Stoner to jump back on his bike Back on two wheels: Casey Stoner. Photo: Mark Horsburgh Former Australian world MotoGP champion Casey Stoner is poised to make a sensational return to two wheels as part of his former GP team Honda's test and development program for the 2014 season. His return to the Honda camp will spark huge speculation that, having dumped bikes for cars - he is driving for the Red Bull Racing Australia squad in the V8 Supercar development series - he could be easing his way back for a seat in the world championship. Stoner famously quit motorcycle racing at 27, saying he had been burnt out by the grind and was fed up with the circus involved in GP racing. He returned to Australia this year to race for Red Bull, which runs V8 champions Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes as its lead drivers. Stoner, however, has found the transition more frustrating than he expected. No one thought he would come into the development championship and dominate, and he made it clear before the season start in Adelaide that he expected to be on a steep learning curve. But his current status of 24th on the table, some 560 points behind championship leader Dale Wood, is disappointing. In interviews throughout the season, Stoner has publicly said he is happy to be living in Australia, learning his trade in the V8s although he admitted to missing the thrill of riding bikes. But former world champion Mick Doohan says Stoner will soon scratch the bike itch with a testing berth at Honda. He is due, says Doohan, to travel to Motegi in Japan to assist in development of the RC213V race program, with an announcement expected in Europe on Wednesday. According to Doohan, Stoner will evaluate both the current bike raced by Marc Marquez - successful in the US Grand Prix last weekend - and Dani Pedrosa with Honda race boss Shuhei Nakamoto also getting Casey to test the 2104 prototype for next season. Doohan says Honda has "no plans" for Stoner to take a wildcard entry into any races later in the season, although that won't stop the speculation that he could don the leathers again, especially for another fling at Phillip Island in his home Grand Prix.