GREAT Britain team manager Alun Rossiter admits Monday night’s British Final has thrown his World Cup selection process up in the air.

The World Cup final returns to Great Britain for the first time in a decade this year when it will be held at the new National Speedway Stadium in Manchester on Saturday, July 30, with Rossiter’s GB troops receiving automatic qualification as hosts.

That home advantage is likely to give GB their best chance of being crowned world champions for the first time since the switch to the competition’s current format in 2001 – and a maiden crown since England won the World Team Cup in 1989.

Coventry Bees rider Danny King claimed his first British title at the National Speedway Stadium on Monday night, with Craig Cook and teenager Rob Lambert also on the podium.

National skipper and current world champion Tai Woffinden did not compete in Manchester, while Team GB veterans Scott Nicholls and Chris Harris failed to qualify for the final – the latter finishing down in 12th.

With just over six weeks to go before the World Cup final at the new home of British Speedway, Rossiter, who is also the Swindon boss, is well aware that settling on his final team to go for global glory will be a painstaking one.

“It’s a nice situation to be in as instead of having everything set in stone, I have a few decisions to make now,” said Rossiter. “The next month or so is going to be very interesting, watching what the British guys do.

“Chris (Harris) didn’t really ride to the level we know he can do but he just doesn’t seem to have the speed at the home. It’s not his bikes; I think he just doesn’t have the speed in his engines at the moment.

“It’s nice for Danny. He is a nice guy and everyone knows what a good guy he is within the sport. He struggled at the start of the year but he has picked up and he seems to have hit form just at the right time.

“I think at the World Cup, it’s got to be horses for courses and the fact he has ridden well at the track in Manchester is good for him.”