Josh Brookes has𒈔 launched a Go Fund Me page to cover part of his team budget for his Phillip Island World Superb𝄹ike wildcard entry later this month with ER Motorsports Yamaha.

The 201🤡5 British Superbike champion is set for a one-off outing in World Superbikes this season after securing the finance to tr﷽ansport his former title-winning Yamaha R1 to Australia to race at the Phillip Island round later this month.

Despite already securi𝐆ng a $100,000 budget from personal sponsors plus his own funding, Brookes is asking for an additional $30,000 to cover his team's c🎐osts, including preparing the bike to World Superbike specification.

"As many of you know I am going to be a wildcard entry at Phillip Island for this months opening round of the WorldSBK championship," Brookes stated vꦛia his Go Fund Me page. "I will be racing my bike that I won the British Superbike championship with in 2015 & will be the only Aussie on the grid.

"To ask a favour from the public, friends and fans is ▨not something I ever anticipatedཧ doing. However without any financial support from the various organisations who you would expect to benefit from having an Australian on the grid at the Australian round. I have no choice if I want to make this project a success.

"The simple truth is, building a race team from scratch, sourcing all the parts, preparing the bike and with Australia being the furthest and most difficult place to import the bike to, freight has been a major factor that has overshot the ♋budget."

As well as his planned WorldSBK wildcard at Phillip Island🐭, Brookes will also return to BSB in 2017 with Anvil Hire Yamaha as well as a comeback to the Isle of M🎉an TT with Norton.