame, because I really felt a 1m 57s was possible," he reflected. "Things were going well this morning until I went out to test the hardest tyre Pirelli brought here.

"I guess I got caught out, but you have to push in order to find out the limits. I lost the front at the first left-hander and once you do that here there is no grip off-line and you crash. Normally, I'd be able to pick it up on my knee, but because of the lack of grip I couldn't do that. I thought I'd finish on the tarmac, but my corner speed was enough to carry me into the gravel and that's what caused the battering.

"I feel like I've been run over by a truck - twice! I would've got away with that kind of crash at any other track, but here it's not so much gravel as rocks! I've got a nice pair of bruises on my backside, not that anybody but the doctor was interested! I was sore this morning after yesterday's crash, but now I'm more sore!"

However, despite the fall, Corser declared himself happy with how the test had progressed.

"The good news is that I'm content with what we've done and achieved during this test," he said. "I reckon we've pretty much gone through everything we had to. I would've liked to have done some more work on the same things in some areas, but we've covered all the basics.

"I now feel that the bike is working better with me now and I'm looking forward to the next test and the season ahead - after I've sorted out my bruises of coure..."