The Australian, who ret🎶i🍷red 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 conditio𓂃n has improved, some d𝐆ays are better than others.

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 current Honda WorldSBK team manager) Leon Camier.

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

“Between Phillip Island and Christmas 2021 I had Covid three times. My body𓃲 is weak, I go fro👍m moments where I feel good to others where I just have to lie on the sofa.

“But I wasn't as bad as I was at the begiꦡnning [of the chronic fatigue diagnosis].

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

“At the beginning, I had terrible pain in my forearms [from not ridin♋g], but then I enjoyed e🅷very moment.”

Stoner, now 37, delighted fans at tꦅhe Goodwood Festival of Speed🌳 by riding his 2007-title winning Ducati.

Ducati had gone 15 long yearsꦕ without🔯 another MotoGP champion since Stoner, until Francesco Bagnaia’s glory last year.

Asked if he missed riding, Stoner replied: "Y꧒ou can't say how much.

"What I mꦚiss are the people, not the championship itself, you know how I feel about that."