Craig said: "It was a disastrous weekend for me. I didn't have a good set-up the whole time we were here. In the second race crash I don't think I did anything differently than any of the previous laps. I was going really steady, so that I would finish the race, and the front end still went. In the first race the bike was set-up a lot different to how I rode it in the morning warm-up, with more weight on the front and obviously more fuel. So the front tyre was more loaded up and I was unlucky to be caught out. I did consistent 2:02s in testing here when I was ill. So I'm now looking forward to finding some improvements at Phillip Island so that I can show what I can do."

Race two results, Superbike World Championship, round 1, Losail, Qatar:

1 Corser; 2 Bayliss 1.025; 3 Haga 3.462; 4 Toseland 3.463; 5 Pitt 4.350; 6 Lanzi 19.610; 7 Barros 20.548; 8 Fabrizio 21.183; 9 Muggeridge 23.198; 10 Xaus 26.533; 11 Abe 26.854; 12 Nieto 28.132; 13 Rolfo 28.135; 14 Borciani 34.176; 15 Gimbert 35.395; 18 Martin (Foggy PETRONAS Racing) 51.504

Race one results:

1 Toseland (Winston Ten Kate Honda); 2 Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 0.088; 3 Pitt (Yamaha Italia) 2.390; 4 Corser (Alstare Suuki Corona Extra) 2.599; 5 Fabrizio (DFX Treme) 6.999; 6 Barros (Klaffi Honda) 14.717; 7 Rolfo (Ducati SC - Caracchi) 15.224; 8 Chili (DFX Treme) 21.183; 9 Borciani (Sterilgarda Berik) 36.675; 10 Neukirchner 23.932; 11 Abe (Yamaha France) 24.816; 12 Muggeridge (Winston Ten Kate Honda) 25.643; 13 Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki) 29.139; 14 Gimbert (Yamaha France) 29.977; 15 Xaus (Sterilgarda Berik) 36.675; 18 Martin (Foggy PETRONAS Racing) 1:06.594