After completing just 13 laps yesterday, Casey Stoner has bee𝔉n forced to abandon the rest of the Sepang test after an old injury returned to haunt him.

Stoner has a problem with a tendon in his should꧅er, caused by an old dirk🔯 track injury, which reared its head during a physical training session last week. The LCR Honda rider will take no further part in testing at Sepang and instead return to Australia for specialist treatment.

"I suffered this injury nearly six years ago during a dirt track training," conformed Casey. "🎐In that period the doctor decided to avoid any operation because he thought it was not necessary and for theꦅ following 5 years I really never had problems.

"Last November I started a new intensive training to increase my muscles - preparing my body for the new effort required ꦉby this type of bike - and I have probably inflamed the old tendonitis.

"Tomorrow (Thursday) morning I will fly back home to see a sports specialist involved inꩵ the National Football League and we will value the s𒉰olution together. I will do my best to be at 100% soon because I think that a simple tendonitis is not a insuperable problem."

Stoner's rivals will continue test💎ing at Sepang tomorro💝w for the third and final day of pre-season track action in Malaysia.