TAG Racing Honda have agreed a one-year contract for up and coming British Superbike star Charlie Nesbitt for the 2026 BSB season. He will join the Swadlincote based outfit alongside Fraser Rogers in the blue-ribband Superbike class onboard the Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade.
Nesbitt, affectionally known as ‘Spud’, joins the team after a strong year in 2025 finishing 12th in the Championship standings, amassing 220 points throughout the 11 rounds.
The 24-year-old from Swindon quickly impressed after his debut season in the series in 2023, where he took three podiums at Thruxton, showing his class against the field of fully-fledged Superbike stars. Charlie would then go onto collect further silverware in 2024 at Cadwell Park, proving his debut season wasn’t just a one-off.
The former British Motostar Champion has many years of experience on a range of bikes, and is hopeful that 2026 will be his year as he aims to battle for his first British Superbike Championship crown.
Charlie Nesbitt: “I’m really excited to have signed with TAG Racing for the 2026 season, it feels like a natural move for me, an extremely positive change, and I feel I have made the best decision for me and my career moving forward.
“I immediately felt at home when I first met with Rob, Tracy and Gary, they gave me a lot of confidence and their ambitions match mine. They want to win as much as I do, and I want to repay their faith with the best results I can achieve in 2026.
“My previous experience with the Fireblade will certainly help, it’s nice to be jumping on a bike that I know well and have fond memories with, and I know the team will leave no stone unturned with the spec of the machine.
“To be team mates with Fraser is also something I’m really excited for, we’ve grown up together and raced a lot with each other over the years, so to be in the same garage as him is really exciting. I can’t wait to get going now, I’m excited for the challenge and want to repay the teams’ faith in me as soon as I can.”
Team Manager Gary Winfield: “We’re absolutely delighted to bring a rider of Charlie’s quality into the team, and after a period of time of tracking him it’s our honour to welcome him into the TAG Racing family. From our initial conversations with Charlie it was clear he was determined and his maturity shone through, something that we were all impressed with.
“Since his debut in the superbike class he’s gone from strength to strength and has become a regular, challenging for podiums and race wins. We believe we have all the correct tools as a team to give him the best chance of performing to the best of his abilities and we’re excited to see what he can do.
“He has plenty of experience with the Honda Fireblade, which will help us hit the ground running during pre-season testing, he knows what he wants and and with our expertise we feel we’ll be a good combination throughout the 2026 season.”
