Casey Stoner may not be making a wild-card entry in tღhis weekend's Austrian MotoGP, but his pace at the recent private test o🌌nce again impressed the likes of Jorge Lorenzo.

The retired double world champion and present Ducati test rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: set the third fastest lap time, despite a late fall after putting in a soft tyre and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:💜 'pushing for the first time in four years'.

"Yes, I saw him on track today," said Yamaha's reigning triple champion Lorenzoꦉ. "It's impressive because he doesn't have the confidence that a normal rider in MotoGP has - because he doesn't ride much during the year - and he's at the level of Iannone and Dovizioso.

"But ജwe didn't discover anything new; the talent of Casey is unbe🐎lievable."

Factory Ducati star☂s Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso topped the private꧒ test, attended by all but Repsol Honda and Tech 3 Yamaha.

Although Stoner won't be on the grid this weekend - when on paper Ducati stands a good chance to finally end the win drought since Stoner's 2010 Phillip Island win - there wi🐓ll still be a factory Desmosedici wild🍸-card in the form of Michele Pirro.

Former title rivals Lorenzo and Stoner will work together at Ducati ♎next season.