SKIPPER Jason Doyle says that he wants to settle in for the long haul with the Swindon Robins.

World number five Doyle, who is leading the charge as the Robins’ number one this season, is currently riding for his fourth different club in the Elite League but the 30-year-old, who is also hitting the track for Falubaz Zielona Gora, in Poland, and Swedish outfit Rospiggarna in 2016, is out to avoid the usual year-by-year upheaval of speedway and is instead striving for stability.

The Aussie Ace, who is in his second spell with Swindon, says that he doesn’t want to be a flash in the pan and wants to stay settled with his three teams across Europe.

“My simple goal is to make the play-offs. I want to score well and stay at all my clubs for many years,” Doyle told the Speedway Star.

“I don’t want to be swapping every season. I want to be based at one club and have that backing from them and also the fans.

“My aim for this year is just to score as many points as possible and look after my clubs.

“I’m very happy with the new teams. Hopefully, it will be a successful year and also an enjoyable one.”

Last year, Doyle made it to the sport’s top table for the first time in his career, impressing in his maiden Grand Prix season by finishing fifth in the standings, making two GP finals along the way.

One of those finals came in the final round in Melbourne but in front of his home fans, the Swindon star collided with the legendary Greg Hancock on the opening bend and suffered a broken neck and punctured lung.

Despite those injures, the timing of Doyle’s crash – in his last outing of the season – was a blessing in disguise for the 2015 Aussie champion, who says his preparations for the 2016 campaign didn’t take too much of a hit.

“It was kind of lucky. When I finish the season, I normally have a couple of months off,” said Doyle, who will be in action in the opening round of this year’s GP in Krsko, Slovenia, on April 30.

“As soon as I broke my neck in Melbourne, it was seven weeks in a neck brace and then I could start doing stuff again. It didn’t really hamper my training but it’s a lot of mind games.

“Like Rory Schlein (Australian King’s Lynn Stars rider, who sustained a serious back injury after crash in Poland last season) has said, you start thinking you don’t know how to ride a motorbike and silly little things.

“But it’s part and parcel of speedway – we all know the risks.

“I want to be in the Grand Prix for a few years to come and to prove to myself and the many that doubted me that I’m in the Grand Prix to stay.”