AFTER a slow start, Swindon Robins skipper Jason Doyle believes he is now up and running ahead of this weekend’s Speedway Grand Prix meeting in Warsaw.

After only scoring a below-par 8+1 points in the Robins’ 2017 opener at Leicester Lions at the start of April, the Aussie ace has scored no fewer than 11 in each of the six meetings since and recorded his best haul of the year with 13+1 at Wimborne Road last time out.

Doyle has had the pressure piled onto his shoulders for the domestic season after he was handed a huge average of 13.41 at the start of the campaign.

But despite this, the 31-year-old doesn’t feel any different to how he felt during the season last year.

“I started real slow but it’s all coming together,” said Doyle, who also finished fourth at the opening round of the Speedway Grand Prix series of the year at Krsko, Slovenia, at the end of April.

“I am really happy with everything, nothing has changed from last year and it’s hopefully going to be an enjoyable year and a successful one.”

After recording back-to-back defeats in their opening two fixtures, the Robins went on to win four of their next five meetings and claimed a draw in the other.

The most recent of those wins was an impressive 47-45 win away to Poole Pirates at the beginning of the month.

Doyle will hope that he can convert his recent domestic form onto the international scene as he prepares for the second round of fixtures in Poland.

“Rosco has put a lot of faith in a lot of youngsters and they are doing really well,” said 31-year-old Doyle.

“We got an away win at Somerset (on April 21) and now one at Poole too so it’s onwards and upwards.

“Everyone thinks they are going to smash us and they are going to get a good pay day.

“But it just shows that when you have got a team that wants to do well for each other, it ends up working well.”

Doyle saw his world title dreams brought to an abrupt end after a crash in the Torun GP resulted in injuries to his shoulder, elbow and lungs.

The Swindon captain also suffered similar fate a year earlier when a crash in Melbourne also cost him in his hunt for a maiden world title.