The Australian, who retired from MotoGP after the 2012 season, at the age of just 27, revealed in late 2019 that he was struggling for energy and could be🦹 sofa-stricken for days at a time.

While his condition ha🔜s improved, some days are better than other♛s.

Stoner revealed he ‘caught Covid three times’ in late 2021, which he attributes to general weakness, but was able to “enjoy every moment” riding with old friend (and currenಞt Honda WorldSBK team manager) Leon Camier.

“There was a period in which things seemed to have improved, then upon returning to A💃ustralia I started having problems again,” quotes Stoner as saying.

“Between Phillip🍸 Island and Christmas 2021 I had Covid three times. My body is weak, I go from moments where I feel good to others where I just have t༺o lie on the sofa.

“But I wasn'🃏t as bad as I was at the beginning [of the c♕hronic fatigue diagnosis].

“And in the last few weeks, I was also able to ride a motorbike in Andorra together with Leon [Camier], which I hౠadn't done for I don't know how many years, and it was simply fantastic.

“At the beginning, I had terrible pain in my forear🅘ms [from not riding], but then I enjoyed every moment.”

Stoner, now 37, delighted fans 🅷at the Goodwood Festival of Speed by riding h🉐is 2007-title winning Ducati.

Ducati had gonꦺe 15 long years without another MotoGP cham👍pion since Stoner, until Francesco Bagnaia’s glory last year.

Asked if h💟e miꦿssed riding, Stoner replied: "You can't say how much.

"What I miss are the people, not the champion🍨ship itself, you know how I feel about that."