JASON Doyle claimed a maiden Grand Prix victory of 2017 last night as he triumphed in the Czech Republic in stunning fashion for the second year in a row.

Swindon Robins skipper Doyle continued his perfect record of making every final so far in this year’s GP Series before producing a sensational ride when it mattered most to claim an unlikely win from gate four and remain second in the standings after the opening four rounds of the competition.

Doyle had to do it the hard way in Prague as the Australian was excluded for touching the tapes ahead of his first heat and he was still only on three points after three rides.

However, he simply got better and better as the night went on and produced one of the rides of the night in the final to beat the US' reigning world champion Greg Hancock, with home rider Vaclav Milik third.

Poland's Patryk Dudek finished fourth in the final but still leads the overall standings on 51 points, one ahead of Doyle, who collected a total of 13 on the night.

“We just needed to score the points. I got 13 tonight and if someone had offered me that when I had three going into my fourth ride, I’d have taken it. We’ve got out of jail again,” said Doyle.

“We did it in Daugavpils (a fortnight ago). We had a tough start and battled into the final there, and now we have done it in Prague. We should have had a podium at the last Grand Prix, but the bike broke down in the final. I guess luck was on our side here and we had a great night.

“If I finished how I started, it was not looking good. For the first three heats, I couldn’t get any speed out of the first engine.

“It was the engine I rode for all of last year in the Grand Prix and it was very fast. But we have another rocket now, I guess. I jumped on the third bike and made that work.

“I have never worked so hard to get points. My fourth ride was against a very hard line-up in Bartosz Zmarzlik, Tai Woffinden and Dudek. I knew that win got me on to six points and it made it a little easier for me to get into the semis. I didn’t have to win the last race.

“The points just weren’t coming at all. I couldn’t make a start; I couldn’t do anything right. But then it just clicked and started working with the track. It was one of those nights where we finished in the right way.”

Doyle gave plenty of praise to his team after conceding he had not quite hit the heights that he had hoped over the opening three rounds of the series.

He said: “I just want to thank my boys, all my team – Johno Birks, Dave and Sam Haynes, Kamil Pulczynski and my family. They stuck by me when we had a few rough ones over the last few weeks.

“They put up with a lot of hard work when things aren’t going well. They do the right things and that’s why I have such a great Jason Doyle #69 team.

“I ring my wife Emily after every meeting and when it’s not good, she has the right words to say.

“I think this is what it’s all about – when you have such a great family base.”

Doyle will resumed his world championship challenge in two weeks’ time at the Danish SGP in Horsens on June 24.

CZECH SGP SCORES: 1 Jason Doyle 13, 2 Greg Hancock 18, 3 Vaclav Milik 13, 4 Patryk Dudek 13, 5 Chris Holder 11, 6 Martin Vaculik 10, 7 Antonio Lindback 9, 8 Peter Kildemand 8, 9 Bartosz Zmarzlik 8, 10 Tai Woffinden 7, 11 Piotr Pawlicki 7, 12 Fredrik Lindgren 6, 13 Maciej Janowski 6, 14 Matej Zagar 4, 15 Niels-Kristian Iversen 3, 16 Emil Sayfutdinov 2, 17 Josef Franc 0, 18 Matej Kus 0.

FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1 Patryk Dudek 51, 2 Jason Doyle 50, 3 Martin Vaculik 44, 4 Fredrik Lindgren 43, 5 Maciej Janowski 41, 6 Piotr Pawlicki 39, 7 Greg Hancock 38, 8 Tai Woffinden 37, 9 Emil Sayfutdinov 33, 10 Bartosz Zmarzlik 32, 11 Niels-Kristian Iversen 28, 12 Chris Holder 27, 13 Matej Zagar 25, 14 Antonio Lindback 21, 15 Vaclav Milik 13, 16 Peter Kildemand 9, 17 Nicki Pedersen 8, 18 Maksims Bogdanovs 8, 19 Przemyslaw Pawlicki 3, 20 Nick Skorja 1.