Source: HRC.

Two-time MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner has finished a two-day test in Japan with Honda Racing Corporation, his first time back on a MotoGP machine since October last year.

On Wednesday morning, Stoner took to the 4.801km Motegi circuit located amongst the vast natural beauty of the northern Kanto district and the scene of Honda’s recent 2014 world championship clinching race.

The intense testing program reached its conclusion on Thursday afternoon after a full two days, with Stoner spending time testing the 2015 Honda RC213V machine on the current specification Bridgestone tyres evaluating various items including engine development and different setups.

Stoner also spent time on the Michelin tyres, which will replace Bridgestone as the spec tyre supplier from 2016.

“It took some time to get used to riding the bike again after a year off it!” Stoner said. “But everything felt good, I got back into the swing of things pretty quickly and we just got on with the testing programme HRC had planned.

“Day one went pretty well, testing both Marc and Dani’s setups on the 2015 prototype machines and analysing these side by side we found some interesting differences and useful data. We also did some engine development and some other new items Honda brought for this test.

“Then today we spent some time on the Michelin tyres for 2016. All in all it was very positive two-day test and we completed a lot of laps.”

It’s uncertain if Stoner will continue testing for HRC after the most recent outing was marked as a one-off evaluation for the Aussie.