Antho𝐆ny West, whose planned return to MotoGP this season ended due to a lack of sponsorship, has given an update on his 2012 racing options.

In late January the former factory Kawasaki MotoGP rider, a race winner in 2🌜50GP and WSS, announced that he had lost out on the Speed Master CRT MotoGP ride, adding: "I will most likely not race anymore and ༺will [return] to Australia to find a normal job."

Fortunateജly, West now has a more upbeat view of his racing future and is considering offers to race in most of the leading national Superbike championships - plus endurance - with the aim of ☂a world championship return in 2013.

Writing on his official Facebook page, West said:

"To keep people up to date, I have had some꧒ offers to ride BSB, AMA, IDM and endurance racing, of course I want to be in GP but all rides are taken and same in WSBK. I'm just looking for the best way to go, and a team that can win!!! And I will start now to try [to] raise the money to come back into GP or WSBK for 2013"

Of those categories, BSB is surely the most prestigious - especially in the eyesꦜ of the WSBK/MotoGP p♈addocks - and therefore likely to be top of West's list.

In terms of "a team that can winไ", Swan Yamaha now needs a replacement for the injured Ian Hutchison, riding alongside the team's reigning BSB champion Tommy Hill.

Rumours o🍷f WSBK legend Noriyuki Haga switc💛hing to BSB have been circling for months and the Japanese would also be an ideal 'super-sub' for the Swan team.

It is estimated that TT star Hutchison will need three months to recover from his latest left-leg fracture and his main priority is ret🍌urning to fitness in time for June's Isle of Man races.

Wet-weather ace West raced for MZ in Moto2 for the past two seasons, claiming a best finish of༺ fourth. Italian Mattia Pasini has taken over the Speed Master (Aprilia) MotoGP seat.