Anthony 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 250꧅GP 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."

Fortunately, West now has a more upbeat view of his racing future and is considering offers to race in most of the ꦡleading 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 some 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 t🍸o 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"

ಌOf those categories, BSB is surely the most prestigious - especially in the eyes of the WSBK/MotoGP paddocks - and therefore likely to be top of West's list.

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

Rumours of WSBK legend Noriyuki Haga switching to 🦄BSB have been circling for months and the Japanese would also be an ideal 'super-sub' for tಌhe 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 returning 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.