Former MotoGP World Champion has said an emphatic no to returning to the racetrack full time after testing alongside the pack today at Sepang, even though he put in some respectable times.

Stoner, who was the last man to win a race for Ducati back in 2010, turned in 45 laps today with a best of 2’01.103 using the hard tyre. The Australian was just a second slower than Jorge Lorenzo after only riding a MotoGP bike for one day in more than a year…

“I have no intentions of racing. It was nice to be back on track with them, mainly to get the data, but I think I am still going to enjoy staying on the side of the track watching the racing, rather than being involved,” said Stoner, speaking at Sepang.

“I am impressed with the GP15. It was a little strange at first - new bike and new tyres all in one go, and my first time back on a bike since Suzuka, but we got used to it quite easily. Every step we make we can feel positives and negatives, and we can see the direction.

“Today was the second day on the bike for me and we can see they have a good package, we saw that last season. Every setting we made was some progress, we understood what the bike was doing, I am getting more comfortable with the Michelins, where the limits are and where you can push.

“We can improve the exit of turns three and four, when we shift on the transition but it’s not such a big problem if the bike is moving it means it has grip. We didn’t push too hard today, I don’t even think I ran wide anywhere but I don’t want to make any silly mistakes. I am not looking to pit in a soft tyre and go for a laptime. This is something you do when you want to crush the opposition, I don’t need to do that at this point.”

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