Charlie Nesbitt joins Bathams Racing alongside Storm Stacey for Brands Hatch finale

Bathams Racing are pleased to announce that Charlie Nesbitt will be riding alongside Storm Stacey on a second Ducati Panigale V4R at the final round of the Zyn British Superbike Championship.

The team were kindly given permission to conduct a test on the Friday after Donington Park in order to evaluate some electronic settings. However, Storm was unavailable due to competing at a Supermoto race in Belgium, so Charlie stepped in to help the team. 

As a token of our appreciation to Charlie and to collect further data for us, the team offered him the option to race at Brands Hatch on a second bike assembled mainly from the teams’ spare parts stock and components which were previously upgraded on Storms bike to Corse spec parts.

Charlie Nesbitt
“When Michael called to see if I could help at the test at Oulton, I jumped at the chance. Who wouldn’t? I really enjoyed riding the bike even though it was cold and wet and we were on scrubbed tyres, the bike is mega. So, when he asked if I wanted to race at Brands Hatch, I couldn’t say no. 

Even though the bike I’ll be on won’t be as good as Storms, and if the team need anything for Storms bike, it’ll most likely have to come from mine, it’s still a no brainer and I can’t wait.”

Michael Rutter
“First of all, thank you to Charlie for stepping in at the last minute and riding around in the cold and rain for us at Oulton to give us some valuable feedback. 

Second of all, it’s been a huge effort by the team to get a bike put together for him in time. We know it’s not the exact same spec as Storms bike which he rode at the test, and it leaves us with a very depleted spares stock, but Charlie and I feel that the opportunity for him to get back on track and us to put two bikes out is too good to miss.”