Josh Brookes has launched a Go Fund Me page to cover part of his team budget f൲or his Phillip Island World Superbike wildcard entry later this month with ER Motorsports Yamaha.

The 2015 British Superbike champion is set for a one-off outing in World Superbikes t🍒his season after securing the finance to transport his former title-winning Yamaha R1 to Australia to race at the Phillip Island round later this month.

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

"As many of you know I am going to be a wildcard entry at Phillip Island𒐪 for this months opening round of the WorldSBK championship," Brookes stated via 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 anticipated doing. However without any financial support from the various o🍌rganisations 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 Aus🍸tralia 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 wild🦄card at Phillip Island, Brookes will also return to BSB in 2017 with Anvil Hire Yamaha 🐼as well as a comeback to the Isle of Man TT with Norton.